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Cade Cunningham
Pistons · G · 24
Cade Cunningham
vs
2025-26
Tyrese Maxey
76ers · G · 25
Tyrese Maxey
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Cade Cunningham vs Tyrese Maxey

8-9categories
Cunningham · Maxey
CunninghamMaxey
64Games
availability
70
33.9Minutes
per game
38.0
23.9Points
per game
28.3
5.5Rebounds
per game
4.1
9.9Assists
per game
6.6
2.2Steals + blocks
per game
2.7
3.7Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.4
46.1%Field goal %46.2%
34.2%Three-point %
5.7 vs 8.6 attempts
36.7%
81.2%Free throw %89.2%
56.4%True shooting
TS%
58.8%
29.6%Usage
USG%
28.6%
43.0%Assist %
of teammates' baskets
28.8%
7.9%Rebound %
of available
5.2%
+11.4Net rating
on court
+1.5
15.9%PIE
player impact estimate
15.0%
+8.1Plus-minus
per game
+1.6

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Tyrese Maxey scored more in 2025-26, 4.4 points a game apart (28.3 vs 23.9), on Cunningham's heavier usage (29.6% vs 28.6%).

Maxey is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 58.8% 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 6.6 assists), the glass to Cunningham (5.5 vs 4.1 rebounds).

With Cunningham on the floor his team outscored opponents by +11.4 per 100 possessions, against +1.5 for Maxey; 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, Maxey $40.8M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
CunninghamMaxey
47-17Record when playing38-32
22.5Points at home27.3
25.1Points on the road29.2
23.5Points in wins30.3
25.2Points in losses25.9
46Season high54
1330-point games28
38Double-doubles7
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
Maxey · last 5
Sun, May 10 vs NYK17 pts · 2 reb · 4 ast
Fri, May 8 vs NYK17 pts · 2 reb · 7 ast
Wed, May 6 at NYK26 pts · 3 reb · 6 ast
Mon, May 4 at NYK13 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
Sat, May 2 at BOS30 pts · 11 reb · 7 ast
Cunningham · contract
2026-27$50.1M
2027-28$53.8M
2028-29$57.5M
2029-30$61.2M
Maxey · contract
2026-27$40.8M
2027-28$43.6M
2028-29$46.4M

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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).