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

Cade Cunningham vs Paul George

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Cunningham · George

Cunningham

Pistons

2025-26

George

Celtics

Games

availability

33.9

Minutes

per game

30.7

23.9

Points

per game

17.3

5.5

Rebounds

per game

5.3

9.9

Assists

per game

3.6

2.2

Steals + blocks

per game

2.1

3.7

Turnovers

per game · lower is better

1.7

46.1%

Field goal %

43.9%

34.2%

Three-point %

5.7 vs 6.9 attempts

39.2%

81.2%

Free throw %

82.0%

56.4%

True shooting

TS%

57.0%

29.6%

Usage

USG%

22.9%

43.0%

Assist %

of teammates' baskets

17.5%

7.9%

Rebound %

of available

8.1%

+11.4

Net rating

on court

+3.6

15.9%

PIE

player impact estimate

11.7%

+8.1

Plus-minus

per game

+2.4

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, 6.6 points a game apart (23.9 vs 17.3), on Cunningham's heavier usage (29.6% vs 22.9%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (56.4% vs 57.0%).

Playmaking goes to Cunningham (9.9 vs 3.6 assists), the glass to Cunningham (5.5 vs 5.3 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Cunningham played 27 more games (64 vs 37 of 82).

With Cunningham on the floor his team outscored opponents by +11.4 per 100 possessions, against +3.6 for George; 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, George $54.1M 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

George

47-17

Record when playing

22-15

22.5

Points at home

16.3

25.1

Points on the road

18.4

23.5

Points in wins

18.7

25.2

Points in losses

15.3

Season high

30-point games

Double-doubles

Last games & contracts

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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

George · last 5

Tue, Oct 20 at DET38 pts · 5 reb · 3 ast

Wed, Oct 14 vs CHA5 pts · 6 reb · 4 ast

Sat, Oct 10 vs PHI13 pts · 5 reb · 4 ast

Thu, Oct 8 at CLE0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Sun, May 10 vs NYK7 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast

Cunningham · contract

2026-27$50.1M

2027-28$53.8M

2028-29$57.5M

2029-30$61.2M

George · contract

2026-27$54.1M

2027-28player option$56.6M

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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).