Billy Cunningham vs. Sean Rooks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sean Rooks 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, 3 less than Sean Rooks, who played 12. Billy Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Sean Rooks had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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	Sean Rooks
Season	1965-66	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
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
Sean Rooks	72	29.0	13.5	2.7	4.7	7.4	1.3	0.5	1.1	2.2	2.8	5.1	10.4	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	5.4	.602
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
Sean Rooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Billy Cunningham	Sean Rooks
Season	1966-67	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
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
Sean Rooks	47	26.7	11.4	1.8	3.7	5.5	1.0	0.4	0.9	1.7	2.3	4.1	8.4	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	4.5	.714
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
Sean Rooks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Billy Cunningham	Sean Rooks
Season	1968-69	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minnesota Timberwolves, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Hawks 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	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Sean Rooks	65	17.2	6.5	1.2	2.7	3.9	0.7	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.2	2.2	4.4	.505	0.0	0.1	.143	2.1	3.1	.668
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
Sean Rooks	10	14.0	4.5	1.3	1.4	2.7	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.9	3.5	1.6	2.8	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.619

Season 5
	Billy Cunningham	Sean Rooks
Season	1969-70	1996-97
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Lakers 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	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Sean Rooks	69	10.7	3.8	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.7	1.8	1.3	2.7	.470	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.700
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
Sean Rooks	8	6.5	1.8	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.3	0.5	1.1	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.750

Season 6
	Billy Cunningham	Sean Rooks
Season	1970-71	1997-98
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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	81	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Sean Rooks	41	10.4	3.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.5	1.7	1.1	2.5	.455	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.9	.595
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
Sean Rooks	4	2.5	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 7
	Billy Cunningham	Sean Rooks
Season	1971-72	1998-99
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Sean Rooks	36	8.8	2.7	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.7	0.9	2.2	.405	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.3	.708
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sean Rooks	7	6.7	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.1	1.9	0.3	0.9	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.9	.833

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