OG Anunoby vs. Cade Cunningham Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cade Cunningham and OG Anunoby, 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.

OG Anunoby played 8 years in the NBA, 4 more than Cade Cunningham, who played 4. OG Anunoby had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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
	OG Anunoby	Cade Cunningham
Season	2017-18	2021-22
Team	Toronto Raptors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
OG Anunoby	74	20.0	5.9	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.8	2.2	4.7	.471	1.0	2.7	.371	0.5	0.8	.629
difference:	+10	+12.6	+11.5	+0.3	+2.7	+3.0	+4.9	+0.5	+0.5	-3.1	-1.3	+4.5	+11.4	+.055	+0.8	+3.0	+.057	+1.7	+1.8	+.216
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		%
OG Anunoby	10	23.8	7.9	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.6	2.3	2.9	5.2	.558	1.3	2.9	.448	0.8	1.1	.727
Cade Cunningham	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	OG Anunoby	Cade Cunningham
Season	2018-19	2022-23
Team	Toronto Raptors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
OG Anunoby	67	20.2	7.0	0.9	2.1	2.9	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.7	6.0	.453	1.0	3.0	.332	0.5	0.9	.581
difference:	+55	+13.1	+12.9	+0.1	+3.1	+3.3	+5.3	+0.1	+0.3	-2.5	-0.7	+5.1	+12.7	+.038	+0.4	+2.1	+.053	+2.5	+2.7	+.256
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 OG Anunoby nor Cade Cunningham played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 4
	OG Anunoby	Cade Cunningham
Season	2020-21	2024-25
Team	Toronto Raptors	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
OG Anunoby	43	33.3	15.9	1.3	4.3	5.5	2.2	1.5	0.7	1.7	2.7	5.8	12.1	.480	2.4	6.1	.398	1.9	2.4	.784
difference:	+27	+1.7	+10.2	+0.5	+1.0	+0.6	+6.9	+0.5	+0.1	-2.7	-0.1	+4.0	+8.7	+.011	+0.3	+0.1	+.042	+2.6	+2.9	+.062
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		%
OG Anunoby	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

Additional Years
* OG Anunoby played 4 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 8, from 2022 to 2025—OG Anunoby played in 3 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Cade Cunningham, OG Anunoby got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Steals Leader