96.4 score · 100% MPG role factor
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Cade Cunningham
Cade Cunningham advanced stats and career rankings
RolePG · Age 24
Availability64 games · 64 starts
Workload33.9 MPG · 2,172 minutes
Relative impactDET #1 of 12 · PG #5 of 70
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
116.8 total value · 395 qualified players
58.2 all-time composite · 5 seasons
Low ranking precision · Likely rank #6–#200
Bottom line · 2025–26
Cade Cunningham delivered an elite 2025–26 campaign, ranking 11th in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 13th, led by rebounding and shot blocking. After adjusting for teammates and opponents, his on-court offense was stronger than the box score indicated, lifting his overall rating. Over about 2,200 minutes, he finished in the 98th percentile for total season value.
2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Cade Cunningham's impact
395 qualified NBA playersEvery player in the comparison logged at least 450 minutes.
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Overall value
Impact Rate
97
96.4Season Value
98
116.8Scoring role
Usage
96
30.5%True shooting
38
56.4%3-point attempt rate
24
30.8%Free-throw rate
73
32.1%Creation and control
Assist rate
99
45.2%Turnover avoidance
20
14.8%Possession stats
Rebound rate
52
9.2%Steal rate
75
2.0%Block rate
76
2.5%Lineup signal
Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
97
+3.52Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
77
+1.01Workload
Minutes per game
95
33.9Games played
53
64Total minutes
86
2,172Farther right means more of the named trait, not automatically better basketball. Turnover avoidance reverses turnover rate. Lineup rows exclude players below the 1,000-possession lineup-sample floor.
Every season
Cade Cunningham advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MP | Era-centered box impact | Impact Rate | Rate rank | Season Value | Value percentile | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26live model | DET | 24 | 64 | 2,172 | +4.71 | 96.4 | #11 | 116.8 | 98th | Strong |
| 2024–25 | DET | 23 | 70 | 2,452 | +3.07 | 90.2 | #39 | 258.7 | 96th | Strong |
| 2023–24 | DET | 22 | 62 | 2,074 | +0.79 | 72.4 | #103 | 120.4 | 80th | Strong |
| 2022–23 | DET | 21 | 12 | 400 | -1.64 | — | — | 2.9 | — | Limited |
| 2021–22 | DET | 20 | 64 | 2,088 | -0.37 | 50.3 | #192 | 69.7 | 63rd | Strong |
Career movement
Cade Cunningham's career impact by season
Peak +4.71 in 2025–26 · 5 seasons · 9,186 minutes
The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. This is separate from the current lineup-context ranking.
Era-centered box impactMinutes
Across-era box estimateWorkload
Career comparison
Compare the shape, not the calendar
Align by NBA experience to compare season one with season one, or by age to compare players at the same stage of life.
Cade CunninghamJosh Giddey
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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86% season match · 2025–26 ↔ 2025–26Why this rank?
Why Cade Cunningham ranks #11
The current model starts with box production, checks it against multi-season lineup evidence, caps that correction, then accounts for how many minutes the player was trusted to play each game.
Prior rank #13
Current total +5.20 ±0.9
Split model · O +3.52 · D +1.01 = +4.53
Maximum ±0.75
Before the within-season scale
96.4 unadjusted · 100% role factor · rank #11
RAPM estimates lineup impact while controlling for the other nine players on the floor. The multi-season blend, current total model, and current offensive/defensive split are separate estimates, so they need not equal one another. hussEyquation uses the multi-season signal as a bounded correction, not as a standalone verdict.
What the point estimate meansLow precision
The model's 80% impact interval is +0.37 to +4.87. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.
- Top 25 chance
- 36%
- Top 50 chance
- 53%
- Top 100 chance
- 71%
- 80% rank range
- #6–#200
Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played. The career ranking rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →