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Cade Cunningham
Pistons · G · 24
Cade Cunningham
vs
2025-26
Jamal Murray
Nuggets · G · 29
Jamal Murray
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Cade Cunningham vs Jamal Murray

9-8categories
Cunningham · Murray
CunninghamMurray
64Games
availability
75
33.9Minutes
per game
35.4
23.9Points
per game
25.4
5.5Rebounds
per game
4.4
9.9Assists
per game
7.1
2.2Steals + blocks
per game
1.3
3.7Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.3
46.1%Field goal %48.3%
34.2%Three-point %
5.7 vs 7.5 attempts
43.5%
81.2%Free throw %88.7%
56.4%True shooting
TS%
62.2%
29.6%Usage
USG%
26.9%
43.0%Assist %
of teammates' baskets
29.8%
7.9%Rebound %
of available
6.3%
+11.4Net rating
on court
+6.8
15.9%PIE
player impact estimate
14.2%
+8.1Plus-minus
per game
+5.8

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Jamal Murray scored more in 2025-26, 1.5 points a game apart (25.4 vs 23.9), on Cunningham's heavier usage (29.6% vs 26.9%).

Murray is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 62.2% 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 7.1 assists), the glass to Cunningham (5.5 vs 4.4 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Murray played 11 more games (75 vs 64 of 82).

With Cunningham on the floor his team outscored opponents by +11.4 per 100 possessions, against +6.8 for Murray; 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, Murray $50.1M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
CunninghamMurray
47-17Record when playing48-27
22.5Points at home23.7
25.1Points on the road27.1
23.5Points in wins26.5
25.2Points in losses23.4
46Season high53
1330-point games23
38Double-doubles18
Cunningham · last 5
Sun, May 17 vs CLE13 pts · 4 reb · 5 ast
Fri, May 15 at CLE21 pts · 2 reb · 8 ast
Wed, May 13 vs CLE39 pts · 7 reb · 9 ast
Mon, May 11 at CLE19 pts · 3 reb · 6 ast
Sat, May 9 at CLE27 pts · 10 reb · 10 ast
Murray · last 5
Thu, Apr 30 at MIN12 pts · 6 reb · 4 ast
Mon, Apr 27 vs MIN24 pts · 4 reb · 7 ast
Sat, Apr 25 at MIN30 pts · 5 reb · 5 ast
Thu, Apr 23 at MIN16 pts · 3 reb · 4 ast
Mon, Apr 20 vs MIN30 pts · 7 reb · 7 ast
Cunningham · contract
2026-27$50.1M
2027-28$53.8M
2028-29$57.5M
2029-30$61.2M
Murray · contract
2026-27$50.1M
2027-28$53.8M
2028-29$57.5M

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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).