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Cade Cunningham

DET DET· Guard· #2· 2025-26

2.01 m · 100 kg · 24 years old

2× All-Star1× All-NBA
🧑‍💼 James Dunleavy · Wasserman📄 50.1 M$ · 4 yrs · Max
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Among the best in the leagueno. 1among guardsAssistsno. 4among guardsBlocksno. 9among guardsRebounds
Season
64 games
23.9PTS
5.5REB
9.9AST
1.4STL
0.8BLK
33.9MIN
FG%
46.1%
3P%
34.2%
FT%
81.2%
Season by season · tap a row
SeasonTeamGPPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPFMINFG%3P%FT%
2025-26DETDET6423.95.59.91.40.83.73.133.946.1%34.2%81.2%
2024-25DETDET7026.16.19.110.84.42.83546.9%35.6%84.6%
2023-24DETDET6222.74.37.50.90.43.42.533.544.9%35.5%86.9%
2022-23DETDET1219.96.260.80.63.32.833.341.5%27.9%83.7%
2021-22DETDET6417.45.55.61.20.73.73.132.641.6%31.4%84.5%
Player DNA2025-26 · vs 178 players
SCORINGno. 11EliteREBOUNDSno. 9EliteASSISTSno. 1EliteSTEALSno. 16EliteBLOCKSno. 4Elite
Career · 5 seasons
Points
0
22.5 per game
Rebounds
0
5.4 per game
Assists
0
8 per game
41.2%Field goals
In the clutch
last 5 min, within 5 points · 2021–2025
PTS/game
2.6
Win %
46.3%
134 games with clutch minutes
His go-to play

Where he does the most damage: pick & roll (ball-handler) — around the league average (0.9 pts/possession)

Who guards him2025-26 · official matchups
Dyson DanielsDyson Daniels102 poss20 pts/100
Davion MitchellDavion Mitchell90 poss16 pts/100
Stephon CastleStephon Castle88 poss19 pts/100
Jaylon TysonJaylon Tyson75 poss23 pts/100
Isaac OkoroIsaac Okoro62 poss27 pts/100

What he scores per 100 possessions against each defender, in the recorded matchups. Observed history: it does not say who defends him best.

Videosplay by play · official NBA clips

Watch him do it: his best recent plays, straight from the real play-by-play.

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TRACKING PROFILE · NBA 2025-26

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distance

4.02km#11/414

64 games · SpeedDistance

points per touch

0.3#189/342

The ball sticks with him: he dribbles a lot before deciding.

The provider does not publish this data point's sample. · Possessions

HOW IT CREATES ITS SHOTS

24.0%

He manufactures most of his own offence: he produces more off the dribble than off the catch.

The provider does not publish this data point's sample. · CatchShoot + PullUpShot

conversion rate

60.4%#43/283

He converts the rebound chances that come his way.

The provider does not publish this data point's sample. · Rebounding

Readings
Distribution
Measured

Cade Cunningham sits in the 100th percentile among the league's guards in playmaking (2025-26).

100
Percentile · Playmaking · 2025-26
Cade Cunningham sits in the 100th percentile among the league's guards in playmaking (2025-26).ScoringP94 · 23.9ReboundingP95 · 5.5PlaymakingP100 · 9.9StealsP91 · 1.4BlocksP98 · 0.8
Against 178 league guards with ≥ 20 games and ≥ 15 min
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▸ See evidence · 5 pieces of evidence
  1. 2025-26: percentile 94 in scoring among 178 guards
  2. 2025-26: percentile 95 in rebounding among 178 guards
  3. 2025-26: percentile 100 in playmaking among 178 guards
  4. 2025-26: percentile 91 in steals among 178 guards
  5. 2025-26: percentile 98 in blocks among 178 guards
Limits
  • Cohort adjusted by position (guards / bigs) and minutes; it does not compare with the whole league.
Revision b040fab9 · measured
Observed

Cade Cunningham: 6 tracking signals with a league rank in 2025-26; the highest, points created by assists (#2 of 414).

