Billy Cunningham vs. Scott Padgett Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scott Padgett 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, 1 more than Scott Padgett, who played 8. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Scott Padgett had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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	Scott Padgett
Season	1965-66	1999-00
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	Jazz 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	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Scott Padgett	47	9.2	2.6	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.2	0.9	3.0	.314	0.3	0.9	.295	0.4	0.6	.704
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
Scott Padgett	8	7.3	1.9	0.4	1.8	2.1	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.5	1.3	0.8	2.0	.375	0.4	1.1	.333	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Scott Padgett
Season	1966-67	2000-01
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Scott Padgett	27	4.7	2.1	0.7	0.7	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.8	0.7	1.6	.419	0.2	0.3	.556	0.6	0.7	.750
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
Scott Padgett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Scott Padgett
Season	1968-69	2002-03
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Jazz 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	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Scott Padgett	82	16.1	5.7	1.0	2.3	3.3	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.8	2.1	5.2	.402	0.5	1.6	.338	1.0	1.3	.757
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
Scott Padgett	4	13.0	4.8	1.5	0.8	2.3	1.0	0.8	0.0	1.3	1.5	2.0	4.8	.421	0.5	1.8	.286	0.3	0.5	.500

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Scott Padgett
Season	1969-70	2003-04
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Rockets 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
Scott Padgett	58	9.4	3.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.3	1.3	2.9	.443	0.5	1.1	.431	0.4	0.6	.750
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
Scott Padgett	4	2.8	1.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.3	.400	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Scott Padgett
Season	1970-71	2004-05
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Rockets 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	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Scott Padgett	66	14.3	4.2	0.7	2.1	2.8	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.5	1.8	1.5	3.5	.421	0.8	1.9	.397	0.4	0.6	.725
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
Scott Padgett	7	15.4	3.6	1.3	1.4	2.7	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.4	2.6	1.3	3.4	.375	0.7	1.7	.417	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Scott Padgett
Season	1971-72	2005-06
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Scott Padgett	62	11.6	3.4	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.5	1.1	3.2	.353	0.7	2.0	.347	0.4	0.5	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Padgett	3	3.0	1.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.7	.500

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