Cade Cunningham vs. Victor Oladipo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Victor Oladipo 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, 5 less than Victor Oladipo, who played 10. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Victor Oladipo had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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	Victor Oladipo
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Detroit Pistons	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	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:	+16	+1.5	+3.6	+0.4	+1.0	+1.4	+1.5	+0.4	+0.2	-0.5	-0.5	+1.8	+4.4	+.003	+0.9	+2.9	+.013	+0.9	+1.4	+.065
Victor Oladipo	80	31.1	13.8	0.5	3.6	4.1	4.1	1.6	0.5	3.2	2.6	4.9	11.7	.419	0.9	2.8	.327	3.1	4.0	.780
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Victor Oladipo played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Cade Cunningham	Victor Oladipo
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Detroit Pistons	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West 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:	+3	+1.8	+10.2	+0.2	+1.5	+1.8	+6.5	+0.2	+0.5	-2.6	-0.5	+3.7	+6.9	+.027	+0.2	+0.7	+.005	+2.8	+3.0	+.093
Victor Oladipo	67	33.2	15.9	0.6	3.8	4.3	2.6	1.2	0.3	1.8	2.3	6.1	13.9	.442	1.9	5.3	.361	1.7	2.3	.753
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	+5.1	+14.2	+0.6	+2.1	+2.7	+6.7	+0.4	+0.7	-4.1	-0.1	+5.0	+9.3	+.082	+0.4	+0.3	+.061	+4.6	+5.8	+.167
Victor Oladipo	5	36.2	10.8	0.4	5.2	5.6	2.0	1.4	0.6	1.2	3.4	4.2	12.2	.344	1.2	5.0	.240	1.2	1.2	1.000

Season 5
	Cade Cunningham	Victor Oladipo
Season	2025-26	2017-18
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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5th 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	15	36.3	28.1	1.3	4.8	6.1	9.3	1.3	0.7	3.6	3.7	9.7	21.9	.445	1.9	6.5	.299	6.7	8.1	.828
difference:	+60	+2.3	+5.0	+0.7	+0.2	+0.9	+5.0	+1.1	+0.1	-0.7	-1.4	+1.2	+4.0	+.032	+0.2	+0.7	+.072	+2.8	+3.2	+.029
Victor Oladipo	75	34.0	23.1	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.3	2.4	0.8	2.9	2.3	8.5	17.9	.477	2.1	5.8	.371	3.9	4.9	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cade Cunningham	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Victor Oladipo	7	37.3	22.7	0.4	7.9	8.3	6.0	2.4	0.4	3.4	1.6	7.6	18.1	.417	3.3	8.1	.404	4.3	5.9	.732

Additional Years
* Victor Oladipo played 5 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 10, from 2019 to 2023—Victor Oladipo played in 3 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Cade Cunningham, Victor Oladipo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game