Cade Cunningham vs. Walker Kessler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walker Kessler 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 / Games against each other

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, 1 more than Walker Kessler, who played 3. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Walker Kessler had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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
Walker Kessler 3 0 2022-23 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Cade Cunningham Walker Kessler
Season 2021-222022-23
Team Detroit PistonsUtah Jazz
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First TeamAchievement 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:+10+9.6+8.2+2.2+0.7+2.9+4.7+0.8+1.6-2.9-0.8+2.7+10.5+.304+1.8+5.7+1.1+0.5+.329
Walker Kessler 74 23.0 9.2 3.1 5.3 8.4 0.9 0.4 2.3 0.8 2.3 4.0 5.6 .720 0.0 0.0 - 1.1 2.1 .516
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Walker Kessler played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
Cade Cunningham Walker Kessler
Season 2022-232023-24
Team Detroit PistonsUtah Jazz
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:+52+10.0+11.8+1.6+0.3+1.3+5.1+0.3+1.8-2.3-0.7+4.2+13.2+.239+1.3+4.8+.068+2.1+2.1+.235
Walker Kessler 64 23.3 8.1 2.6 4.9 7.5 0.9 0.5 2.4 1.0 2.1 3.6 5.5 .654 0.1 0.3 .211 0.9 1.5 .602
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Walker Kessler played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
Cade Cunningham Walker Kessler
Season 2023-242024-25
Team Detroit PistonsUtah Jazz
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:+4+3.5+11.6+4.1+3.8+7.9+5.8+0.3+2.0-1.9-0.3+3.7+11.6+.214+1.8+4.8+.179+2.4+1.8+.349
Walker Kessler 58 30.0 11.1 4.6 7.6 12.2 1.7 0.6 2.4 1.5 2.2 4.8 7.2 .663 0.1 0.6 .176 1.4 2.6 .520
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cade Cunningham nor Walker Kessler played in the postseason in their season 3

Additional Years

* Cade Cunningham played 1 season more than Walker Kessler in the NBA.

In that period—his season 4 in 2025—Cade Cunningham played in the Playoffs.

In that extra year over Walker Kessler, Cade Cunningham got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 All-NBA Third Team
Achievement 1 All-Star Game
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