Jamal Crawford vs. Cade Cunningham Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cade Cunningham and Jamal Crawford, 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 / Stats Rankings

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.

Jamal Crawford played 20 years in the NBA, 15 more than Cade Cunningham, who played 5. Jamal Crawford had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Jamal Crawford 20 8 2000-01 to 2019-20
Cade Cunningham 5 1 2021-22 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Jamal Crawford Cade Cunningham
Season 2000-012021-22
Team Chicago BullsDetroit Pistons
Honors & Awards -Achievement 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%
Jamal Crawford 61 17.2 4.6 0.1 1.3 1.5 2.3 0.7 0.2 1.4 1.1 1.8 5.0 .352 0.7 1.9 .350 0.4 0.6 .794
difference:+3+15.4+12.8+0.8+3.3+4.0+3.3+0.5+0.5-2.3-2.0+4.9+11.1+.064+1.1+3.8+.036+1.8+2.0+.051
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 Jamal Crawford nor Cade Cunningham played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
Jamal Crawford Cade Cunningham
Season 2001-022022-23
Team Chicago BullsDetroit Pistons
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%
Jamal Crawford 23 20.9 9.3 0.2 1.3 1.5 2.4 0.8 0.2 1.4 0.8 3.9 8.1 .476 1.1 2.5 .448 0.4 0.6 .769
difference:+11+12.4+10.6+0.8+3.9+4.7+3.6+0.4-1.9-2.0+3.9+10.6+.061+0.3+2.6+.169+2.6+3.0+.068
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 Jamal Crawford nor Cade Cunningham played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
Jamal Crawford Cade Cunningham
Season 2002-032023-24
Team Chicago BullsDetroit Pistons
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%
Jamal Crawford 80 24.9 10.7 0.3 2.1 2.3 4.2 1.0 0.3 1.7 1.6 4.2 10.1 .413 1.1 3.0 .355 1.3 1.6 .806
difference:+18+8.6+12.0+0.2+1.7+2.0+3.3+0.1+0.1-1.7-0.9+4.3+8.7+.036+0.8+2.4+2.5+2.8+.063
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
* Neiher Jamal Crawford nor Cade Cunningham played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
Jamal Crawford Cade Cunningham
Season 2003-042024-25
Team Chicago BullsDetroit Pistons
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Third Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayPistons 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 TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jamal Crawford 80 35.1 17.3 0.6 3.0 3.5 5.1 1.4 0.4 2.4 2.0 6.4 16.5 .386 2.1 6.5 .317 2.5 3.0 .833
difference:+10+0.1+8.8+0.2+2.3+2.6+4.0+0.4+0.4-2.0-0.8+3.4+4.3+.083+0.5+.039+2.0+2.3+.013
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 TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jamal Crawford DNP------ --- ----------
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
Jamal Crawford Cade Cunningham
Season 2004-052025-26
Team New York KnicksDetroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jamal Crawford 70 38.4 17.7 0.5 2.4 2.9 4.3 1.3 0.3 2.1 1.9 6.2 15.7 .398 2.6 7.3 .361 2.6 3.1 .843
difference:+55+2.1+10.4+0.8+2.4+3.2+5.0+0.4-1.5-1.8+3.5+6.2+.047+0.7+0.8+.062+4.1+5.0+.015
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jamal Crawford nor Cade Cunningham played in the postseason in their season 5

Additional Years

* Jamal Crawford played 15 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 6 to 20, from 2006 to 2020—Jamal Crawford played in 8 Playoffs.

In those 15 extra years over Cade Cunningham, Jamal Crawford got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 3 Sixth Man of the Year
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