Cade Cunningham vs. Keegan Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Keegan Murray 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, 1 more than Keegan Murray, who played 3. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Keegan Murray had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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
Keegan Murray 3 1 2022-23 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Cade Cunningham Keegan Murray
Season 2021-222022-23
Team Detroit PistonsSacramento Kings
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First TeamAchievement All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs Did Not PlayKings Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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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:+16+2.8+5.2+0.2+1.1+0.9+4.4+0.4+0.2-2.9-1.1+2.3+6.3+.037+0.8+0.6+.097+1.4+1.6+.080
Keegan Murray 80 29.8 12.2 1.1 3.5 4.6 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.8 2.0 4.4 9.8 .453 2.6 6.3 .411 0.8 1.0 .765
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Cade Cunningham DNP------ --- ----------
Keegan Murray 7 27.7 9.7 2.1 4.1 6.3 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.6 2.6 3.7 8.3 .448 1.7 4.6 .375 0.6 0.9 .667

Season 2
Cade Cunningham Keegan Murray
Season 2022-232023-24
Team Detroit PistonsSacramento Kings
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:+65+0.3+4.7+0.4+1.1+0.7+4.3+0.2+0.2-2.5-0.1+2.0+6.0+.039+1.0+1.5+.079+1.7+2.0+.006
Keegan Murray 77 33.6 15.2 1.4 4.1 5.5 1.7 1.0 0.8 0.8 2.7 5.8 12.7 .454 2.4 6.6 .358 1.3 1.6 .831
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Keegan Murray played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
Cade Cunningham Keegan Murray
Season 2023-242024-25
Team Detroit PistonsSacramento Kings
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:+14+0.8+10.3+1.4+1.0+2.4+6.1+0.1+0.5-2.6-0.1+3.7+8.0+.005+0.1+0.5+.012+3.0+3.5+.036
Keegan Murray 76 34.3 12.4 1.9 4.8 6.7 1.4 0.8 0.9 0.8 2.4 4.8 10.8 .444 2.0 5.9 .343 0.8 0.9 .833
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Keegan Murray played in the postseason in their season 3

Additional Years

* Cade Cunningham played 1 season more than Keegan Murray in the NBA.

In that period—his season 4 in 2025—Cade Cunningham played in the Playoffs.

In that extra year over Keegan Murray, Cade Cunningham got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 All-NBA Third Team
Achievement 1 All-Star Game
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