Cade Cunningham vs. Isaiah Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Thomas 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, 8 less than Isaiah Thomas, who played 12. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Isaiah Thomas had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+1	+7.1	+5.9	+0.2	+2.8	+2.9	+1.5	+0.4	+0.6	-2.1	-1.2	+2.8	+7.3	+.032	+0.5	+2.3	+.065	+0.2	+0.2	+.013
Isaiah Thomas	65	25.5	11.5	0.7	1.8	2.6	4.1	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.9	3.9	8.8	.448	1.3	3.4	.379	2.4	2.8	.832
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Isaiah Thomas played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Cade Cunningham	Isaiah Thomas
Season	2024-25	2014-15
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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:	+3	+9.2	+9.7	+0.3	+3.5	+3.8	+4.9	+0.1	+0.7	-2.3	-0.6	+4.8	+8.9	+.049	+0.2	+0.8	+.017		+0.1	+.022
Isaiah Thomas	67	25.8	16.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.2	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.2	5.0	11.9	.420	1.9	5.2	.373	4.5	5.2	.868
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:	+2	+11.5	+7.5	+0.7	+4.5	+5.3	+1.7	+1.0	+1.3	-1.8	-0.8	+4.7	+8.0	+.093		+0.2	+.012	+2.0	+1.0	+.136
Isaiah Thomas	4	29.8	17.5	0.3	2.8	3.0	7.0	0.8	0.0	3.5	2.5	4.5	13.5	.333	0.8	4.5	.167	7.8	8.0	.969

Additional Years
* Isaiah Thomas played 8 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 12, from 2016 to 2024—Isaiah Thomas played in 3 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Cade Cunningham, Isaiah Thomas got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game