Cade Cunningham vs. Luguentz Dort Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luguentz Dort 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.

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Career comparison / Season by season / Stats Rankings / 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, 2 less than Luguentz Dort, who played 6. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Luguentz Dort had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
Luguentz Dort 6 3 2019-20 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Cade Cunningham Luguentz Dort
Season 2021-222019-20
Team Detroit PistonsOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayThunder 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:+28+9.8+10.6+0.2+3.0+3.2+4.8+0.3+0.6-3.1-0.4+4.3+10.0+.022+1.0+2.9+.017+1.0+1.1+.053
Luguentz Dort 36 22.8 6.8 0.7 1.6 2.3 0.8 0.9 0.1 0.6 2.7 2.4 6.1 .394 0.8 2.8 .297 1.2 1.5 .792
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Cade Cunningham DNP------ --- ----------
Luguentz Dort 6 29.2 12.5 0.8 2.8 3.7 1.0 0.3 1.0 2.5 4.2 4.5 12.7 .355 2.2 8.3 .260 1.3 2.5 .533

Season 2
Cade Cunningham Luguentz Dort
Season 2022-232020-21
Team Detroit PistonsOklahoma City Thunder
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:+40+3.6+5.9+0.3+2.3+2.6+4.3+0.1+0.2-1.8-0.2+3.0+6.4+.028+0.8+1.2+.064+0.7+0.4+.093
Luguentz Dort 52 29.7 14.0 0.7 2.9 3.6 1.7 0.9 0.4 1.5 2.6 4.8 12.3 .387 2.2 6.3 .343 2.3 3.2 .744
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Luguentz Dort played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
Cade Cunningham Luguentz Dort
Season 2023-242021-22
Team Detroit PistonsOklahoma City Thunder
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:+11+0.9+5.5+0.2+0.4+0.1+5.8-1.7-0.4+2.8+4.6+.045+0.6+2.3+.023+0.6+0.7+.026
Luguentz Dort 51 32.6 17.2 0.7 3.4 4.2 1.7 0.9 0.4 1.7 2.9 5.7 14.2 .404 2.5 7.7 .332 3.2 3.7 .843
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Luguentz Dort played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
Cade Cunningham Luguentz Dort
Season 2024-252022-23
Team Detroit PistonsOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Pistons Lost East Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+4+4.3+12.4+0.9+2.4+1.5+7.0+0.5-3.2-0.5+5.2+9.0+.081+0.3+0.5+.026+1.8+1.8+.074
Luguentz Dort 74 30.7 13.7 1.7 2.9 4.6 2.1 1.0 0.3 1.2 3.3 4.6 11.8 .388 1.8 5.5 .330 2.7 3.5 .772
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Luguentz Dort DNP------ --- ----------

Additional Years

* Luguentz Dort played 2 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 5 to 6, from 2024 to 2025—Luguentz Dort played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

In those 2 extra years over Cade Cunningham, Luguentz Dort got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 All-Defensive First Team
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