Cade Cunningham vs. Kendrick Perkins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kendrick Perkins 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 5 years in the NBA, 9 less than Kendrick Perkins, who played 14. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Kendrick Perkins had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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	Kendrick Perkins
Season	2021-22	2003-04
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
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:	+54	+29.1	+15.2	+0.4	+3.7	+4.1	+5.3	+1.2	+0.5	-3.2	-2.5	+5.9	+14.6	+.117	+1.8	+5.7		+1.6	+1.7	+.178
Kendrick Perkins	10	3.5	2.2	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.5	.533	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.667
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Kendrick Perkins played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Cade Cunningham	Kendrick Perkins
Season	2024-25	2006-07
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+2	+13.1	+21.6	+0.8	+1.7	+0.9	+7.8	+0.7	+0.5	-2.8	-0.2	+8.0	+17.1	+.022	+2.1	+6.0		+3.7	+3.9	+.246
Kendrick Perkins	72	21.9	4.5	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	3.0	1.8	3.7	.491	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.600
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
Kendrick Perkins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Cade Cunningham	Kendrick Perkins
Season	2025-26	2007-08
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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5th 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	23	35.8	27.1	1.3	4.7	6.0	9.2	1.5	0.8	3.7	3.3	9.4	20.6	.457	2.1	6.4	.327	6.3	7.5	.832
difference:	+55	+11.3	+20.2	+0.6	+0.5	+0.1	+8.1	+1.1	+0.7	-2.1	-0.2	+6.7	+16.1	+.158	+2.1	+6.4		+4.8	+5.2	+.209
Kendrick Perkins	78	24.5	6.9	1.9	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.4	1.5	1.6	3.1	2.7	4.5	.615	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.3	.623
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cade Cunningham	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kendrick Perkins	25	25.2	6.6	2.1	4.0	6.1	0.5	0.6	1.3	1.2	3.6	2.5	4.2	.585	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.678