Cade Cunningham vs. Richard Hamilton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Richard Hamilton 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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 Richard Hamilton, who played 14. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Richard Hamilton 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 4 1 2021-22 to 2024-25
Richard Hamilton 14 9 1999-00 to 2012-13

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Cade Cunningham Richard Hamilton
Season 2021-221999-00
Team Detroit PistonsWashington Wizards
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First 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:+7+13.3+8.4+0.4+3.3+3.7+4.1+0.8+0.6-2.5-1.1+3.1+7.6+.004+1.4+4.6+.050+0.7+0.7+.071
Richard Hamilton 71 19.3 9.0 0.5 1.3 1.8 1.5 0.4 0.1 1.2 2.0 3.6 8.5 .420 0.4 1.1 .364 1.5 1.9 .774
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Richard Hamilton played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
Cade Cunningham Richard Hamilton
Season 2022-232000-01
Team Detroit PistonsWashington Wizards
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:+66+1.0+1.8+3.1+3.1+3.1+0.2+0.5-0.7-0.2+0.8+2.7+.023+0.9+3.2+.005+0.6+0.5+.031
Richard Hamilton 78 32.3 18.1 1.0 2.1 3.1 2.9 1.0 0.1 2.6 2.6 7.0 16.0 .438 0.5 1.9 .274 3.6 4.1 .868
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Richard Hamilton played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
Cade Cunningham Richard Hamilton
Season 2023-242001-02
Team Detroit PistonsWashington Wizards
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:+1+1.5+2.7+0.7+1.5+0.9+4.8+0.3+0.2-1.3-0.3+1.0+1.6+.014+1.6+4.7+.026+1.0+0.9+.021
Richard Hamilton 63 35.0 20.0 1.2 2.3 3.4 2.7 0.6 0.2 2.1 2.2 7.5 17.2 .435 0.3 0.7 .381 4.8 5.3 .890
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Richard Hamilton played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
Cade Cunningham Richard Hamilton
Season 2024-252002-03
Team Detroit PistonsDetroit Pistons
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Pistons Lost East Conf 1st RdPistons Lost East Conf Finals
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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:+12+2.8+6.4+0.3+2.5+2.2+6.6+0.2+0.6-2.0-0.2+2.8+5.1+.026+1.7+4.5+.087+0.9+1.1+.013
Richard Hamilton 82 32.2 19.7 1.1 2.8 3.9 2.5 0.8 0.2 2.4 3.0 7.0 15.7 .443 0.4 1.5 .269 5.4 6.4 .833
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:+11+2.6+2.5+0.1+4.5+4.4+6.1+1.0+1.2-1.9-0.3+1.3+3.7+.016+0.3+3.1+.154+0.4+0.1+.073
Richard Hamilton 17 38.7 22.5 1.1 2.8 3.9 2.6 0.8 0.1 3.4 3.0 7.9 17.8 .442 0.5 1.6 .333 6.2 6.9 .906

Additional Years

* Richard Hamilton played 10 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 5 to 14, from 2004 to 2013—Richard Hamilton played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

In those 10 extra years over Cade Cunningham, Richard Hamilton got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 3 All-Star Game
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