Derek Anderson vs. Billy Cunningham Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy Cunningham and Derek Anderson, 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.

Derek Anderson played 11 years in the NBA, 2 more than Billy Cunningham, who played 9. Derek Anderson had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Billy Cunningham had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	Derek Anderson	Billy Cunningham
Season	1997-98	1965-66
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Derek Anderson	66	27.9	11.7	0.8	2.0	2.8	3.4	1.3	0.2	1.9	2.1	3.6	8.9	.408	0.3	1.3	.202	4.2	4.8	.873
Billy Cunningham	80	26.7	14.3	-	-	7.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	12.6	.426	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	.634
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Anderson	4	25.8	10.8	0.0	2.3	2.3	2.8	1.3	0.3	3.0	2.5	2.5	5.5	.455	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	6.5	.885
Billy Cunningham	4	17.3	5.3	-	-	4.5	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	1.3	7.8	.161	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.846

Season 2
	Derek Anderson	Billy Cunningham
Season	1998-99	1966-67
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Derek Anderson	38	25.7	10.8	0.5	2.3	2.9	3.8	1.3	0.1	2.2	1.9	3.3	8.3	.398	0.6	1.8	.304	3.6	4.3	.836
Billy Cunningham	81	26.8	18.5	-	-	7.3	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	15.0	.459	-	-	-	4.7	6.9	.686
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Cunningham	15	22.6	15.0	-	-	6.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	14.7	.376	-	-	-	3.9	6.0	.656

Season 4
	Derek Anderson	Billy Cunningham
Season	2000-01	1968-69
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Derek Anderson	82	34.9	15.5	0.9	3.5	4.4	3.7	1.5	0.2	2.0	2.3	5.0	12.1	.416	1.2	3.1	.399	4.2	4.9	.851
Billy Cunningham	82	40.8	24.8	-	-	12.8	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	21.2	.426	-	-	-	6.8	9.2	.737
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Anderson	7	27.7	7.7	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.4	0.4	0.0	2.1	1.4	2.3	8.7	.262	0.9	3.1	.273	2.3	3.0	.762
Billy Cunningham	5	43.4	24.4	-	-	12.6	2.4	-	-	-	4.8	9.8	23.4	.419	-	-	-	4.8	7.6	.632

Season 5
	Derek Anderson	Billy Cunningham
Season	2001-02	1969-70
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Derek Anderson	70	26.6	10.8	0.7	2.0	2.7	3.1	1.0	0.1	1.2	1.6	3.5	8.7	.404	1.2	3.3	.373	2.5	3.0	.856
Billy Cunningham	81	39.4	26.1	-	-	13.6	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	9.9	21.1	.469	-	-	-	6.3	8.6	.729
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Anderson	3	25.3	14.7	1.0	1.3	2.3	2.3	0.7	0.0	2.0	0.3	4.3	10.0	.433	0.7	2.0	.333	5.3	6.0	.889
Billy Cunningham	5	41.0	29.2	-	-	10.4	4.0	-	-	-	3.8	12.2	24.6	.496	-	-	-	4.8	7.2	.667

Season 6
	Derek Anderson	Billy Cunningham
Season	2002-03	1970-71
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Derek Anderson	76	33.6	13.9	0.7	2.8	3.5	4.3	1.2	0.2	1.7	1.9	4.7	10.9	.427	1.5	4.4	.350	3.0	3.5	.859
Billy Cunningham	81	38.1	23.0	-	-	11.7	4.9	-	-	-	4.0	8.7	18.8	.462	-	-	-	5.6	7.7	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Anderson	2	11.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000
Billy Cunningham	7	43.0	25.9	-	-	15.4	5.7	-	-	-	4.0	9.6	20.3	.472	-	-	-	6.7	9.6	.701

Season 7
	Derek Anderson	Billy Cunningham
Season	2003-04	1971-72
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Derek Anderson	51	35.5	13.6	0.5	3.1	3.6	4.5	1.3	0.1	1.8	1.5	4.5	12.0	.376	1.5	5.1	.305	3.0	3.7	.824
Billy Cunningham	75	38.7	23.3	-	-	12.2	5.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.0	.461	-	-	-	5.7	8.0	.712
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 9
	Derek Anderson	Billy Cunningham
Season	2005-06	1975-76
Team	Houston Rockets, Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Derek Anderson	43	24.3	8.1	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.3	0.5	0.1	1.3	2.3	2.5	7.0	.356	0.9	3.1	.299	2.2	2.6	.838
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derek Anderson	8	8.3	3.0	0.0	1.1	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.6	0.8	2.5	.300	0.6	1.8	.357	0.9	1.0	.875
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-