Cade Cunningham vs. Connie Hawkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Connie Hawkins and Cade Cunningham, 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.

Cade Cunningham played 3 years in the NBA, 4 less than Connie Hawkins, who played 7. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Connie Hawkins had his rookie season in 1969-70. 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
Rookie Season
	Cade Cunningham	Connie Hawkins
Season	2021-22	1969-70
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West 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		%
Cade Cunningham	64	32.6	17.4	0.9	4.6	5.5	5.6	1.2	0.7	3.7	3.1	6.7	16.1	.416	1.8	5.7	.314	2.2	2.6	.845
Connie Hawkins	81	40.9	24.6	-	-	10.4	4.8	-	-	-	3.5	8.8	17.9	.490	-	-	-	7.1	9.1	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cade Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Connie Hawkins	7	46.9	25.4	-	-	13.9	5.9	-	-	-	3.1	8.9	21.4	.413	-	-	-	7.7	9.4	.818

Season 2
	Cade Cunningham	Connie Hawkins
Season	2022-23	1970-71
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Cade Cunningham	12	33.3	19.9	1.0	5.2	6.2	6.0	0.8	0.6	3.3	2.8	7.8	18.7	.415	1.4	5.1	.279	3.0	3.6	.837
Connie Hawkins	71	37.5	20.9	-	-	9.1	4.5	-	-	-	2.8	7.2	16.6	.434	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cade Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Connie Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Cade Cunningham	Connie Hawkins
Season	2023-24	1971-72
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Cade Cunningham	62	33.5	22.7	0.5	3.8	4.3	7.5	0.9	0.4	3.4	2.5	8.5	18.8	.449	1.9	5.4	.355	3.8	4.4	.869
Connie Hawkins	76	36.8	21.0	-	-	8.3	3.9	-	-	-	3.1	7.5	16.4	.459	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cade Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Connie Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Cade Cunningham	Connie Hawkins
Season	-	1972-73
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Cade Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Connie Hawkins	75	36.9	16.1	-	-	8.5	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	5.9	12.3	.479	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cade Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Connie Hawkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-