Cade Cunningham vs. Reggie Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Reggie Miller 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, 13 less than Reggie Miller, who played 18. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Reggie Miller had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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	Reggie Miller
Season	2021-22	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
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:	+18	+10.2	+7.4	+0.3	+3.4	+3.2	+4.0	+0.6	+0.5	-2.5	-1.2	+3.0	+8.5	+.072	+1.1	+3.6	+.041	+0.4	+0.3	+.044
Reggie Miller	82	22.4	10.0	1.2	1.2	2.3	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	3.7	7.6	.488	0.7	2.1	.355	1.8	2.3	.801
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Reggie Miller played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Cade Cunningham	Reggie Miller
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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	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:	+20	+5.4	+1.9	+0.7	+1.4	+0.7	+3.7	+0.4	+0.2	-0.7	-0.4	+0.4	+3.1	+.065	+0.1	+1.0	+.059	+2.8	+3.2	+.001
Reggie Miller	82	38.9	24.6	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.1	8.1	15.7	.514	1.8	4.4	.414	6.6	7.6	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cade Cunningham	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reggie Miller	3	41.7	20.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.7	11.7	.571	1.0	2.3	.429	6.3	7.0	.905

Season 4
	Cade Cunningham	Reggie Miller
Season	2024-25	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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	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:	+12	+1.2	+3.5	+0.2	+2.9	+2.7	+5.1	+0.3	+0.6	-2.4	-0.8	+2.5	+6.6	+.043	+0.7	+2.1	+.008	+2.2	+2.0	+.072
Reggie Miller	82	36.2	22.6	1.0	2.4	3.4	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.0	2.0	7.3	14.2	.512	1.4	3.9	.348	6.7	7.3	.918
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:	+1	+2.7	+3.4		+5.1	+5.1	+5.9	+0.2	+0.9	-2.9	-0.5	+2.4	+7.5	+.060	+0.8	+0.9	+.242	+0.6	+0.4	+.032
Reggie Miller	5	38.6	21.6	1.0	2.2	3.2	2.8	1.6	0.4	2.4	2.8	6.8	14.0	.486	1.6	3.8	.421	6.4	7.4	.865

Additional Years
* Reggie Miller played 13 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 18, from 1993 to 2005—Reggie Miller played in 12 Playoffs. In those 13 extra years over Cade Cunningham, Reggie Miller got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game