Gilbert Arenas vs. Cade Cunningham Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cade Cunningham and Gilbert Arenas, 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.

Gilbert Arenas played 11 years in the NBA, 6 more than Cade Cunningham, who played 5. Gilbert Arenas had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, 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 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
	Gilbert Arenas	Cade Cunningham
Season	2001-02	2021-22
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Gilbert Arenas	47	24.6	10.9	0.9	1.9	2.8	3.7	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.4	3.7	8.2	.453	0.8	2.4	.345	2.6	3.4	.775
difference:	+17	+8.0	+6.5		+2.7	+2.7	+1.9	+0.3	+0.5	-1.6	-0.7	+3.0	+7.9	+.037	+1.0	+3.3	+.031	+0.4	+0.8	+.070
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
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Cade Cunningham played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Gilbert Arenas	Cade Cunningham
Season	2002-03	2022-23
Team	Golden State Warriors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	82	35.0	18.3	1.2	3.5	4.7	6.3	1.5	0.2	3.5	3.2	6.2	14.4	.431	1.3	3.8	.348	4.5	5.7	.791
difference:	+70	+1.7	+1.6	+0.2	+1.7	+1.5	+0.3	+0.7	+0.4	-0.2	-0.4	+1.6	+4.3	+.016	+0.1	+1.3	+.069	+1.5	+2.1	+.046
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
* Neiher Gilbert Arenas nor Cade Cunningham played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 4
	Gilbert Arenas	Cade Cunningham
Season	2004-05	2024-25
Team	Washington Wizards	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Gilbert Arenas	80	40.9	25.5	1.0	3.7	4.7	5.1	1.7	0.3	3.0	3.1	8.2	19.0	.431	2.6	7.0	.365	6.5	8.0	.814
difference:	+10	+5.9	+0.6	+0.2	+1.6	+1.4	+4.0	+0.7	+0.5	-1.4	-0.3	+1.6	+1.8	+.038	+0.5	+1.0	+.009	+2.0	+2.7	+.032
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	10	45.1	23.6	0.8	4.4	5.2	6.2	2.1	0.6	3.9	3.4	7.3	19.4	.376	1.8	7.7	.234	7.2	9.4	.766
difference:	+4	+3.8	+1.4	+0.2	+2.9	+3.1	+2.5	+0.3	+0.7	-1.4	-0.1	+1.9	+2.1	+.050	+1.0	+3.0	+.055	+1.4	+2.4	+.067
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

Season 5
	Gilbert Arenas	Cade Cunningham
Season	2005-06	2025-26
Team	Washington Wizards	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Gilbert Arenas	80	42.3	29.3	0.7	2.8	3.5	6.1	2.0	0.3	3.7	3.6	9.3	20.9	.447	2.5	6.8	.369	8.2	10.0	.820
difference:	+75	+7.1	+7.1	+0.5	+1.6	+2.1	+2.1	+1.2	+0.9	-0.7		+1.7	+1.7	+.051	+0.9	+0.2	+.127	+2.8	+3.4	+.002
Cade Cunningham	5	35.2	22.2	1.2	4.4	5.6	8.2	0.8	1.2	4.4	3.6	7.6	19.2	.396	1.6	6.6	.242	5.4	6.6	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gilbert Arenas	6	47.3	34.0	1.2	4.3	5.5	5.3	2.2	0.7	3.3	3.5	10.8	23.3	.464	3.3	7.7	.435	9.0	11.7	.771
Cade Cunningham	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Gilbert Arenas played 6 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 11, from 2007 to 2012—Gilbert Arenas played in 3 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Cade Cunningham, Gilbert Arenas got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game