Cade Cunningham vs. Anthony Edwards: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Anthony Edwards and Cade Cunningham to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Anthony Edwards has one of the highest career point averages in NBA history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by Cade Cunningham.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Anthony Edwards has better scoring stats than Cade Cunningham in averages and totals, both in the regular season and Playoffs. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 6 NBA regular seasons played, Anthony Edwards averages 1.9 points more than Cade Cunningham in his 5 seasons (23.9 points against 22.0), and he also scored a total of 4,505 points more (9,174 vs. 4,669).

Points Per Game

Seasons
Cade Cunningham 22.0
5
Anthony Edwards 23.9
+1.9
6

Total Points

Seasons
Cade Cunningham 4,669
5
Anthony Edwards 9,174
+4,505
6

Points in the Playoffs

Similar to what happens in the regular season, in the NBA postseason Anthony Edwards has a better career point average than Cade Cunningham (+1.9 points per game) and he also scored more points (+980).

Points Per Game

Playoffs
Cade Cunningham 25.0
1
Anthony Edwards 26.9
+1.9
4

Total Points

Playoffs
Cade Cunningham 150
1
Anthony Edwards 1,130
+980
4

Points by Thresholds

Regular Season

50+ Point Games

Cade Cunningham 0
Anthony Edwards 2
+2

40+ Point Games

Cade Cunningham 4
Anthony Edwards 20
+16

30+ Point Games

Cade Cunningham 44
Anthony Edwards 94
+50

20+ Point Games

Cade Cunningham 134
Anthony Edwards 257
+123

10+ Point Games

Cade Cunningham 194
Anthony Edwards 352
+158

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Cade Cunningham 212
Anthony Edwards 382
+170

0 Point Games (games without points)

Cade Cunningham 0
Anthony Edwards 2
+2

Playoffs

40+ Point Games

Cade Cunningham 0
Anthony Edwards 5
+5

30+ Point Games

Cade Cunningham 1
Anthony Edwards 15
+14

20+ Point Games

Cade Cunningham 6
Anthony Edwards 31
+25

10+ Point Games

Cade Cunningham 6
Anthony Edwards 42
+36

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Cade Cunningham 6
Anthony Edwards 42
+36

0 Point Games (games without points)

Cade Cunningham 0
Anthony Edwards 0

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Regular Season

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Cade Cunningham 22.0 8.3 18.6 44.4 1.9 5.7 33.7 3.5 4.2 85.1 5 212
difference:+1.9+0.1+0.2+0.3+1.0+2.3+2.8+0.7+1.0+4.7+1+172
Anthony Edwards 23.9 8.4 18.8 44.7 2.9 8.0 36.5 4.2 5.2 80.4 6 384

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Cade Cunningham 4,669 1,756 3,951 44.4 406 1,203 33.7 751 883 85.1 5 212
difference:+4,505+1,471+3,268+0.3+712+1,859+2.8+851+1,110+4.7+1+172
Anthony Edwards 9,174 3,227 7,219 44.7 1,118 3,062 36.5 1,602 1,993 80.4 6 384

Playoffs

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Cade Cunningham 25.0 9.2 21.5 42.6 0.8 4.7 17.9 5.8 7.0 83.3 1 6
difference:+1.9+0.2+1.4+4.2+2.3+3.5+19.8+0.8+0.7+4.5+3+36
Anthony Edwards 26.9 9.4 20.1 46.8 3.1 8.2 37.7 5.0 6.3 78.8 4 42

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Cade Cunningham 150 55 129 42.6 5 28 17.9 35 42 83.3 1 6
difference:+980+341+717+4.2+125+317+19.8+173+222+4.5+3+36
Anthony Edwards 1,130 396 846 46.8 130 345 37.7 208 264 78.8 4 42

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

Regular Season

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Cade Cunningham 17.4
202264
Anthony Edwards 19.3
+1.9
202172

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Cade Cunningham 19.9
202312
Anthony Edwards 21.3
+1.4
202272

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Cade Cunningham 22.7
202462
Anthony Edwards 24.6
+1.9
202379

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Cade Cunningham 26.1
+0.2
202570
Anthony Edwards 25.9
202479

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Cade Cunningham 20.3
20264
Anthony Edwards 27.6
+7.3
202579

Anthony Edwards' additional seasons:

* Anthony Edwards played 1 season more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA.

In that year—his season 6 in 2026—he averaged 25.7 points in a total of 3 regular season games.

Playoffs

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Cade Cunningham -
DNP
20220
Anthony Edwards -
DNP
20210

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Cade Cunningham -
DNP
20230
Anthony Edwards 25.2
+25.2
20226

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Cade Cunningham -
DNP
20240
Anthony Edwards 31.6
+31.6
20235

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Cade Cunningham 25.0
20256
Anthony Edwards 27.6
+2.6
202416

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Cade Cunningham -
DNP *
20260
Anthony Edwards 25.3
+25.3
202515
* season in progress

Anthony Edwards' additional Playoffs:

* In his additional NBA year, Anthony Edwards didn't play in the postseason (2026 season yet in progress).