Cade Cunningham vs. Dominique Wilkins Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dominique Wilkins 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 4 years in the NBA, 11 less than Dominique Wilkins, who played 15. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Dominique Wilkins had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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.
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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: | +18 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +1.9 | +1.5 | +0.3 | +4.0 | +0.2 | +0.1 | -1.5 | -0.5 | +0.6 | +1.2 | +.077 | +1.8 | +5.6 | +.132 | +0.6 | +1.5 | +.163 |
| Dominique Wilkins |
82 |
32.9 |
17.5 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
5.8 |
1.6 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
7.3 |
14.9 |
.493 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.182 |
2.8 |
4.1 |
.682 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Cade Cunningham |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dominique Wilkins |
3 |
36.3 |
15.7 |
2.7 |
2.3 |
5.0 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
3.3 |
3.0 |
5.7 |
14.0 |
.405 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.000 |
4.0 |
4.7 |
.857 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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 |
| difference: | +69 | +3.3 | +1.7 | +2.1 | +1.2 | +1.0 | +4.4 | +0.6 | +0.5 | -0.6 | -0.4 | +0.6 | +1.1 | +.064 | +1.4 | +5.0 | +.279 | +1.7 | +2.5 | +.067 |
| Dominique Wilkins |
81 |
36.6 |
21.6 |
3.1 |
4.0 |
7.2 |
1.6 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
2.7 |
2.4 |
8.4 |
17.6 |
.479 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
4.7 |
6.1 |
.770 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Cade Cunningham |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dominique Wilkins |
5 |
39.4 |
19.2 |
4.2 |
4.0 |
8.2 |
2.2 |
2.4 |
0.2 |
3.0 |
2.6 |
7.0 |
16.8 |
.417 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
5.2 |
6.2 |
.839 |
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3rd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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: | +19 | +3.8 | +4.7 | +2.3 | +0.3 | +2.6 | +5.0 | +0.8 | +0.3 | -0.6 | -0.4 | +2.0 | +4.5 | +.002 | +1.6 | +4.4 | +.046 | +2.2 | +3.0 | +.063 |
| Dominique Wilkins |
81 |
37.3 |
27.4 |
2.8 |
4.1 |
6.9 |
2.5 |
1.7 |
0.7 |
2.8 |
2.1 |
10.5 |
23.3 |
.451 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
.309 |
6.0 |
7.4 |
.806 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Dominique Wilkins played in the postseason in their season 3 |
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4th Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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 | +4.1 | +4.2 | +2.5 | +0.7 | +1.8 | +6.5 | +0.8 | +0.2 | -1.2 | -0.6 | +1.6 | +3.5 | +.001 | +1.9 | +5.1 | +.170 | +2.9 | +3.7 | +.028 |
| Dominique Wilkins |
78 |
39.1 |
30.3 |
3.3 |
4.6 |
7.9 |
2.6 |
1.8 |
0.6 |
3.2 |
2.2 |
11.4 |
24.3 |
.468 |
0.2 |
0.9 |
.186 |
7.4 |
9.0 |
.818 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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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: | +3 | +1.3 | +3.6 | +1.2 | +3.5 | +2.3 | +5.9 | +0.8 | +1.1 | -2.0 | -0.6 | +1.2 | +2.6 | +.007 | +0.7 | +4.1 | +.021 | +1.8 | +1.8 | +.028 |
| Dominique Wilkins |
9 |
40.0 |
28.6 |
2.2 |
3.8 |
6.0 |
2.8 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
3.3 |
2.7 |
10.4 |
24.1 |
.433 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
.200 |
7.6 |
8.8 |
.861 |
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Additional Years |
* Dominique Wilkins played 11 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 5 to 15, from 1987 to 1999—Dominique Wilkins played in 7 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Cade Cunningham, Dominique Wilkins got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  4 All-NBA Second Team
2 All-NBA Third Team
8 All-Star Game
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