Cade Cunningham vs. Derrick Jones Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Jones Jr. 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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 4 years in the NBA, 5 less than Derrick Jones Jr., who played 9. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Derrick Jones Jr. had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Cade Cunningham 4 1 2021-22 to 2024-25
Derrick Jones Jr. 9 5 2016-17 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Cade Cunningham Derrick Jones Jr.
Season 2021-222016-17
Team Detroit PistonsPhoenix Suns
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+32+15.6+12.1+0.3+3.3+3.0+5.2+0.8+0.3-3.3-1.1+4.6+12.3+.146+1.7+5.4+.041+1.3+1.3+.138
Derrick Jones Jr. 32 17.0 5.3 1.2 1.3 2.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 2.0 2.1 3.8 .562 0.1 0.3 .273 0.9 1.3 .707
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Derrick Jones Jr. played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
Cade Cunningham Derrick Jones Jr.
Season 2022-232017-18
Team Detroit PistonsPhoenix Suns, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+8+21.0+16.8+0.1+4.3+4.3+5.5+0.6+0.1-2.9-1.6+6.7+16.0+.019+1.2+4.2+.112+2.2+2.4+.170
Derrick Jones Jr. 20 12.3 3.1 1.1 0.9 1.9 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.4 1.2 1.1 2.7 .396 0.2 0.9 .167 0.8 1.2 .667
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Derrick Jones Jr. played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
Cade Cunningham Derrick Jones Jr.
Season 2023-242018-19
Team Detroit PistonsMiami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+2+14.3+15.7+1.1+1.4+0.3+6.9+0.1+0.3-2.7-0.4+5.8+13.4+.045+1.4+3.9+.047+2.6+2.4+.262
Derrick Jones Jr. 60 19.2 7.0 1.6 2.4 4.0 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 2.1 2.7 5.4 .494 0.5 1.5 .308 1.2 2.0 .607
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Derrick Jones Jr. played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
Cade Cunningham Derrick Jones Jr.
Season 2024-252019-20
Team Detroit PistonsMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Pistons Lost East Conf 1st RdHeat Lost NBA Finals
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+11+11.7+17.6+0.3+2.5+2.2+8.0+0.2-3.9-0.6+6.7+14.9+.058+1.5+3.8+.076+2.9+3.2+.074
Derrick Jones Jr. 59 23.3 8.5 1.1 2.8 3.9 1.1 1.0 0.6 0.5 2.2 3.1 5.9 .527 0.6 2.2 .280 1.6 2.1 .772
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+9+34.9+23.5+0.6+6.9+7.5+8.2+1.4+1.0-5.2-2.5+8.7+20.4+.045+0.5+4.1+.265+5.7+6.7+.433
Derrick Jones Jr. 15 6.4 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.8 0.5 1.1 .471 0.3 0.6 .444 0.1 0.3 .400

Additional Years

* Derrick Jones Jr. played 5 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 5 to 9, from 2021 to 2025—Derrick Jones Jr. played in 4 Playoffs.

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