Where should Cade Cunningham be drafted in 2026-27?

The No. 6 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 7 in 2025-26. Yahoo drafters take him at 6.0 on average: priced about where he ranks.

How many games will Cade Cunningham play in 2026-27?

Our projection has him at 67 games, after 64 last season.

DET

Cade Cunningham

Detroit Pistons · PG/SG · Age 25 · 6′6″

Rankings Anthony Edwards Tyrese Maxey

Rank#6PG #4 · of 233

Value0.6089-cat, per game

Yahoo ADP6.0ESPN 8.1

$ Max value$46Yahoo avg $65.4

Games6734 min a game

Rostered99.9%ESPN leagues

Fantasy outlook

The No. 6 player on the 2026-27 projection, up from No. 7 in 2025-26. He is top 5 in assists and top 25 in points and steals among rotation players; the cost is turnovers at 3.6 a game, which makes him a natural punt-TO pick. Yahoo drafters take him at 6.0 on average: priced about where he ranks.

Stats over time

Rising: 17.4 in 2021-22, 23.9 last season, and top 50 among rotation players every season on our board.

Last season23.9

5-season average22.0

Trend a season+1.9

2026-27 proj.24.6

Fairly steady: between 17.4 (2021-22) and 26.1 (2024-25).
Per 36 minutes: 19.2 in 2021-22, 25.4 last season, on 32.6 → 33.9 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.
The projection (24.6) is up on last season (23.9).

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#35of 24724-25#10of 26625-26#21of 27226-27*#15of 213

Per game, from ESPN box scores. * Our 2026-27 projection, dashed.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2026-27Proj.	6	0.608	67	34	24.6	2.1	5.6	10.1	1.3	0.8	46.3%	8.7/18.9	82.2%	5.1/6.2	3.6
2025-26	7	0.655	64	34	23.9	2.0	5.5	9.9	1.4	0.8	46.1%	8.6/18.6	81.2%	4.8/6.0	3.7
2024-25	17	0.586	70	35	26.1	2.1	6.1	9.1	1.0	0.8	46.9%	9.8/20.8	84.6%	4.5/5.3	4.4
2023-24	74	-0.094	62	33	22.7	1.9	4.3	7.5	0.9	0.4	44.9%	8.5/18.8	86.9%	3.8/4.4	3.4
2022-23	-	-	12	33	19.9	1.4	6.2	6.0	0.8	0.6	41.7%	7.8/18.7	83.3%	3.0/3.6	3.3
2021-22	-	-	64	33	17.4	1.8	5.5	5.6	1.2	0.7	41.6%	6.7/16.1	84.6%	2.2/2.6	3.7

Rank, Value and colours start with 2023-24, the first season on our board; earlier seasons show ESPN's box scores.

Category profile · 2026-27

PTS

24.6#15 of 2130.92

3PM

2.1#74 of 2130.30

REB

5.6#53 of 2130.08

AST

10.1#3 of 2131.25

STL

1.3#25 of 2130.45

BLK

0.8#36 of 2130.36

FG%

46.3%8.7/18.9#137 of 213-0.28

FT%

82.2%5.1/6.2#70 of 2130.00

TO

3.6#210 of 213-0.83

Rank among rotation players (20+ minutes, 20+ games). Colour is the value in the category, as in Rankings.

Team role · Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons starter at PG, with Daniss Jenkins behind him. 99 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Tobias Harris, Isaiah Stewart, and Caris LeVert; John Collins is the arrival projected for the most minutes (27).

PG

1Cade Cunningham
2Daniss Jenkins
3Ebuka OkorieNew
4Elijah HarklessNew

Left since 2025-26

Tobias HarrisSigned by SA Jul 628 min → SA
Isaiah StewartAcquired by MEM Jul 823 min → MEM
Caris LeVertAcquired by MIL Jul 819 min → MIL
Jaden Ivey17 min
Marcus SasserAcquired by DAL Jul 812 min → DAL
Minutes a night99

Arrived

John CollinsAcquired Jul 827 min from LAC
Taurean PrinceAcquired Jul 824 min from MIL
Isaiah JoeAcquired Jul 621 min from OKC
Elijah Harkless21 min from UTAH
Ebuka OkorieSigned Jul 6new
Ugonna OnyensoSigned Jul 2new

Depth chart from ESPN. Who left and arrived: last season's box scores against today's roster; how and when: ESPN's transaction feed, where it lists the move. Minutes are last season's, per game. Detroit Pistons depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	DET	64	33.9	23.9	2.0	5.5	9.9	1.4	0.8	46.2%	8.6/18.6	80.0%	4.8/6.0	3.7
2024-25	DET	70	35.0	26.1	2.1	6.1	9.1	1.0	0.8	47.1%	9.8/20.8	84.9%	4.5/5.3	4.4
2023-24	DET	62	33.5	22.7	1.9	4.3	7.5	0.9	0.4	45.2%	8.5/18.8	86.4%	3.8/4.4	3.4
2022-23	DET	12	33.3	19.9	1.4	6.2	6.0	0.8	0.6	41.7%	7.8/18.7	83.3%	3.0/3.6	3.3
2021-22	DET	64	32.6	17.4	1.8	5.5	5.6	1.2	0.7	41.6%	6.7/16.1	84.6%	2.2/2.6	3.7

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Cade Cunningham in fantasy basketball

The outlook above is written from our 2026-27 projection and his recent seasons, and changes with every projection run. His Value and ranks are the same numbers Rankings shows.