Michael Cooper vs. Eddie Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eddie Jones and Michael Cooper, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Michael Cooper played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Eddie Jones, who played 14. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Eddie Jones had his rookie season in 1994-95. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Michael Cooper	12	11	1978-79 to 1989-90
Eddie Jones	14	11	1994-95 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Michael Cooper	Eddie Jones
Season	1978-79	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	3	2.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Eddie Jones	64	31.0	14.0	1.2	2.7	3.9	2.0	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.7	5.3	11.6	.460	1.4	3.8	.370	1.9	2.6	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	10	28.6	8.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.0	0.8	0.9	1.7	2.7	3.0	8.0	.375	1.2	2.7	.444	1.5	2.1	.714


Season 2
	Michael Cooper	Eddie Jones
Season	1979-80	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	82	24.1	8.8	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.6	3.7	7.0	.524	0.1	0.2	.250	1.4	1.7	.776
Eddie Jones	70	31.2	12.8	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.5	1.8	0.6	1.4	2.3	4.8	9.8	.492	1.2	3.2	.366	1.9	2.6	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	16	29.0	9.1	1.8	1.9	3.7	3.6	1.5	0.7	1.8	3.4	3.6	8.8	.407	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.3	.861
Eddie Jones	4	38.8	17.3	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.5	2.0	0.3	1.0	4.0	6.8	12.3	.551	2.5	4.8	.526	1.3	2.0	.625


Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Eddie Jones
Season	1980-81	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	81	32.4	9.4	1.5	2.7	4.1	4.1	1.6	1.0	2.0	3.1	4.0	8.1	.491	0.0	0.2	.211	1.4	1.8	.785
Eddie Jones	80	37.5	17.2	1.1	3.0	4.1	3.4	2.4	0.6	2.1	2.8	5.9	13.5	.438	1.9	4.9	.391	3.5	4.2	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	3	34.0	10.7	0.7	2.7	3.3	2.3	2.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	3.7	6.7	.550	0.0	1.0	.000	3.3	4.7	.714
Eddie Jones	9	31.6	11.2	0.9	2.6	3.4	3.2	1.0	0.4	1.4	2.7	3.7	8.0	.458	1.0	2.7	.375	2.9	3.9	.743


Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Eddie Jones
Season	1981-82	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	76	28.9	11.9	1.1	2.4	3.5	3.0	1.6	0.8	2.0	2.8	5.0	9.8	.517	0.0	0.2	.118	1.8	2.3	.813
Eddie Jones	80	36.4	16.9	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.1	2.0	0.7	1.8	2.1	6.1	12.6	.484	1.8	4.6	.389	2.9	3.8	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	14	27.4	11.9	1.4	3.0	4.4	4.4	1.7	0.8	2.1	3.4	5.0	8.9	.565	0.1	0.1	.500	1.8	2.4	.735
Eddie Jones	13	36.6	17.0	0.9	3.0	3.9	2.5	2.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	5.3	11.4	.466	1.5	3.7	.417	4.8	5.8	.829


Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Eddie Jones
Season	1982-83	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	82	26.2	7.8	1.0	2.3	3.3	3.8	1.4	0.6	1.6	2.5	3.2	6.1	.535	0.1	0.3	.238	1.2	1.6	.785
Eddie Jones	50	37.6	15.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	3.7	2.5	1.2	1.9	2.6	5.2	11.9	.437	1.0	2.8	.338	4.2	5.4	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	15	30.2	9.4	0.8	3.1	3.9	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.3	3.6	3.5	7.6	.465	0.1	0.5	.143	2.3	2.7	.829
Eddie Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Eddie Jones
Season	1983-84	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	82	29.1	9.0	0.6	2.5	3.2	5.9	1.4	0.8	1.8	3.3	3.3	6.7	.497	0.5	1.5	.314	1.9	2.3	.838
Eddie Jones	72	39.0	20.1	1.1	3.6	4.8	4.2	2.7	0.7	2.2	2.4	6.6	15.5	.427	1.8	4.7	.375	5.0	5.8	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	21	34.4	11.3	1.0	3.0	3.9	5.7	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.8	4.2	9.1	.461	0.6	1.7	.333	2.4	3.0	.806
Eddie Jones	4	42.8	17.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	4.8	2.5	0.8	1.3	3.0	5.5	14.5	.379	2.3	6.5	.346	3.8	4.0	.938


Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Eddie Jones
Season	1984-85	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	82	26.7	8.6	0.7	2.4	3.1	5.2	1.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	3.4	7.2	.465	0.4	1.5	.285	1.4	1.6	.865
Eddie Jones	63	36.2	17.4	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.7	1.7	0.9	2.1	2.9	6.2	13.8	.445	1.4	3.8	.378	3.6	4.3	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	19	26.4	10.4	0.6	3.4	4.0	4.9	1.1	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.7	6.6	.563	0.4	1.4	.308	2.5	2.7	.923
Eddie Jones	3	36.0	19.0	0.7	5.3	6.0	2.3	1.0	0.3	2.3	3.0	7.3	14.7	.500	2.3	5.3	.438	2.0	2.3	.857


Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Eddie Jones
Season	1985-86	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	82	27.7	9.2	0.5	2.4	3.0	5.7	1.1	0.5	1.8	2.9	3.3	7.4	.452	0.8	2.0	.387	1.8	2.1	.865
Eddie Jones	81	39.0	18.3	0.8	3.9	4.7	3.2	1.4	1.0	1.8	3.2	6.4	14.8	.432	1.8	4.7	.390	3.7	4.4	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	14	30.1	9.7	1.1	2.1	3.3	4.9	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.7	3.9	8.2	.470	1.4	2.9	.463	0.6	0.8	.818
Eddie Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Eddie Jones
Season	1986-87	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	82	27.5	10.5	0.7	2.4	3.1	4.5	1.0	0.5	1.2	2.4	3.9	9.0	.438	1.1	2.8	.385	1.5	1.8	.851
Eddie Jones	47	38.1	18.5	0.7	4.1	4.8	3.7	1.4	0.7	1.8	2.9	6.2	14.6	.423	2.1	5.1	.407	4.0	4.9	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	18	29.0	13.0	0.4	2.8	3.3	5.0	1.4	0.8	2.1	2.6	4.3	8.8	.484	1.9	3.9	.486	2.6	3.0	.852
Eddie Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Eddie Jones
Season	1987-88	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	61	29.4	8.7	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.7	1.1	0.4	1.7	2.2	3.1	7.9	.392	0.9	2.9	.320	1.6	1.9	.858
Eddie Jones	81	37.0	17.3	0.5	3.3	3.8	3.2	1.1	0.4	1.6	2.8	5.8	14.3	.409	2.2	5.9	.370	3.4	4.1	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	24	24.5	6.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.4	2.3	5.5	.412	1.0	2.6	.403	0.8	1.1	.741
Eddie Jones	13	37.0	13.2	0.2	3.4	3.6	2.2	1.4	0.8	1.5	2.8	4.3	11.8	.366	1.5	5.2	.299	3.1	3.8	.800


Season 11
	Michael Cooper	Eddie Jones
Season	1988-89	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	80	24.3	7.3	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.9	0.9	0.4	1.2	2.3	2.7	6.2	.431	1.0	2.6	.381	1.0	1.2	.871
Eddie Jones	80	35.5	12.7	0.5	4.6	5.1	2.7	1.1	0.5	1.2	3.1	4.4	10.3	.428	1.8	4.8	.372	2.2	2.7	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	15	27.6	7.7	0.6	2.1	2.7	4.7	0.6	0.5	1.1	2.5	2.5	5.9	.416	1.4	3.7	.382	1.3	1.6	.833
Eddie Jones	15	40.3	13.7	0.7	5.1	5.8	2.6	1.2	0.6	1.5	3.8	4.7	10.4	.455	2.1	5.3	.400	2.1	2.8	.738


Season 12
	Michael Cooper	Eddie Jones
Season	1989-90	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	80	23.1	6.4	0.7	2.1	2.8	2.7	0.8	0.5	1.1	2.6	2.4	6.2	.387	0.6	2.0	.318	1.0	1.2	.883
Eddie Jones	75	32.5	11.8	0.5	3.3	3.7	2.4	1.7	0.4	1.2	2.7	3.9	9.6	.404	1.8	5.0	.356	2.2	2.9	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	9	19.2	2.6	1.2	1.4	2.7	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.3	1.1	3.9	.286	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Eddie Jones	4	29.8	10.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	2.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	2.5	3.5	7.3	.483	0.8	1.8	.429	2.5	3.8	.667


Season 13
	Michael Cooper	Eddie Jones
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	64	24.9	7.7	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.7	1.1	0.2	0.7	1.9	2.8	6.6	.422	1.2	3.5	.351	0.9	1.2	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	3	22.0	3.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	0.7	3.0	.222	0.3	2.0	.167	1.7	2.0	.833


Season 14
	Michael Cooper	Eddie Jones
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	47	19.6	3.7	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.5	1.4	3.8	.367	0.7	2.5	.293	0.2	0.3	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	3	7.3	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.0	.333	0.3	1.3	.250	0.3	0.3	1.000

Michael Cooper vs. Eddie Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eddie Jones and Michael Cooper, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14