Mark Aguirre vs. Billy Cunningham Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy Cunningham and Mark Aguirre, 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.

Mark Aguirre played 13 years in the NBA, 4 more than Billy Cunningham, who played 9. Mark Aguirre had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, 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
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Rookie Season
	Mark Aguirre	Billy Cunningham
Season	1981-82	1965-66
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mark Aguirre	51	28.8	18.7	1.7	3.1	4.9	3.2	0.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	7.5	16.1	.465	0.5	1.4	.352	3.3	4.8	.680
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		%
Mark Aguirre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mark Aguirre	Billy Cunningham
Season	1982-83	1966-67
Team	Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Mark Aguirre	81	34.4	24.4	2.4	3.9	6.3	4.1	1.0	0.3	3.2	3.0	9.5	19.6	.483	0.2	0.9	.211	5.3	7.3	.728
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		%
Mark Aguirre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Billy Cunningham	15	22.6	15.0	-	-	6.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	14.7	.376	-	-	-	3.9	6.0	.656

Season 3
	Mark Aguirre	Billy Cunningham
Season	1983-84	1967-68
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Mark Aguirre	79	36.7	29.5	2.0	3.9	5.9	4.5	1.0	0.3	3.6	3.1	11.7	22.3	.524	0.2	0.7	.268	5.9	7.9	.749
Billy Cunningham	74	28.1	18.9	-	-	7.6	2.5	-	-	-	3.5	7.0	15.9	.438	-	-	-	5.0	6.9	.723
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	10	35.0	22.0	2.1	5.5	7.6	3.2	0.5	0.5	2.7	3.4	8.8	18.4	.478	0.0	0.5	.000	4.4	5.7	.772
Billy Cunningham	3	28.7	20.7	-	-	7.3	3.3	-	-	-	5.3	8.0	14.3	.558	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.824

Season 4
	Mark Aguirre	Billy Cunningham
Season	1984-85	1968-69
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Mark Aguirre	80	33.7	25.7	2.4	3.6	6.0	3.1	0.8	0.3	3.2	3.1	9.9	19.6	.506	0.3	1.1	.318	5.5	7.3	.759
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		%
Mark Aguirre	4	41.0	29.0	4.0	3.5	7.5	4.0	0.8	0.0	3.8	4.0	11.0	22.3	.494	0.3	0.5	.500	6.8	8.0	.844
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
	Mark Aguirre	Billy Cunningham
Season	1985-86	1969-70
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Mark Aguirre	74	33.8	22.6	2.4	3.6	6.0	4.6	0.8	0.2	3.4	3.1	9.0	17.9	.503	0.2	0.8	.286	4.3	6.1	.705
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		%
Mark Aguirre	10	34.5	24.7	2.1	5.0	7.1	5.4	0.9	0.0	2.3	2.8	10.5	21.4	.491	0.2	0.6	.333	3.5	5.5	.636
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
	Mark Aguirre	Billy Cunningham
Season	1986-87	1970-71
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Mark Aguirre	80	33.3	25.7	2.3	3.1	5.3	3.2	1.1	0.4	2.7	3.0	9.8	19.9	.495	0.7	1.9	.353	5.4	7.0	.770
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		%
Mark Aguirre	4	32.5	21.3	2.8	3.3	6.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	2.3	3.8	7.8	15.5	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	5.8	7.5	.767
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
	Mark Aguirre	Billy Cunningham
Season	1987-88	1971-72
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 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		%
Mark Aguirre	77	33.9	25.1	2.4	3.3	5.6	3.6	0.9	0.7	2.6	2.9	9.7	20.4	.475	0.7	2.2	.302	5.0	6.5	.770
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		%
Mark Aguirre	17	32.8	21.6	2.0	3.9	5.9	3.3	0.8	0.5	2.4	2.9	8.6	17.3	.500	0.8	2.0	.382	3.5	5.1	.698
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 8
	Mark Aguirre	Billy Cunningham
Season	1988-89	1974-75
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons	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		%
Mark Aguirre	80	32.5	18.9	1.8	3.0	4.8	3.5	0.6	0.5	2.6	2.9	7.3	15.9	.461	0.6	2.2	.293	3.6	4.9	.733
Billy Cunningham	80	35.7	19.5	1.6	7.5	9.1	5.5	1.1	0.4	-	3.4	7.6	17.8	.428	-	-	-	4.3	5.6	.777
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	17	27.2	12.6	1.5	2.9	4.4	1.6	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.2	5.2	10.7	.489	0.5	1.7	.276	1.6	2.2	.737
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Mark Aguirre	Billy Cunningham
Season	1989-90	1975-76
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Mark Aguirre	78	25.7	14.1	1.5	2.4	3.9	1.9	0.4	0.2	1.6	2.6	5.6	11.5	.488	0.4	1.2	.333	2.5	3.3	.756
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		%
Mark Aguirre	20	22.0	11.0	1.6	3.0	4.6	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.5	2.6	4.3	9.2	.467	0.4	1.2	.333	2.0	2.6	.750
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-