Cade Cunningham
- Age
- 25
- Height
- 6'6"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Experience
- 5 yrs
Ignore his worst category (turnovers) and he's worth 4.64.
A bona fide early first-rounder — All-NBA last year pushing 25-6-9 with stocks, and at 25 the arrow still points up. The cost of that usage is real: 3.7 turnovers is a category you'll likely lose, and an 80% FT keeps him from a clean efficiency play. A late-season collapsed lung reads as a one-off; at 64 games we trust the workload returns intact.
Cade Cunningham enters 2026-27 at #8 on our board — Round 1 value in a standard 12-team draft, projected for 25.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 9.4 assists in 36.5 minutes a night. The value is built on assists and scoring, with turnovers the soft spot in the profile. He's a natural fit for punt-turnovers builds — take that category out of the equation and his value climbs. Availability helps the case: we project about 69 games.
GP = expected games this season (availability model + analyst judgment), not last year's total. DRAFT VAL = draft-day value (round/window-paced), used for draft decisions. MPG = projected minutes per game.
| Season | ValueG-score | GP | Projected per-game stats | Category value · G-score | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FGM | FG% | FTM | FT% | TO | USG% | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO | |||
| 2026-27projected | 2.95 | 69 | 36.5 | 25.0 | 6.0 | 9.4 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 8.9 | 46.6% | 5.0 | 81.7% | 3.7 | 28.4% | 1.22 | 0.02 | 2.37 | 0.73 | 0.12 | 0.27 | -0.31 | 0.23 | -1.69 |
Share of team plays a player uses while on the floor. The highlighted bar is our 2026-27 projection.
| Season | ValueG-score | GP | Per-game stats | Category value · G-score | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FGM | FG% | FTM | FT% | TO | USG% | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO | |||
| 2021-22DET | -0.86 | 64 | 32.6 | 17.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 6.7 | 41.6% | 2.2 | 84.5% | 3.7 | 28.0% | 0.16 | -0.13 | 0.73 | 0.28 | 0.05 | 0.08 | -0.78 | 0.25 | -1.51 |
| 2022-23DET | -1.45 | 12 | 33.3 | 19.9 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 7.8 | 41.5% | 3.0 | 83.7% | 3.3 | 29.5% | 0.35 | 0.12 | 0.79 | -0.26 | -0.04 | -0.22 | -1.24 | 0.23 | -1.20 |
| 2023-24DET | -0.26 | 62 | 33.5 | 22.7 | 4.3 | 7.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 8.4 | 44.9% | 3.8 | 86.9% | 3.4 | 30.8% | 0.77 | -0.54 | 1.41 | -0.10 | -0.45 | 0.12 | -0.65 | 0.58 | -1.39 |
| 2024-25DET | 1.89 | 70 | 35.0 | 26.1 | 6.1 | 9.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 9.8 | 46.9% | 4.5 | 84.6% | 4.4 | 33.4% | 1.28 | 0.06 | 2.18 | -0.09 | 0.15 | 0.21 | -0.17 | 0.44 | -2.17 |
| 2025-26DET | 2.41 | 64 | 33.9 | 23.9 | 5.5 | 9.9 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 8.6 | 46.1% | 4.9 | 81.2% | 3.7 | 30.5% | 0.99 | -0.15 | 2.54 | 0.51 | 0.18 | 0.24 | -0.43 | 0.13 | -1.60 |
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What round should I draft Cade Cunningham in 2026-27 fantasy basketball?
Our board has Cade Cunningham at #8 overall — Round 1 value in a standard 12-team draft. That already weighs expected games (about 69), not just the per-game line.
Is Cade Cunningham a good fantasy basketball pick?
Yes — he projects as an early-round cornerstone at #8, helping most in assists and scoring, with turnovers the main cost.
How many games will Cade Cunningham play in 2026-27?
We project about 69 games — an expected-games estimate from our availability model plus analyst judgment, rather than a repeat of last season's total.
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