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Cade Cunningham
Pistons · G · 24
Cade Cunningham
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2025-26
Stephen Curry
Warriors · G · 38
Stephen Curry
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Cade Cunningham vs Stephen Curry

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Cunningham · Curry
CunninghamCurry
64Games
availability
43
33.9Minutes
per game
30.9
23.9Points
per game
26.6
5.5Rebounds
per game
3.6
9.9Assists
per game
4.7
2.2Steals + blocks
per game
1.5
3.7Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.8
46.1%Field goal %46.8%
34.2%Three-point %
5.7 vs 11.3 attempts
39.3%
81.2%Free throw %92.3%
56.4%True shooting
TS%
63.7%
29.6%Usage
USG%
30.8%
43.0%Assist %
of teammates' baskets
24.5%
7.9%Rebound %
of available
5.7%
+11.4Net rating
on court
+2.8
15.9%PIE
player impact estimate
14.6%
+8.1Plus-minus
per game
+2.1

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Stephen Curry scored more in 2025-26, 2.7 points a game apart (26.6 vs 23.9), on Curry's heavier usage (30.8% vs 29.6%).

Curry is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 63.7% 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 4.7 assists), the glass to Cunningham (5.5 vs 3.6 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Cunningham played 21 more games (64 vs 43 of 82).

With Cunningham on the floor his team outscored opponents by +11.4 per 100 possessions, against +2.8 for Curry; 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, Curry $62.6M through 2026-27. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
CunninghamCurry
47-17Record when playing24-19
22.5Points at home25.0
25.1Points on the road28.3
23.5Points in wins25.8
25.2Points in losses27.5
46Season high49
1330-point games14
38Double-doubles3
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
Curry · last 5
Sun, Apr 12 at LAC24 pts · 6 reb · 3 ast
Fri, Apr 10 at SAC11 pts · 3 reb · 5 ast
Tue, Apr 7 vs SAC17 pts · 5 reb · 2 ast
Sun, Apr 5 vs HOU29 pts · 2 reb · 4 ast
Fri, Jan 30 vs DET23 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast
Cunningham · contract
2026-27$50.1M
2027-28$53.8M
2028-29$57.5M
2029-30$61.2M
Curry · contract
2026-27$62.6M

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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).