Carl Braun vs. Cade Cunningham Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cade Cunningham and Carl Braun, 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

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.

Carl Braun played 13 years in the NBA, 10 more than Cade Cunningham, who played 3. Carl Braun had the first of his seasons in 1947-48, while Cade Cunningham had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
Carl Braun 13 8 1947-48 to 1961-62
Cade Cunningham 3 0 2021-22 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Carl Braun Cade Cunningham
Season 1947-482021-22
Team New York KnicksDetroit Pistons
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
-Achievement All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs Knicks Lost 1st RdDid 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 %
Carl Braun 47 - 14.3 - - - 1.3 - - - 2.2 5.9 18.2 .323 - - - 2.5 3.9 .650
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
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun 3 - 10.0 - - - 0.7 - - - 2.0 4.0 13.7 .293 - - - 2.0 3.3 .600
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------

Season 2

Carl Braun Cade Cunningham
Season 1948-492022-23
Team New York KnicksDetroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Div FinalsDid 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 %
Carl Braun 57 - 14.2 - - - 3.0 - - - 2.5 5.2 15.9 .330 - - - 3.7 4.9 .760
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
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun 6 - 19.3 - - - 3.2 - - - 3.7 5.5 17.0 .324 - - - 8.3 10.3 .806
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------

Season 3

Carl Braun Cade Cunningham
Season 1949-502023-24
Team New York KnicksDetroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Div FinalsDid 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 %
Carl Braun 67 - 15.4 - - - 3.7 - - - 2.8 5.6 15.3 .364 - - - 4.3 5.6 .762
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
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun 5 - 17.0 - - - 3.8 - - - 4.2 5.6 13.6 .412 - - - 5.8 7.6 .763
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------

Note: Carl Braun didn't play in 1950-51 and 1951-52.

Season 4

Carl Braun Cade Cunningham
Season 1952-53-
Team New York Knicks-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Knicks Lost NBA Finals-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun 70 33.1 14.0 - - 3.3 3.5 - - - 4.1 4.6 11.5 .400 - - - 4.7 5.7 .825
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun 11 34.0 13.5 - - 4.0 2.8 - - - 4.2 4.3 13.2 .324 - - - 4.9 6.1 .806
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------

Season 5

Carl Braun Cade Cunningham
Season 1953-54-
Team New York Knicks-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Knicks Lost E Div Round Robin-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun 72 33.0 14.8 - - 3.4 2.9 - - - 3.6 4.9 12.3 .400 - - - 4.9 6.0 .825
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun 4 31.3 17.8 - - 3.0 2.3 - - - 5.5 4.5 13.0 .346 - - - 8.8 10.0 .875
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------

Season 6

Carl Braun Cade Cunningham
Season 1954-55-
Team New York Knicks-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Div Semis-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun 71 34.9 15.1 - - 4.2 3.9 - - - 2.9 5.6 14.5 .388 - - - 3.9 4.8 .801
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun 3 34.3 18.0 - - 4.7 5.3 - - - 3.7 6.0 14.7 .409 - - - 6.0 6.7 .900
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------

Season 7

Carl Braun Cade Cunningham
Season 1955-56-
Team New York Knicks-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs 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 %
Carl Braun 72 32.2 15.4 - - 3.6 4.1 - - - 3.0 5.5 14.8 .372 - - - 4.4 5.3 .838
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun ------- --- ----------
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------

Season 8

Carl Braun Cade Cunningham
Season 1956-57-
Team New York Knicks-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs 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 %
Carl Braun 72 32.6 13.9 - - 3.6 3.6 - - - 2.7 5.3 13.8 .381 - - - 3.4 4.2 .809
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun ------- --- ----------
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------

Season 9

Carl Braun Cade Cunningham
Season 1957-58-
Team New York Knicks-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs 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 %
Carl Braun 71 34.9 16.5 - - 4.6 5.5 - - - 2.6 6.0 14.3 .418 - - - 4.5 5.3 .849
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun ------- --- ----------
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------

Season 10

Carl Braun Cade Cunningham
Season 1958-59-
Team New York Knicks-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Div Semis-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun 72 27.2 10.5 - - 3.5 4.8 - - - 2.5 4.0 9.5 .420 - - - 2.5 3.0 .826
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun 2 31.0 16.0 - - 2.0 5.0 - - - 2.0 6.0 16.0 .375 - - - 4.0 4.5 .889
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------

Season 11

Carl Braun Cade Cunningham
Season 1959-60-
Team New York Knicks-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs 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 %
Carl Braun 54 28.0 12.9 - - 3.1 5.0 - - - 2.4 5.3 12.2 .432 - - - 2.4 2.9 .838
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun ------- --- ----------
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------

Season 12

Carl Braun Cade Cunningham
Season 1960-61-
Team New York Knicks-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not Play-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun 15 14.5 5.7 - - 2.1 3.2 - - - 1.9 2.5 5.3 .468 - - - 0.7 0.9 .786
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun ------- --- ----------
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------

Season 13

Carl Braun Cade Cunningham
Season 1961-62-
Team Boston Celtics-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA Champion-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun 48 8.6 3.7 - - 1.0 1.5 - - - 1.0 1.6 4.3 .377 - - - 0.4 0.6 .741
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Carl Braun 6 7.0 4.2 - - 1.2 0.3 - - - 0.5 1.8 4.7 .393 - - - 0.5 0.7 .750
Cade Cunningham ------- --- ----------