Cade Cunningham vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace 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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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, 12 less than Metta World Peace, who played 17. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Metta World Peace had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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 5 1 2021-22 to 2025-26
Metta World Peace 17 9 1999-00 to 2016-17

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Cade Cunningham Metta World Peace
Season 2021-221999-00
Team Detroit PistonsChicago Bulls
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
-Achievement All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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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:+8+1.5+5.4+1.2+1.2+2.8+0.5+0.2-1.4-0.9+2.4+5.6+.009+1.0+3.0+0.4+1.3+.171
Metta World Peace 72 31.1 12.0 0.9 3.4 4.3 2.8 1.7 0.5 2.3 2.2 4.3 10.5 .407 0.8 2.7 .314 2.6 3.9 .674
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
Cade Cunningham Metta World Peace
Season 2022-232000-01
Team Detroit PistonsChicago Bulls
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:+64+2.2+8.0+0.2+2.1+2.3+3.0+1.2-1.2-0.5+3.5+8.0+.014+0.8+3.2+.012+0.2+0.1+.087
Metta World Peace 76 31.1 11.9 0.8 3.1 3.9 3.0 2.0 0.6 2.1 3.3 4.3 10.7 .401 0.6 1.9 .291 2.8 3.7 .750
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
Cade Cunningham Metta World Peace
Season 2023-242001-02
Team Detroit PistonsChicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayPacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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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:+7+3.6+9.5+0.8+0.2+0.6+5.2+1.7+0.3-1.3-1.4+3.6+7.2+.026+0.9+2.3+.043+1.3+0.7+.202
Metta World Peace 55 29.9 13.2 1.3 3.6 4.9 2.3 2.6 0.7 2.1 3.9 4.9 11.6 .423 1.0 3.1 .312 2.5 3.7 .667
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Cade Cunningham DNP------ --- ----------
Metta World Peace 5 33.2 11.8 1.2 4.8 6.0 3.2 2.6 0.6 1.8 3.8 4.4 10.8 .407 1.2 2.6 .462 1.8 2.6 .692

Season 4
Cade Cunningham Metta World Peace
Season 2024-252002-03
Team Detroit PistonsIndiana Pacers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
-Achievement All-Defensive Second Team
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Pistons Lost East Conf 1st RdPacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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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:+1+1.4+10.6+0.7+1.5+0.9+6.2+1.3+0.1-2.3-0.7+4.6+8.5+.041+1.1+2.9+.020+0.5+0.1+.110
Metta World Peace 69 33.6 15.5 1.5 3.8 5.2 2.9 2.3 0.7 2.1 3.5 5.2 12.3 .428 1.0 3.1 .336 4.0 5.4 .736
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
difference:+0.9+6.0+0.8+3.3+2.5+6.5+0.7+0.3-2.6-0.9+3.4+6.5+.037+1.2+0.5+.208+0.5+0.3+.033
Metta World Peace 6 42.2 19.0 1.8 4.0 5.8 2.2 2.5 1.0 2.7 4.2 5.8 15.0 .389 2.0 5.2 .387 5.3 6.7 .800

Season 5
Cade Cunningham Metta World Peace
Season 2025-262003-04
Team Detroit PistonsIndiana Pacers
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Third Team
-Achievement All-Defensive First Team
-Achievement Defensive Player of the Year
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayPacers Lost East Conf Finals
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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Cade Cunningham 5 35.2 22.2 1.2 4.4 5.6 8.2 0.8 1.2 4.4 3.6 7.6 19.2 .396 1.6 6.6 .242 5.4 6.6 .818
difference:+68+2.0+3.9+0.2+0.5+0.3+4.5+1.3+0.5-1.6-0.9+1.2+4.0+.025+0.6+3.3+.068+1.0+0.6+.085
Metta World Peace 73 37.2 18.3 1.4 3.9 5.3 3.7 2.1 0.7 2.8 2.7 6.4 15.2 .421 1.0 3.3 .310 4.4 6.0 .733
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Cade Cunningham DNP------ --- ----------
Metta World Peace 15 39.1 18.4 1.6 4.9 6.5 3.2 1.4 1.1 2.5 3.0 6.5 17.3 .378 1.3 4.4 .288 4.1 5.7 .718

Additional Years

* Metta World Peace played 12 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 6 to 17, from 2005 to 2017—Metta World Peace played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

In those 12 extra years over Cade Cunningham, Metta World Peace got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 All-Defensive First Team
Achievement 1 All-Defensive Second Team
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