Billy Cunningham vs. Rick Fox Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rick Fox 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, 4 less than Rick Fox, who played 13. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Rick Fox had his rookie season in 1991-92. 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	Rick Fox
Season	1965-66	1991-92
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Celtics Lost East 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	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Rick Fox	81	19.0	8.0	0.9	1.8	2.7	1.6	1.0	0.4	1.5	2.8	3.0	6.5	.459	0.3	0.9	.329	1.7	2.3	.755
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
Rick Fox	8	8.4	3.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.4	1.4	2.9	.478	0.4	0.8	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Rick Fox
Season	1966-67	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East 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	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Rick Fox	71	15.2	6.4	0.8	1.5	2.2	1.6	0.9	0.3	1.1	1.9	2.6	5.4	.484	0.1	0.3	.174	1.1	1.4	.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
Rick Fox	4	17.8	4.3	2.0	2.8	4.8	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.8	1.8	6.3	.280	0.3	0.8	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Rick Fox
Season	1968-69	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
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
Rick Fox	53	19.6	8.8	1.2	1.8	2.9	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.5	2.9	3.2	6.6	.481	0.6	1.4	.413	1.8	2.3	.772
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
Rick Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Rick Fox
Season	1969-70	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
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	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Rick Fox	81	32.0	14.0	2.0	3.6	5.6	4.6	1.4	0.5	2.7	3.6	5.2	11.5	.454	1.2	3.4	.364	2.4	3.1	.772
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
Rick Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Rick Fox
Season	1970-71	1996-97
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
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
Rick Fox	76	34.9	15.4	1.5	3.7	5.2	3.8	2.2	0.5	2.3	3.7	5.7	12.5	.456	1.3	3.7	.363	2.7	3.5	.787
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
Rick Fox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Rick Fox
Season	1971-72	1997-98
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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
Rick Fox	82	33.0	12.0	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.4	1.2	0.6	2.5	3.8	4.4	9.4	.471	1.0	3.2	.325	2.1	2.8	.743
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Fox	13	33.1	10.9	1.4	3.1	4.5	3.9	0.8	0.2	1.6	3.6	3.9	8.8	.447	1.6	4.1	.396	1.5	1.8	.826

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

Season 9
	Billy Cunningham	Rick Fox
Season	1975-76	1999-00
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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	20	32.0	13.7	1.5	5.9	7.4	5.4	1.2	0.5	-	2.9	5.2	12.6	.410	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	.773
Rick Fox	82	18.0	6.5	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.7	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.5	2.5	6.1	.414	0.7	2.2	.326	0.8	1.0	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Fox	23	14.4	4.3	0.5	1.2	1.7	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.7	3.0	1.4	3.2	.452	0.8	1.7	.462	0.7	0.9	.762

Season 10
	Billy Cunningham	Rick Fox
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Fox	82	27.9	9.6	1.0	3.0	4.0	3.2	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.7	3.5	7.9	.444	1.4	3.7	.393	1.2	1.5	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Fox	16	35.8	10.0	0.8	4.1	4.9	3.6	1.9	0.4	2.3	3.4	3.6	8.1	.450	1.1	3.6	.316	1.6	1.9	.867

Season 11
	Billy Cunningham	Rick Fox
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Fox	82	27.9	7.9	1.1	3.6	4.7	3.5	0.8	0.3	1.6	3.0	3.1	7.4	.421	0.8	2.5	.313	0.9	1.0	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Fox	19	34.5	9.8	1.3	4.1	5.4	3.4	1.1	0.3	2.4	3.7	3.5	7.3	.482	0.8	2.3	.349	1.9	2.6	.755