Cade Cunningham vs. Ron Mercer Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ron Mercer 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, 5 less than Ron Mercer, who played 8. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Ron Mercer had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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 |
Ron Mercer |
8 |
2 |
1997-98 to 2004-05 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
|
Cade Cunningham |
Ron Mercer |
Season |
2021-22 | 1997-98 |
Team |
Detroit Pistons | Boston Celtics |
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 |
Ron Mercer |
80 |
33.3 |
15.3 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
3.5 |
2.2 |
1.6 |
0.2 |
1.7 |
2.7 |
6.4 |
14.3 |
.450 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
.107 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
.839 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ron Mercer |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Ron Mercer |
41 |
37.8 |
17.0 |
0.9 |
2.9 |
3.8 |
2.5 |
1.6 |
0.3 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
7.4 |
17.2 |
.431 |
0.1 |
0.7 |
.167 |
2.0 |
2.6 |
.790 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ron Mercer |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
Ron Mercer |
68 |
35.0 |
16.9 |
0.9 |
2.7 |
3.7 |
2.3 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
6.8 |
15.9 |
.426 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
.313 |
3.1 |
4.0 |
.789 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ron Mercer |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ron Mercer |
61 |
41.6 |
19.7 |
1.2 |
2.7 |
3.9 |
3.3 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
2.1 |
2.4 |
8.2 |
18.4 |
.446 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
.304 |
3.1 |
3.7 |
.825 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ron Mercer |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ron Mercer |
53 |
32.4 |
13.9 |
0.9 |
2.4 |
3.4 |
2.4 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
5.9 |
14.8 |
.397 |
0.3 |
1.2 |
.290 |
1.8 |
2.2 |
.798 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ron Mercer |
5 |
23.4 |
7.8 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
1.8 |
3.6 |
7.2 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.6 |
0.8 |
.750 |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ron Mercer |
72 |
23.2 |
7.7 |
0.4 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
1.6 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
1.7 |
3.4 |
8.3 |
.409 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.188 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
.802 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ron Mercer |
6 |
22.3 |
6.5 |
0.3 |
1.8 |
2.2 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
2.7 |
8.2 |
.327 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.2 |
1.3 |
.875 |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ron Mercer |
39 |
13.2 |
5.0 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
2.3 |
5.4 |
.427 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
.286 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
.765 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ron Mercer |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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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 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ron Mercer |
18 |
21.7 |
7.6 |
0.5 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
3.6 |
8.8 |
.411 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.000 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
.700 |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Cade Cunningham |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ron Mercer |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |