Cade Cunningham vs. Jalen Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Smith 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 3 years in the NBA, 1 less than Jalen Smith, who played 4. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Jalen Smith had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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 achivements, 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
	Cade Cunningham	Jalen Smith
Season	2021-22	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost NBA Finals

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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
Jalen Smith	27	5.8	2.0	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.8	1.9	.440	0.1	0.6	.235	0.2	0.3	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cade Cunningham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Smith	6	3.0	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.7	.500	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.0	-