Cade Cunningham vs. Luol Deng Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Luol Deng 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, 12 less than Luol Deng, who played 15. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Luol Deng had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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.
Their Careers |
Player |
Total Seasons |
Playoffs Played |
NBA Years |
Cade Cunningham |
3 |
0 |
2021-22 to 2023-24 |
Luol Deng |
15 |
7 |
2004-05 to 2018-19 |
Comparison Season by Season |
|
|
|
Rookie Season |
|
Cade Cunningham |
Luol Deng |
Season |
2021-22 | 2004-05 |
Team |
Detroit Pistons | Chicago Bulls |
Honors & Awards |
All-Rookie First Team | All-Rookie First Team |
Playoffs |
Did Not Play | Did Not Play |
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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 |
Luol Deng |
61 |
27.3 |
11.7 |
1.5 |
3.8 |
5.3 |
2.2 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
1.9 |
1.6 |
4.6 |
10.6 |
.434 |
0.5 |
1.9 |
.265 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
.741 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
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 |
Luol Deng |
78 |
33.4 |
14.3 |
1.6 |
5.0 |
6.6 |
1.9 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
5.7 |
12.2 |
.463 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
.269 |
2.7 |
3.5 |
.750 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
6 |
30.0 |
10.2 |
1.3 |
3.5 |
4.8 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
4.0 |
9.3 |
.429 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
.200 |
2.0 |
3.5 |
.571 |
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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 |
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 |
Luol Deng |
82 |
37.5 |
18.8 |
1.8 |
5.3 |
7.1 |
2.5 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
7.7 |
14.9 |
.517 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.143 |
3.4 |
4.4 |
.777 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
10 |
41.0 |
22.2 |
3.0 |
5.7 |
8.7 |
2.4 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
2.3 |
2.2 |
8.8 |
16.8 |
.524 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
4.6 |
5.7 |
.807 |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
63 |
33.8 |
17.0 |
2.2 |
4.1 |
6.3 |
2.5 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
6.8 |
14.2 |
.479 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.364 |
3.2 |
4.2 |
.770 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
49 |
34.0 |
14.1 |
1.6 |
4.4 |
6.0 |
1.9 |
1.2 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
5.4 |
12.1 |
.448 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
.400 |
3.1 |
3.9 |
.796 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
70 |
37.9 |
17.6 |
1.9 |
5.4 |
7.3 |
2.0 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
6.8 |
14.5 |
.466 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
.386 |
3.6 |
4.7 |
.764 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
5 |
40.6 |
18.8 |
1.6 |
3.4 |
5.0 |
1.4 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
3.0 |
7.4 |
16.0 |
.463 |
0.2 |
2.4 |
.083 |
3.8 |
5.2 |
.731 |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
82 |
39.1 |
17.4 |
1.4 |
4.4 |
5.8 |
2.8 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
6.5 |
14.1 |
.460 |
1.4 |
4.1 |
.345 |
3.1 |
4.1 |
.753 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
16 |
42.9 |
16.9 |
1.7 |
4.9 |
6.6 |
2.7 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
2.5 |
6.1 |
14.4 |
.426 |
1.4 |
4.3 |
.324 |
3.3 |
3.9 |
.839 |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
54 |
39.4 |
15.3 |
1.4 |
5.1 |
6.5 |
2.9 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
1.8 |
1.5 |
5.8 |
14.0 |
.412 |
1.5 |
4.0 |
.367 |
2.4 |
3.1 |
.770 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
6 |
38.0 |
14.0 |
1.3 |
7.0 |
8.3 |
1.5 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
6.0 |
13.2 |
.456 |
1.3 |
3.7 |
.364 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
.571 |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
75 |
38.7 |
16.5 |
2.2 |
4.2 |
6.3 |
3.0 |
1.1 |
0.4 |
1.9 |
1.4 |
6.2 |
14.6 |
.426 |
1.0 |
3.1 |
.322 |
3.1 |
3.8 |
.816 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
5 |
44.8 |
13.8 |
1.0 |
6.6 |
7.6 |
3.8 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
6.4 |
16.8 |
.381 |
0.2 |
3.6 |
.056 |
0.8 |
2.0 |
.400 |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
63 |
35.1 |
16.0 |
1.6 |
4.2 |
5.7 |
2.9 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
5.9 |
13.7 |
.431 |
0.9 |
3.0 |
.302 |
3.4 |
4.3 |
.791 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
72 |
33.6 |
14.0 |
1.4 |
3.8 |
5.2 |
1.9 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
5.1 |
10.9 |
.469 |
1.1 |
3.1 |
.355 |
2.7 |
3.5 |
.761 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
74 |
32.4 |
12.3 |
1.5 |
4.5 |
6.0 |
1.9 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
1.6 |
4.6 |
10.1 |
.455 |
1.2 |
3.5 |
.344 |
2.0 |
2.6 |
.755 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
14 |
35.4 |
13.3 |
1.4 |
4.6 |
5.9 |
1.6 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
4.6 |
9.9 |
.471 |
1.7 |
4.1 |
.421 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
.842 |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
56 |
26.5 |
7.6 |
1.1 |
4.1 |
5.3 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
2.9 |
7.6 |
.387 |
0.9 |
2.9 |
.309 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
.730 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
1 |
13.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
22 |
17.8 |
7.1 |
0.9 |
2.4 |
3.3 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
2.7 |
5.4 |
.500 |
0.6 |
2.0 |
.318 |
1.1 |
1.6 |
.714 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Luol Deng |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |