Billy Cunningham vs. Olden Polynice Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Olden Polynice 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, 6 less than Olden Polynice, who played 15. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Olden Polynice had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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	Olden Polynice
Season	1965-66	1987-88
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Supersonics 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	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Olden Polynice	82	13.2	4.1	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.4	0.4	0.3	1.0	2.6	1.4	3.1	.465	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.639
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
Olden Polynice	5	8.8	2.0	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.0	2.2	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.4	.000

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Olden Polynice
Season	1966-67	1988-89
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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
Olden Polynice	80	10.4	2.9	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.6	2.1	1.1	2.3	.506	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.1	.593
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
Olden Polynice	8	20.3	7.1	3.4	4.4	7.8	0.1	0.8	0.5	0.6	4.0	3.1	5.1	.610	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.6	.538

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Olden Polynice
Season	1968-69	1990-91
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle Supersonics, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div 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	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Olden Polynice	79	26.5	9.8	2.8	4.2	7.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.4	4.0	7.1	.560	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.2	.579
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
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Olden Polynice
Season	1969-70	1991-92
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Clippers 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
Olden Polynice	76	24.1	8.1	2.6	4.5	7.1	0.6	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.2	3.2	6.2	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.6	.622
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
Olden Polynice	5	12.6	3.2	0.4	3.2	3.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	2.2	1.4	2.4	.583	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.2	.333

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Olden Polynice
Season	1970-71	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
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
Olden Polynice	67	19.4	7.3	2.7	3.5	6.2	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.9	3.1	6.4	.490	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.1	.465
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
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Olden Polynice
Season	1971-72	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Olden Polynice	68	35.3	11.6	4.4	7.5	11.9	0.6	0.6	1.0	1.1	2.8	5.1	9.7	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.8	.508
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Olden Polynice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Note: Olden Polynice didn't play in 2001-02 and 2002-03.