Billy Cunningham vs. Rick Mahorn Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rick Mahorn 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, 9 less than Rick Mahorn, who played 18. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Rick Mahorn had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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 Mahorn
Season	1965-66	1980-81
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Bullets
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
Rick Mahorn	52	13.4	4.8	1.3	2.8	4.1	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.7	2.6	2.1	4.2	.507	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.675
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 Mahorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Rick Mahorn
Season	1966-67	1981-82
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bullets 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	81	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Rick Mahorn	80	33.3	12.2	1.9	6.9	8.8	1.9	0.7	1.7	2.0	4.4	5.2	10.2	.507	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.9	.632
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 Mahorn	7	34.6	10.6	2.0	6.7	8.7	1.9	1.4	0.7	2.3	4.3	4.6	10.4	.438	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.0	.714

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Rick Mahorn
Season	1968-69	1983-84
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Bullets 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	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Rick Mahorn	82	32.9	9.0	2.1	6.9	9.0	1.6	0.8	1.5	1.7	4.4	3.7	7.4	.507	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.651
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 Mahorn	4	38.5	9.5	1.8	9.0	10.8	1.5	0.3	1.5	1.5	4.8	3.8	6.3	.600	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.5	.800

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Rick Mahorn
Season	1969-70	1984-85
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Bullets 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	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Rick Mahorn	77	26.9	6.3	1.9	5.9	7.9	1.6	0.8	1.4	1.7	4.0	2.7	5.4	.499	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.683
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 Mahorn	4	10.3	3.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.3	2.3	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Rick Mahorn
Season	1970-71	1985-86
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons 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	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Rick Mahorn	80	18.0	4.9	1.5	3.6	5.2	0.8	0.5	0.8	1.4	3.3	2.0	4.3	.455	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.5	.681
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 Mahorn	4	15.3	3.0	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	3.5	1.3	3.3	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Rick Mahorn
Season	1971-72	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East 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 Mahorn	63	20.3	6.1	1.5	4.5	6.0	0.6	0.5	0.8	1.2	3.5	2.3	5.1	.447	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.9	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	15	32.2	9.7	2.8	6.7	9.5	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.1	4.0	3.9	7.3	.541	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.3	.800

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

Season 9
	Billy Cunningham	Rick Mahorn
Season	1975-76	1988-89
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons
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 Mahorn	72	24.9	7.3	2.0	4.9	6.9	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.9	2.8	5.5	.517	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.2	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	17	21.2	5.7	1.8	3.4	5.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.6	3.5	2.4	4.1	.580	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.654

Season 10
	Billy Cunningham	Rick Mahorn
Season	-	1989-90
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	76ers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	75	30.3	10.8	2.2	5.3	7.6	1.3	0.6	1.4	1.4	3.3	4.2	8.4	.497	0.0	0.1	.222	2.4	3.4	.715
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rick Mahorn	10	34.2	9.4	1.8	5.2	7.0	1.0	0.7	0.8	1.3	4.1	3.7	8.6	.430	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.6	.769

Note: Rick Mahorn didn't play in 1991-92.