Cade Cunningham vs. Steve Francis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Francis 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, 5 less than Steve Francis, who played 9. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Steve Francis 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.

Rookie Season
	Cade Cunningham	Steve Francis
Season	2021-22	1999-00
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	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:	+13	+3.5	+0.6	+1.1	+1.3	+0.2	+1.0	+0.3	+0.3	-0.3	-0.1	+0.2	+1.6	+.029	+0.4	+1.7	+.031	+1.5	+2.1	+.059
Steve Francis	77	36.1	18.0	2.0	3.3	5.3	6.6	1.5	0.4	4.0	3.0	6.5	14.5	.445	1.4	4.0	.345	3.7	4.7	.786
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Cade Cunningham	Steve Francis
Season	2023-24	2001-02
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+5	+7.6	+1.1	+1.3	+1.4	+2.7	+1.1	+0.3		-0.5	-0.5	+1.1	+1.1	+.032	+0.7	+1.7	+.031	+1.9	+3.0	+.096
Steve Francis	57	41.1	21.6	1.8	5.2	7.0	6.4	1.2	0.4	3.9	3.0	7.4	17.7	.417	1.2	3.7	.324	5.7	7.4	.773
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Steve Francis played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Cade Cunningham	Steve Francis
Season	2024-25	2002-03
Team	Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+11	+6.0	+5.1	+1.2	+1.1	+0.1	+2.9	+0.7	+0.3	-0.7	-0.3	+2.8	+4.6	+.034	+1.1	+3.0	+.002	+1.4	+2.0	+.046
Steve Francis	81	41.0	21.0	2.0	4.2	6.2	6.2	1.7	0.5	3.7	3.1	7.0	16.2	.435	1.0	3.0	.354	5.9	7.3	.800
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
Steve Francis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Steve Francis played 5 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 9, from 2004 to 2008—Steve Francis played in one postseason. In those 5 extra years over Cade Cunningham, Steve Francis got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game