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Cade Cunningham★

Detroit Pistons · #2 · All-Star
PG6'6"220 lbage 245 yrs expOklahoma StateArlington, TX
1st best of 13 on DETworth +7.5 wins to the rotation
OFF88DEF84
Elite rim protector & playmaker
DET
Detroit Pistons
Eastern · Central · proj. 40-42 (▲+4.7)
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2× All-NBA2× All-Star

Detroit's franchise cornerstone and a first-team All-NBA point guard who finished fifth in MVP voting. He's a 6-foot-6 maestro who poured in 23.9 a night and ran the offense at an elite level — 9.9 assists with playmaking and perimeter defense both grading in the 85th-plus percentile. The trade-off is the turnovers (ball security in the 20th percentile) and a jumper that's still just average at 34% from deep.

23.9
PPG
5.5
RPG
9.9
APG
1.4
SPG
0.8
BPG
GP 64MPG 33.9FG% 46.13P% 34.2FT% 81.2TS% 56.4USG% 30.5PER 21.6BPM +6.3VORP 4.6EPM +3.9
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Rim protection97
Playmaking92
Rebounding92
Perimeter defense90
Scoring84
Shooting73
Inside finishing72

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2021-22 to 2025-26 · 5 seasons
22.5
PPG
5.4
RPG
8.0
APG
272
GAMES
Points 6,119Win Shares 14.9Starts 272Best season 2025-26 · 23.9 ppg
Games played, last three seasons80%

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 22 → 24
▲Rising

Cade, at 24, is on a clear upward trajectory — 3.4 → 9.7 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▲ Ahead of curve
Developing faster than a typical player his age.
2026-27 forecast▼ 8.8 wins (-0.9)
Starts from his player rating, which is more cautious than last season's total. Age should add a little at 25. Range 7.1–10.5 wins.
Production (BPM)+0.3 → +6.3+6.026-27 forecast +4.6
His per-possession game has clearly sharpened.
2023-24: +0.3 · 62 games2024-25: +3.9 · 70 games2025-26: +6.3 · 64 games2026-27: +4.6 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)3.4 → 9.7+6.326-27 forecast 8.8
He's worth more wins to a team than he was.
2023-24: 3.4 · 62 games2024-25: 8.1 · 70 games2025-26: 9.7 · 64 games2026-27: 8.8 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $49.1M vs $50.1M salary−$1.0M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$50.1M salary2023-24: $7.9M · 62 games2024-25: $45.3M · 70 games2025-26: $51.0M · 64 games2026-27: $49.1M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $50,105,628 cap hit · through '30. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$50,105,628Guaranteed
33% of the club’s payroll · 1st of 15 priced deals
Runs through4 seasons
Est. market value$49,112,000 /yr
Surplus−$993,628
FAIR VALUEpaid about what he is worth

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.