25.4
Points created by assists · 2025-26
Cade Cunningham: 6 tracking signals with a league rank in 2025-26; the highest, points created by assists (#2 of 414).Kilometres…Points per…Paint touc…Drives per…Points cre…Rebound co…
Optical tracking · 2025-26 · ranks among players with ≥ 30 games
Observed

Cade Cunningham drops from 26.1 to 23.9 points per game in 2024-25→2025-26 after 5 measured seasons.

23.9
Points per game · 2025-26
Cade Cunningham drops from 26.1 to 23.9 points per game in 2024-25→2025-26 after 5 measured seasons.23.9
Career · 2021-22–2025-26 · 5 seasons
Forecast

Cade Cunningham: projected impact 4.6 in 2026-27 (band 2.5–6.6, BPM scale).

4.6
Projected impact · 2026-27
Cade Cunningham: projected impact 4.6 in 2026-27 (band 2.5–6.6, BPM scale).4.6
Season 2026-27 · current model · computed 2026-09-20
Measured

With Cunningham on the floor his team is 1.0 points worse per 100 possessions than without him (2025-26).

-1.0
On/off difference · per 100 possessions · 2025-26
With Cunningham on the floor his team is 1.0 points worse per 100 possessions than without him (2025-26).With him on th…10.9With him off t…11.9
Real lineups of 2025-26 · 1,515 min with him · 782 min without
Observed

Cade Cunningham passes most to Duncan Robinson (10.05 passes per game) in 2025-26; 8 teammates with ≥ 1 pass per game.

10.05
Most frequent connection · Passes per game · 2025-26
Cade Cunningham passes most to Duncan Robinson (10.05 passes per game) in 2025-26; 8 teammates with ≥ 1 pass per game.Duncan… 10.05Ausar T… 9.41Tobias… 8.80Jalen D… 7.53
Passes made per game · 2025-26 · regular season
Career highs · advanced
20.6PER
5.9WS
3.9BPM
3.7VORP
56.5%TS%
33.2%USG%
Points per game · tap a bar
2021-222025-262025-26
👟 On his feet
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Current physique

Official team listing · with shoes · no measurement date

Height201 cm
Weight100 kg
NBA Draft Combine

He was invited to the Combine and no measurement was taken (interviews, medical or injury).

Injury history
2024-11-22hip7 days out
2024-01-08knee · left19 days out
2022-11-12shin · left
2022-04-10hip · right
2021-10-31ankle · right2 days out
2021-10-19ankle · right11 days out
🚫 Block duels

Play by play, since 2003.

Blocks the most
Jalen Brunson5
Jaime Jaquez Jr.5
Desmond Bane4
Jalen Suggs4
Most blocked by
Evan Mobley12
Myles Turner12
Mitchell Robinson11
Brook Lopez10
🔗 Who he plays with

Passes per game, 2025 season. Source: NBA tracking.

Duncan Robinson
His main partner
Duncan Robinson
10.1 passes per game · 46% shooting after the pass
Passes to most
Duncan Robinson10.117%
Ausar Thompson9.416%
Tobias Harris8.815%
Jalen Duren7.513%
Isaiah Stewart4.17%
Receives most from
Jalen Duren14.821%
Ausar Thompson9.413%
Tobias Harris9.113%
Duncan Robinson8.312%
Ronald Holland II5.98%
🎯 How he scores

Shot distribution from play-by-play. These are shares, not totals.

42%
31%
27%
At the rim53%Three34%Mid-range45%
Assisted baskets: 33%Buzzer-beaters: 22bandeja: 32%suspensión: 20%semigancho: 9%
🪪 Passport and numbers
🇺🇸United StatesPosition: base
College: Oklahoma StateDraft: 2021 · round 1, pick 1
His numbers
2DET2021–2025