Cade Cunningham vs. Alex English Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex English 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 5 years in the NBA, 10 less than Alex English, who played 15. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Alex English had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Cade Cunningham	Alex English
Season	2021-22	1976-77
Team	Detroit Pistons	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+4	+21.8	+12.2	+0.2	+2.9	+2.7	+5.2	+0.9	+0.4		-1.8	+4.5	+11.5	+.061				+1.4	+1.6	+.078
Alex English	60	10.8	5.2	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	-	1.3	2.2	4.6	.477	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.767
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Alex English played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Cade Cunningham	Alex English
Season	2024-25	1979-80
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cade Cunningham	70	35.0	26.1	0.8	5.3	6.1	9.1	1.0	0.8	4.4	2.8	9.8	20.8	.469	2.1	6.0	.356	4.5	5.3	.846
difference:	+8	+4.2	+9.2	+2.6	+1.0	+1.7	+6.2	+0.1		-1.7	-0.2	+2.7	+6.5	+.028	+2.1	+5.9	+.023	+1.8	+1.9	+.057
Alex English	78	30.8	16.9	3.4	4.3	7.8	2.9	0.9	0.8	2.7	2.6	7.1	14.3	.497	0.0	0.1	.333	2.7	3.4	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cade Cunningham	6	41.3	25.0	1.0	7.3	8.3	8.7	1.8	1.3	5.3	3.3	9.2	21.5	.426	0.8	4.7	.179	5.8	7.0	.833
Alex English	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Alex English played 10 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 15, from 1982 to 1991—Alex English played in 9 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Cade Cunningham, Alex English got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 8 All-Star Game