Cade Cunningham vs. Darius Garland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darius Garland 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, 2 less than Darius Garland, who played 7. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Darius Garland had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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	Darius Garland
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
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:	+5	+1.7	+5.1	+0.4	+3.2	+3.6	+1.7	+0.5	+0.6	-1.1	-1.5	+2.0	+4.3	+.015		+0.7	+.041	+1.1	+1.4	+.030
Darius Garland	59	30.9	12.3	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.6	4.7	11.8	.401	1.8	5.0	.355	1.1	1.2	.875
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Darius Garland played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Cade Cunningham	Darius Garland
Season	2023-24	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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3rd 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	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
difference:	+6	+2.2	+1.0	+0.1	+1.1	+1.0	+1.1	+0.4	+0.3	-0.2	-0.8	+0.5	+1.5	+.013	+0.7	+1.3	+.028	+0.6	+0.9	+.023
Darius Garland	68	35.7	21.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.6	1.7	8.0	17.3	.462	2.6	6.7	.383	3.2	3.5	.892
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Darius Garland played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Cade Cunningham	Darius Garland
Season	2024-25	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+1	+0.5	+4.5	+0.4	+3.0	+3.4	+1.3	+0.2	+0.7	-1.5	-0.7	+2.2	+4.4	+.007	+0.3		+.054	+0.5	+0.6	+.017
Darius Garland	69	35.5	21.6	0.4	2.3	2.7	7.8	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.1	7.6	16.4	.462	2.4	6.0	.410	4.0	4.7	.863
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
difference:	+1	+3.5	+4.4	+1.0	+5.5	+6.5	+3.7	+0.2	+1.1	-1.7	-0.1	+2.2	+5.5	+.012	+1.6	+1.5	+.208	+1.6	+2.0	+.007
Darius Garland	5	37.8	20.6	0.0	1.8	1.8	5.0	1.6	0.2	3.6	3.4	7.0	16.0	.438	2.4	6.2	.387	4.2	5.0	.840

Additional Years
* Darius Garland played 2 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 7, from 2025 to 2026—Darius Garland played in one postseason. In those 2 extra years over Cade Cunningham, Darius Garland got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game