Cuningham grew up in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, he played junior football for Canterbury Cobras and Boroondara Hawks in the Yarra Junior Football League.

[3] Cuningham received the AFL Rising Star nomination in round 12 of the 2017 AFL season kicking 2 goals in Carlton's one-point win over Greater Western Sydney.

[6] His opportunities at senior level have been hampered by injury throughout this career, troubled by his hip in 2016,[7] his knee in 2018 and 2019,[8] his calf in 2020,[9] and an anterior cruciate ligament rupture in 2021.

[11] * denotes rookie listed players (inj) long-term injury

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