Cade Cunningham vs. John Wall: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of John Wall 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.

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

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Cade Cunningham has better scoring averages both in the regular season and Playoffs while John Wall scored more total points in both stages. 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 4 NBA regular seasons played, Cade Cunningham averages 3.4 points more than John Wall in his 11 seasons (22.1 points against 18.7). On the other hand John Wall scored a total of 7,500 points more than Cade Cunningham (12,088 vs. 4,588).

Points Per Game

Seasons
Cade Cunningham 22.1
+3.4
4
John Wall 18.7
11

Total Points

Seasons
Cade Cunningham 4,588
4
John Wall 12,088
+7,500
11

Points in the Playoffs

Similar to what happens in the regular season, in the NBA postseason Cade Cunningham has a better career point average than John Wall (+3.1 points per game) while John Wall scored more points (+660).

Points Per Game

Playoffs
Cade Cunningham 25.0
+3.1
1
John Wall 21.9
4

Total Points

Playoffs
Cade Cunningham 150
1
John Wall 810
+660
4

Points by Thresholds

Regular Season

50+ Point Games

Cade Cunningham 0
John Wall 1
+1

40+ Point Games

Cade Cunningham 4
John Wall 5
+1

30+ Point Games

Cade Cunningham 44
John Wall 51
+7

20+ Point Games

Cade Cunningham 131
John Wall 268
+137

10+ Point Games

Cade Cunningham 190
John Wall 580
+390

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Cade Cunningham 208
John Wall 647
+439

0 Point Games (games without points)

Cade Cunningham 0
John Wall 0

Playoffs

40+ Point Games

Cade Cunningham 0
John Wall 2
+2

30+ Point Games

Cade Cunningham 1
John Wall 4
+3

20+ Point Games

Cade Cunningham 6
John Wall 23
+17

10+ Point Games

Cade Cunningham 6
John Wall 36
+30

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Cade Cunningham 6
John Wall 37
+31

0 Point Games (games without points)

Cade Cunningham 0
John Wall 0

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

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Regular Season

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Cade Cunningham 22.1 8.3 18.6 44.6 1.9 5.7 33.9 3.5 4.1 85.3 4 208
difference:+3.4+1.5+2.9+1.6+0.9+2.6+1.7+0.7+1.3+7.7+7+439
John Wall 18.7 6.8 15.7 43.0 1.0 3.1 32.2 4.2 5.4 77.6 11 647

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Cade Cunningham 4,588 1,730 3,879 44.6 399 1,177 33.9 729 855 85.3 4 208
difference:+7,500+2,643+6,292+1.6+252+844+1.7+1,962+2,613+7.7+7+439
John Wall 12,088 4,373 10,171 43.0 651 2,021 32.2 2,691 3,468 77.6 11 647

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:+3.1+1.5+3.1+0.7+0.1+1.2+8.8+0.3+0.3+1.1+3+31
John Wall 21.9 7.7 18.4 41.9 0.9 3.5 26.7 5.5 6.7 82.2 4 37

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:+660+231+553+0.7+30+103+8.8+168+205+1.1+3+31
John Wall 810 286 682 41.9 35 131 26.7 203 247 82.2 4 37

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

Regular Season

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Cade Cunningham 17.4
+1.0
202264
John Wall 16.4
201169

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Cade Cunningham 19.9
+3.6
202312
John Wall 16.3
201266

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Cade Cunningham 22.7
+4.2
202462
John Wall 18.5
201349

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Cade Cunningham 26.1
+6.8
202570
John Wall 19.3
201482

John Wall's additional seasons:

* John Wall played 7 seasons more than Cade Cunningham in the NBA.

In those years—his seasons 5 to 11, from 2015 to 2023—he averaged 19.4 points in a total of 381 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 23.1 ppg and his lowest 11.4.

Playoffs

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Cade Cunningham -
DNP
20220
John Wall -
DNP
20110

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Cade Cunningham -
DNP
20230
John Wall -
DNP
20120

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Cade Cunningham -
DNP
20240
John Wall -
DNP
20130

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Cade Cunningham 25.0
+8.7
20256
John Wall 16.3
201411

John Wall's additional Playoffs:

* During his 7 additional NBA seasons, John Wall played in 3 Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 24.3 points in a total of 26 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 27.2 ppg and his lowest 17.4.