Cade Cunningham vs James Harden

Cade CunninghamJames Harden

Cade Cunningham and James Harden compared on their NBA careers: Cade Cunningham played 5 seasons, 2021-22 to 2025-26, James Harden 17 seasons, 2009-10 to 2025-26. Cade Cunningham averaged 22.5 points a game to James Harden's 24.

Who has the better career numbers?

Cade Cunningham and James Harden career per game
272GP1,221
33.8MIN34.8
22.5PTS24
5.4REB5.6
8AST7.3
1.1STL1.5
0.7BLK0.6
44.9FG%43.9
343P%36.4
84FT%86.3
54.5TS%60.8

Career totals

Cade Cunningham and James Harden career totals
6,119PTS29,339
1,476REB6,809
2,164AST8,873
307STL1,794
179BLK683
44.9FG%43.9
343P%36.4
84FT%86.3
54.5TS%60.8

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Cade Cunningham and James Harden postseason
20GP191
41MIN36.3
27.2PTS22.2
6.1REB5.4
7.9AST6.4
1.3STL1.6
0.8BLK0.6
43FG%42.4
35.43P%33.7
85.3FT%86.6
55.3TS%58.4

Where each stands all time

Cade Cunningham and James Harden all-time places
—Points10th (29,339)
—Rebounds93rd (6,809)
—Assists12th (8,873)
—3-pointers made2nd (3,390)
—Steals20th (1,794)
—Blocks166th (683)

Among the NBA players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Cade Cunningham: 0 championships; All-Rookie First Team, All-NBA Third Team, All-NBA First Team
  • James Harden: 0 championships; All-Rookie Second Team, Sixth Man of the Year, All-NBA Third Team ×2, All-NBA First Team ×6, MVP

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Cade Cunningham and James Harden season by season
PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.
1st2021-2217.45.55.62009-109.93.21.8
2nd2022-2319.96.262010-1112.23.12.1
3rd2023-2422.74.37.52011-1216.84.13.7
4th2024-2526.16.19.12012-1325.94.95.8
5th2025-2623.95.59.92013-1425.44.76.1
6th————2014-1527.45.77
7th————2015-16296.17.5
8th————2016-1729.18.111.2
9th————2017-1830.45.48.8
10th————2018-1936.16.67.5
11th————2019-2034.36.67.5
12th————2020-2124.67.910.8
13th————2021-22227.710.3
14th————2022-23216.110.7
15th————2023-2416.65.18.5
16th————2024-2522.85.88.7
17th————2025-2623.64.88

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST