Cade Cunningham vs. Vlade Divac Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Vlade Divac 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, 11 less than Vlade Divac, who played 16. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Vlade Divac had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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	Vlade Divac
Season	2021-22	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+13.0	+8.9	+1.1	+0.4	+0.7	+4.7	+0.2	+0.7	-2.4	-0.2	+3.4	+9.4	+.083	+1.8	+5.6	+.314	+0.3		+.137
Vlade Divac	82	19.6	8.5	2.0	4.2	6.2	0.9	1.0	1.4	1.3	2.9	3.3	6.7	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.708
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cade Cunningham	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vlade Divac	9	19.4	9.1	1.8	3.6	5.3	1.1	0.9	1.7	1.4	3.0	3.6	4.9	.727	0.1	0.2	.500	1.9	2.1	.895

Season 4
	Cade Cunningham	Vlade Divac
Season	2024-25	1992-93
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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:	+12	+4.2	+13.3	+1.9	+0.9	+2.8	+6.3	+0.6	+0.9	-1.8	-1.0	+5.0	+10.8	+.016	+1.8	+5.1	+.076	+1.6	+1.1	+.157
Vlade Divac	82	30.8	12.8	2.7	6.2	8.9	2.8	1.6	1.7	2.6	3.8	4.8	10.0	.485	0.3	0.9	.280	2.9	4.2	.689
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	+7.9	+7.0	+2.4	+1.3	+1.1	+3.1	+0.6	+1.1	-3.1	-1.1	+1.8	+6.7	+.074		+2.9	+.265	+3.4	+2.6	+.288
Vlade Divac	5	33.4	18.0	3.4	6.0	9.4	5.6	1.2	2.4	2.2	4.4	7.4	14.8	.500	0.8	1.8	.444	2.4	4.4	.545

Additional Years
* Vlade Divac played 11 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 16, from 1995 to 2005—Vlade Divac played in 10 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Cade Cunningham, Vlade Divac got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game