Cade Cunningham vs. Oscar Robertson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Oscar Robertson 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 4 years in the NBA, 10 less than Oscar Robertson, who played 14. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Oscar Robertson had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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	Oscar Robertson
Season	2021-22	1960-61
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
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:	+7	+10.1	+13.1			+4.6	+4.1					+3.9	+6.4	+.057				+7.0	+8.6	+.023
Oscar Robertson	71	42.7	30.5	-	-	10.1	9.7	-	-	-	3.1	10.6	22.5	.473	-	-	-	9.2	11.2	.822
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Oscar Robertson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Cade Cunningham	Oscar Robertson
Season	2022-23	1961-62
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West Div Semis

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2nd 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	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:	+67	+11.0	+10.9			+6.3	+5.4				-0.5	+3.2	+4.2	+.063				+5.9	+7.4	+.034
Oscar Robertson	79	44.3	30.8	-	-	12.5	11.4	-	-	-	3.3	11.0	22.9	.478	-	-	-	8.9	11.0	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cade Cunningham	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	4	46.3	28.8	-	-	11.0	11.0	-	-	-	4.5	10.5	20.3	.519	-	-	-	7.8	9.8	.795

Season 3
	Cade Cunningham	Oscar Robertson
Season	2023-24	1962-63
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div Finals

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3rd 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	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:	+18	+10.5	+5.6			+6.1	+2.0				-1.2	+1.8	+1.1	+.069				+3.9	+5.1	+.059
Oscar Robertson	80	44.0	28.3	-	-	10.4	9.5	-	-	-	3.7	10.3	19.9	.518	-	-	-	7.7	9.5	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cade Cunningham	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oscar Robertson	12	47.5	31.8	-	-	13.0	9.0	-	-	-	3.4	10.3	22.0	.470	-	-	-	11.1	12.8	.864

Season 4
	Cade Cunningham	Oscar Robertson
Season	2024-25	1963-64
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost East Div Finals

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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:	+9	+10.1	+5.3			+3.8	+1.9				-0.7	+0.8	+1.2	+.014				+5.6	+6.6	+.007
Oscar Robertson	79	45.1	31.4	-	-	9.9	11.0	-	-	-	3.5	10.6	22.0	.483	-	-	-	10.1	11.9	.853
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
difference:	+4	+5.8	+4.3			+0.6	+0.3				-0.3		+1.3	+.029				+5.1	+5.7	+.025
Oscar Robertson	10	47.1	29.3	-	-	8.9	8.4	-	-	-	3.0	9.2	20.2	.455	-	-	-	10.9	12.7	.858

Additional Years
* Oscar Robertson played 10 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 14, from 1965 to 1974—Oscar Robertson played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Cade Cunningham, Oscar Robertson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	5 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 3 Assists Leader 8 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP