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Cade Cunningham

DET · Guard · 2025-26 · Oklahoma State · Year 5 · age 24 · born Sep 25, 2001

23.9 PPG5.5 RPG9.9 APG3.7 TPG33.9 MPG

All-NBA 1stAll-Star

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Height
6'6"
Weight
220

Cade Cunningham, 2025-26 with DET: 23.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 9.9 assists in 33.9 minutes a game. Against the 349 players who qualified that season, his highest marks are Assist % (99th percentile), Assists / 75 (99th) and Box Plus/Minus (98th); his lowest are Turnover % (20th percentile) and Effective FG% (23rd).

Bars rank him against all 349 qualified players in 2025-26; the second number is his rank among the 178 qualified guards. 50 is average, and a higher percentile is always the better mark.

Small sample

Role

StatPercentile vs leaguevs guardsValue
Minutes / game949433.9
Minutes share848254.8%
Availability505178.0%

Offense

StatPercentile vs leaguevs guardsValue
Shooting
True shooting %3643.564
Effective FG%2331.513
Points per shot52631.29
3-point %413934.2%
3-point attempts / g80725.7
3PA rate (of FGA)241330.8%
2-point %324651.4%
Free throw %615081.2%
FT attempts / g93946.0
FT rate (of FGA)738232.1%
% points from 3261424.5%
Creation & playmaking
Points / 75949425.2
Assist %999943.0%
Assists / 75999910.4
Assist / turnover84742.69
Potential assists / 75999918.2
Usage %969429.6%
Turnover %202514.8%
Turnovers / 75233.9
Offensive rebound %31522.5%
Off-ball gravity969314.7
Drive rate / 75969416.3
Self-creation7688high
Shot-making (PPP %ile)565555
Defender difficulty5975avg (+0.0)
Impact
On/Off net86866.4

Defense

StatPercentile vs leaguevs guardsValue
Rebounding
Rebounds / 7553815.8
Def. rebound %618813.2%
Activity & outcomes
Steals / 7579711.5
Blocks / 7575930.9
Stocks / 7576852.4
Steal %76672.0%
Block %78942.5%
Rim FG% def. diff8088−5.6%
Matchup difficulty5758avg (12.7)
Opp FG% on matchups9292−3.9%
Deflections / 7556492.5
Physical ingredients
Height45826'6"
Strength (weight)6492220

Value

StatPercentile vs leaguevs guardsValue
Overall value
PER949521.6
Win Shares / 489298.174
Box Plus/Minus9899+6.3
Offensive BPM9696+4.8
Defensive BPM9190+1.5
VORP98984.6
Game Score / g969620.0

Statistical comps

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Weakness comps

who shares his flaws, ranked against other guards · 2025-26 · 500+ min

Where he ranks worst

Season by season

SeasonTeamAgeGPMPGPPGRPGAPGTS%BPMBPM %ileHonours
2021-22DET206432.617.45.55.6.504−1.631All-Rookie 1st
2022-23DET211233.319.96.26.0.492−0.747
2023-24DET226233.522.74.37.5.546+0.359
2024-25DET237035.026.16.19.1.565+3.992All-NBA 3rd · All-Star
2025-26★DET246433.923.95.59.9.564+6.398All-NBA 1st · All-Star

BPM %ile ranks his Box Plus/Minus against that season’s qualified players. ★ is his best season by Box Plus/Minus, among seasons that clear the games floor.