Billy Cunningham vs. Monte Morris Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Monte Morris and Billy Cunningham, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Billy Cunningham played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Monte Morris, who played 7. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Monte Morris had his rookie season in 2017-18. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Billy Cunningham	Monte Morris
Season	1965-66	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Monte Morris	3	8.3	3.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3	2.0	.667	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	4	17.3	5.3	-	-	4.5	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	1.3	7.8	.161	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.846
Monte Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Monte Morris
Season	1966-67	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	81	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Monte Morris	82	24.0	10.4	0.4	1.9	2.4	3.6	0.9	0.0	0.6	1.2	4.2	8.6	.493	1.1	2.8	.414	0.8	1.0	.802
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	15	22.6	15.0	-	-	6.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	14.7	.376	-	-	-	3.9	6.0	.656
Monte Morris	14	16.0	5.4	0.2	1.1	1.4	2.6	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.1	2.4	6.1	.384	0.0	0.9	.000	0.6	0.9	.692

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Monte Morris
Season	1968-69	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Monte Morris	47	25.4	10.2	0.2	1.8	2.0	3.2	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	4.0	8.2	.481	1.1	2.9	.381	1.2	1.6	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	5	43.4	24.4	-	-	12.6	2.4	-	-	-	4.8	9.8	23.4	.419	-	-	-	4.8	7.6	.632
Monte Morris	10	28.6	13.7	0.7	1.7	2.4	5.5	1.0	0.2	0.7	1.2	5.0	11.6	.431	1.6	4.0	.400	2.1	2.9	.724

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Monte Morris
Season	1969-70	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Monte Morris	75	29.9	12.6	0.4	2.7	3.0	4.4	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.2	5.0	10.3	.484	1.7	4.2	.395	1.0	1.1	.869
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	5	41.0	29.2	-	-	10.4	4.0	-	-	-	3.8	12.2	24.6	.496	-	-	-	4.8	7.2	.667
Monte Morris	5	31.2	14.0	0.2	2.0	2.2	5.4	1.2	0.0	1.6	2.8	5.0	10.2	.490	2.2	5.2	.423	1.8	2.4	.750

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Monte Morris
Season	1970-71	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	81	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Monte Morris	62	27.3	10.3	0.4	3.0	3.4	5.3	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.2	4.0	8.3	.480	1.3	3.3	.382	1.0	1.2	.831
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	7	43.0	25.9	-	-	15.4	5.7	-	-	-	4.0	9.6	20.3	.472	-	-	-	6.7	9.6	.701
Monte Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Monte Morris
Season	1971-72	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons, Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Monte Morris	33	14.4	5.0	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.9	4.6	.405	0.8	2.1	.386	0.4	0.6	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monte Morris	6	7.7	2.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.8	3.3	.250	0.0	1.7	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000

Note: Billy Cunningham didn't play in 1972-73 and 1973-74.