Cade Cunningham vs. Hassan Whiteside Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hassan Whiteside 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, 6 less than Hassan Whiteside, who played 10. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Hassan Whiteside had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2021-22	2010-11
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
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:	+63	+30.6	+17.4	+0.9	+4.6	+5.5	+5.6	+1.2	+0.7	-3.7	-1.1	+6.7	+16.1		+1.8	+5.7		+2.2	+2.6
Hassan Whiteside	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Hassan Whiteside played in the postseason in their season 1

Note: Hassan Whiteside didn't play in 2012-13 and 2013-14.

Season 4
	Cade Cunningham	Hassan Whiteside
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+3	+5.9	+11.9	+2.5	+3.3	+5.7	+8.7	+0.4	+2.9	-2.5		+4.1	+11.5	+.137	+2.1	+6.0		+1.6	+0.8	+.196
Hassan Whiteside	73	29.1	14.2	3.3	8.6	11.8	0.4	0.6	3.7	1.9	2.8	5.7	9.3	.606	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.5	.650
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:	+4	+12.2	+13.0	+1.6	+1.0	+2.6	+8.4	+1.0	+1.5	-4.0	-0.1	+4.5	+14.6	+.255	+0.8	+4.7		+3.2	+2.6	+.242
Hassan Whiteside	10	29.1	12.0	2.6	8.3	10.9	0.3	0.8	2.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	6.9	.681	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	4.4	.591

Additional Years
* Hassan Whiteside played 6 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 10, from 2017 to 2022—Hassan Whiteside played in 3 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Cade Cunningham, Hassan Whiteside got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Rebounds Leader 1 Blocks Leader