Comparing Al Horford and Cade Cunningham Head to Head

This is as close as it gets. Al Horford and Cade Cunningham split the statistical categories evenly — 4 apiece — making this one of the most genuinely contested C comparisons in NBA history. When the numbers are this balanced, the debate comes down to which statistics matter most to you.

Cade Cunningham's Assists Per Game of 8.0 compared to Al Horford's 3.2 represents a 150% advantage — dramatically better than their counterpart in this critical category. Both players exceed the C career average of 1.8 in this category, but Cade Cunningham leads by 150%. It is the single most decisive number in this comparison and the clearest statistical argument for Cade Cunningham's edge.

The most competitive category in this matchup is Free Throw %, where Al Horford posts 76.4% against Cade Cunningham's 84% — a gap of just 9.9%. Cade Cunningham can point to this as evidence that the overall comparison is closer than the final 4-4 tally suggests. In any debate, Free Throw % is the statistical ammunition for the Cade Cunningham side.

Centers have evolved dramatically across NBA eras — from dominant low-post scorers to modern stretch bigs. Career statistics must be evaluated with positional evolution and era context in mind.

With categories split evenly, this comparison ultimately comes down to which statistics matter most to you. Cade Cunningham claims the tiebreaker through Assists Per Game advantage — a 150% edge — but reasonable people can, and do, argue both sides of this NBA debate.