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Clippers · F · 29
Brandon Ingram
vs
2025-26
Cade Cunningham
Pistons · G · 25
Cade Cunningham
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Brandon Ingram vs Cade Cunningham

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Ingram · Cunningham

Brandon Ingram: Out (Achilles).

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Ingram
Clippers
2025-26
Cunningham
Pistons
Cade Cunningham
77
Games
availability
64
33.8
Minutes
per game
33.9
21.5
Points
per game
23.9
5.6
Rebounds
per game
5.5
3.7
Assists
per game
9.9
1.5
Steals + blocks
per game
2.2
2.4
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
3.7
47.7%
Field goal %
46.1%
38.2%
Three-point %
4.6 vs 5.7 attempts
34.2%
82.0%
Free throw %
81.2%
57.3%
True shooting
TS%
56.4%
26.4%
Usage
USG%
29.6%
16.9%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
43.0%
8.3%
Rebound %
of available
7.9%
+1.0
Net rating
on court
+11.4
12.1%
PIE
player impact estimate
15.9%
+0.6
Plus-minus
per game
+8.1
Bars show each player's share of the pair's total; the better number is in the club's color (turnovers: fewer is better).

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Cade Cunningham scored more in 2025-26, 2.4 points a game apart (23.9 vs 21.5), on Cunningham's heavier usage (29.6% vs 26.4%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (57.3% vs 56.4%).

Playmaking goes to Cunningham (9.9 vs 3.7 assists), the glass to Ingram (5.6 vs 5.5 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Ingram played 13 more games (77 vs 64 of 82).

With Cunningham on the floor his team outscored opponents by +11.4 per 100 possessions, against +1.0 for Ingram; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Ingram $40.0M through 2027-28, Cunningham $50.1M through 2029-30. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Ingram
2025-26
Cunningham
43-34
Record when playing
47-17
23.4
Points at home
22.5
19.6
Points on the road
25.1
22.1
Points in wins
23.5
20.7
Points in losses
25.2
38
Season high
46
12
30-point games
13
2
Double-doubles
38

Last games & contracts

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Ingram · last 5
Wed, Oct 14 vs DEN0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Oct 4 vs GSW0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Apr 29 at CLE1 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast
Sun, Apr 26 vs CLE23 pts · 6 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Apr 23 vs CLE12 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
Cunningham · last 5
Tue, Oct 20 vs BOS22 pts · 4 reb · 8 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs TOR18 pts · 1 reb · 7 ast
Wed, Oct 14 at MIN14 pts · 2 reb · 9 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at WAS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs PHX10 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Ingram · contract
2026-27$40.0M
2027-28player option$41.9M
Cunningham · contract
2026-27$50.1M
2027-28$53.8M
2028-29$57.5M
2029-30$61.2M

More comparisons

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Ingram vs
Trey Murphy III · Julius Randle · Cooper Flagg · Zion Williamson
Cunningham vs
Keyonte George · James Harden · Austin Reaves · Jamal Murray
Ingram vs the top 40 scorers of 2025-26
Luka Doncic · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Anthony Edwards · Jaylen Brown · Tyrese Maxey · Kawhi Leonard · Donovan Mitchell · Nikola Jokic · Lauri Markkanen · Stephen Curry · Devin Booker · Jalen Brunson · Kevin Durant · Jamal Murray · Victor Wembanyama · Michael Porter Jr. · Deni Avdija · Pascal Siakam · Cade Cunningham · Keyonte George · James Harden · Austin Reaves · Jalen Johnson · Paolo Banchero · Norman Powell · Trey Murphy III · Julius Randle · Cooper Flagg · Zion Williamson · LeBron James · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Shaedon Sharpe · Alperen Sengun · Brandon Miller · Dillon Brooks · LaMelo Ball · Bam Adebayo · Karl-Anthony Towns · Desmond Bane
Cunningham vs the top 40 scorers of 2025-26
Luka Doncic · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Anthony Edwards · Jaylen Brown · Tyrese Maxey · Kawhi Leonard · Donovan Mitchell · Nikola Jokic · Lauri Markkanen · Stephen Curry · Devin Booker · Jalen Brunson · Kevin Durant · Jamal Murray · Victor Wembanyama · Michael Porter Jr. · Deni Avdija · Pascal Siakam · Keyonte George · James Harden · Austin Reaves · Jalen Johnson · Paolo Banchero · Norman Powell · Brandon Ingram · Trey Murphy III · Julius Randle · Cooper Flagg · Zion Williamson · LeBron James · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Shaedon Sharpe · Alperen Sengun · Brandon Miller · Dillon Brooks · LaMelo Ball · Bam Adebayo · Karl-Anthony Towns · Desmond Bane

Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).