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

Cade Cunningham vs Norman Powell

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Cunningham · Powell
Cade Cunningham
Cunningham
Pistons
2025-26
Powell
Bulls
Norman Powell
64
Games
availability
58
33.9
Minutes
per game
29.6
23.9
Points
per game
21.7
5.5
Rebounds
per game
3.5
9.9
Assists
per game
2.5
2.2
Steals + blocks
per game
1.3
3.7
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.9
46.1%
Field goal %
47.0%
34.2%
Three-point %
5.7 vs 7.1 attempts
38.0%
81.2%
Free throw %
82.7%
56.4%
True shooting
TS%
60.9%
29.6%
Usage
USG%
26.2%
43.0%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
12.3%
7.9%
Rebound %
of available
5.4%
+11.4
Net rating
on court
+0.6
15.9%
PIE
player impact estimate
11.3%
+8.1
Plus-minus
per game
+0.7
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, 2.2 points a game apart (23.9 vs 21.7), on Cunningham's heavier usage (29.6% vs 26.2%).

Powell is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 60.9% 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 2.5 assists), the glass to Cunningham (5.5 vs 3.5 rebounds).

With Cunningham on the floor his team outscored opponents by +11.4 per 100 possessions, against +0.6 for Powell; 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, Powell $21.5M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Cunningham
2025-26
Powell
47-17
Record when playing
29-29
22.5
Points at home
23.5
25.1
Points on the road
20.3
23.5
Points in wins
23.1
25.2
Points in losses
20.3
46
Season high
38
13
30-point games
6
38
Double-doubles
1
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
Powell · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 at TOR15 pts · 5 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs MIN9 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast
Wed, Oct 14 at MIL16 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Sun, Oct 11 at DEN0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Oct 9 vs MEM17 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
Cunningham · contract
2026-27$50.1M
2027-28$53.8M
2028-29$57.5M
2029-30$61.2M
Powell · contract
2026-27$21.5M
2027-28team option$22.6M

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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).