Relationship status
In her own words,
in date order
In date order
A relationship with Jakob Neidig, dating to her time at Missouri, is reported in retrospective coverage and described there as her only publicly known relationship.
Source: Marca — Cunningham's dating history (7 July 2026); The Sporting Tribune — Cunningham on her dating life (2 September 2026).
In a TikTok caption she wrote that she "wouldn't mind a man to take care of me too ya know?", with laughing emoji.
“Lol but like I wouldn't mind a man to take care of me too ya know?”
Source: Sporting News — Cunningham's preseason TikTok on her relationship status (3 July 2025).
On the debut episode of Show Me Something she discussed the kind of man she is drawn to.
Source: Sporting News — Cunningham on her dating preferences, Show Me Something debut (July 2025).
Asked on camera about her dating life, she said men rarely approach her and that she does not really go on dates.
“People don't come up to me. Like, I don't really go on dates.”
Source: The Sporting Tribune — Cunningham on her dating life (2 September 2026); Marca — Cunningham on her dating life (2 September 2026).
None of those comments identifies a current partner, and no source gives dates for the 2019–2020 relationship.
False claims that have circulated online
Two viral posts have been traced to their origin and found to be untrue.
- Fabricated claim
That she is married to the Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham.
A June 2025 meme from the account the_canbasketball, which attached a fabricated "my wife" quote to a picture of him. The two share a surname and nothing else on the record.
Fabricated. Fact-checked and found to have been made up entirely.
Fact-check: EssentiallySports — fact check: is Sophie Cunningham married to Cade Cunningham? (21 June 2025), 21 June 2025.
- Fabricated claim
That she is dating the NBA forward Michael Porter Jr.
A November 2025 post from @BrickCenter_, a satirical account, over a real photograph; the two are both from Columbia, Missouri, and the joke leaned on the 573 area code.
Satire, misread as news. The photograph was real; the romantic claim was not.
Fact-check: Sporting News — fact check: the viral Michael Porter Jr. post (7 November 2025), 7 November 2025.
Sources: The Sporting Tribune — Cunningham on her dating life (2 September 2026); Marca — Cunningham on her dating life (2 September 2026); Marca — Cunningham's dating history (7 July 2026); Sporting News — Cunningham's preseason TikTok on her relationship status (3 July 2025); Sporting News — Cunningham on her dating preferences, Show Me Something debut (July 2025); EssentiallySports — fact check: is Sophie Cunningham married to Cade Cunningham? (21 June 2025); Sporting News — fact check: the viral Michael Porter Jr. post (7 November 2025); The Sporting Tribune — Cunningham on her dating life (2 September 2026); Marca — Cunningham on her dating life (2 September 2026); Sporting News — Cunningham's preseason TikTok on her relationship status (3 July 2025). Checked 8 September 2026.