Quinn Buckner vs. Billy Cunningham Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Billy Cunningham and Quinn Buckner, 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.

Quinn Buckner played 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than Billy Cunningham, who played 9. Quinn Buckner had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, 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
Rookie Season
	Quinn Buckner	Billy Cunningham
Season	1976-77	1965-66
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Quinn Buckner	79	26.5	8.6	1.2	2.2	3.3	4.7	2.4	0.3	-	3.7	3.8	8.7	.434	-	-	-	1.1	1.9	.539
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		%
Quinn Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Quinn Buckner	Billy Cunningham
Season	1977-78	1966-67
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Quinn Buckner	82	25.3	9.3	1.0	2.1	3.0	5.6	2.3	0.2	2.8	3.5	3.8	8.2	.468	-	-	-	1.6	2.5	.645
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		%
Quinn Buckner	9	28.6	11.2	0.3	2.7	3.0	6.9	2.0	0.1	4.3	3.3	4.8	9.6	.500	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.652
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
	Quinn Buckner	Billy Cunningham
Season	1979-80	1968-69
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Quinn Buckner	67	25.2	10.7	1.0	2.5	3.6	5.7	2.0	0.1	2.2	3.0	4.6	9.8	.467	0.0	0.1	.400	1.6	2.1	.734
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		%
Quinn Buckner	7	23.6	6.1	0.9	1.4	2.3	4.4	2.1	0.0	1.9	2.9	2.6	7.6	.340	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.6	.636
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
	Quinn Buckner	Billy Cunningham
Season	1980-81	1969-70
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Quinn Buckner	82	29.1	13.3	1.1	2.6	3.6	4.7	2.4	0.0	2.9	3.3	5.7	11.7	.493	0.0	0.1	.167	1.8	2.5	.734
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		%
Quinn Buckner	7	26.1	9.0	0.7	2.1	2.9	5.0	1.6	0.0	2.0	3.7	3.7	8.6	.433	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.688
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
	Quinn Buckner	Billy Cunningham
Season	1981-82	1970-71
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Quinn Buckner	70	30.8	12.9	1.1	2.5	3.6	4.7	2.5	0.0	2.6	3.1	5.7	11.7	.482	0.1	0.2	.267	1.6	2.4	.655
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		%
Quinn Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Quinn Buckner	Billy Cunningham
Season	1982-83	1971-72
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Quinn Buckner	72	21.7	7.9	0.9	1.7	2.6	3.8	1.5	0.1	2.2	2.7	3.4	7.8	.442	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.6	.632
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		%
Quinn Buckner	7	14.0	4.6	0.1	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.7	2.6	2.3	5.3	.432	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.3	.000
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 8
	Quinn Buckner	Billy Cunningham
Season	1983-84	1974-75
Team	Boston Celtics	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		%
Quinn Buckner	79	15.8	4.1	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.7	1.1	0.0	1.3	2.4	1.7	4.1	.427	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.649
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		%
Quinn Buckner	23	11.7	3.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.2	0.6	0.0	0.8	2.3	1.4	3.4	.405	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.0	.545
Billy Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-