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Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Cade Cunningham vs Donovan Mitchell

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Cunningham · Mitchell
Cade Cunningham
Cunningham
Pistons
2025-26
Mitchell
Cavaliers
Donovan Mitchell
64
Games
availability
70
33.9
Minutes
per game
33.5
23.9
Points
per game
27.9
5.5
Rebounds
per game
4.5
9.9
Assists
per game
5.7
2.2
Steals + blocks
per game
1.8
3.7
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.8
46.1%
Field goal %
48.3%
34.2%
Three-point %
5.7 vs 8.8 attempts
36.4%
81.2%
Free throw %
86.5%
56.4%
True shooting
TS%
61.3%
29.6%
Usage
USG%
31.1%
43.0%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
26.6%
7.9%
Rebound %
of available
6.5%
+11.4
Net rating
on court
+7.2
15.9%
PIE
player impact estimate
15.2%
+8.1
Plus-minus
per game
+5.3
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

Donovan Mitchell scored more in 2025-26, 4.0 points a game apart (27.9 vs 23.9), on Mitchell's heavier usage (31.1% vs 29.6%).

Mitchell is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 61.3% to 56.4%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Cunningham (9.9 vs 5.7 assists), the glass to Cunningham (5.5 vs 4.5 rebounds).

With Cunningham on the floor his team outscored opponents by +11.4 per 100 possessions, against +7.2 for Mitchell; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Cunningham $50.1M through 2029-30, Mitchell $50.1M through 2030-31. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Cunningham
2025-26
Mitchell
47-17
Record when playing
45-25
22.5
Points at home
28.7
25.1
Points on the road
27.0
23.5
Points in wins
29.6
25.2
Points in losses
24.8
46
Season high
48
13
30-point games
34
38
Double-doubles
5
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
Mitchell · last 5
Tue, Oct 13 at ORL15 pts · 2 reb · 8 ast
Sun, Oct 11 vs ORL11 pts · 5 reb · 6 ast
Thu, Oct 8 vs BOS11 pts · 0 reb · 3 ast
Mon, May 25 vs NYK31 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Sat, May 23 vs NYK23 pts · 1 reb · 4 ast
Cunningham · contract
2026-27$50.1M
2027-28$53.8M
2028-29$57.5M
2029-30$61.2M
Mitchell · contract
2026-27$50.1M
2027-28player option$60.9M
2028-29$65.8M
2029-30$70.7M
2030-31$75.5M

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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).