Cade Cunningham vs. DeMar DeRozan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of DeMar DeRozan 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, 12 less than DeMar DeRozan, who played 17. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while DeMar DeRozan had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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	DeMar DeRozan
Season	2021-22	2009-10
Team	Detroit Pistons	Toronto Raptors
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:	+13	+11.0	+8.8		+2.6	+2.6	+4.9	+0.6	+0.5	-2.9	-0.8	+3.4	+9.5	+.082	+1.7	+5.5	+.064	+0.3	+0.1	+.082
DeMar DeRozan	77	21.6	8.6	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.3	3.3	6.6	.498	0.1	0.2	.250	1.9	2.5	.763
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor DeMar DeRozan played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Cade Cunningham	DeMar DeRozan
Season	2024-25	2012-13
Team	Detroit Pistons	Toronto Raptors
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:	+12	+1.7	+8.0	+0.2	+2.0	+2.2	+6.6	+0.1	+0.5	-2.6	-0.7	+3.1	+5.8	+.024	+1.7	+4.5	+.073	+0.2	+0.1	+.015
DeMar DeRozan	82	36.7	18.1	0.6	3.3	3.9	2.5	0.9	0.3	1.8	2.1	6.7	15.0	.445	0.4	1.5	.283	4.3	5.2	.831
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
DeMar DeRozan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Cade Cunningham	DeMar DeRozan
Season	2025-26	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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5th 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	22	35.8	26.9	1.4	4.7	6.1	9.1	1.5	0.9	3.8	3.2	9.3	20.5	.454	1.9	6.2	.307	6.4	7.7	.828
difference:	+57	+2.4	+4.2	+0.8	+1.0	+1.8	+5.1	+0.4	+0.5	-1.6	-0.7	+1.7	+2.7	+.025	+1.1	+3.5	+.002	+0.2	+0.3	+.004
DeMar DeRozan	79	38.2	22.7	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.0	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.5	7.6	17.8	.429	0.8	2.7	.305	6.6	8.0	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cade Cunningham	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DeMar DeRozan	7	40.3	23.9	0.4	3.7	4.1	3.6	1.1	0.3	2.6	3.3	6.4	16.7	.385	0.9	2.6	.333	10.1	11.3	.899

Additional Years
* DeMar DeRozan played 12 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 17, from 2015 to 2026—DeMar DeRozan played in 6 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Cade Cunningham, DeMar DeRozan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game