Michael Cooper vs. Kevin Grevey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Grevey 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 more than Kevin Grevey, who played 10. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Kevin Grevey had his rookie season in 1975-76. 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
Kevin Grevey	10	8	1975-76 to 1984-85

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Michael Cooper	Kevin Grevey
Season	1978-79	1975-76
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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	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	-
Kevin Grevey	56	9.0	3.8	0.4	0.6	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.1	-	1.2	1.4	3.8	.371	-	-	-	0.9	1.0	.897

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Grevey	2	1.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Michael Cooper	Kevin Grevey
Season	1979-80	1976-77
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bullets 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	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
Kevin Grevey	76	17.2	6.9	1.0	1.4	2.3	0.9	0.4	0.1	-	1.9	2.9	7.0	.423	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.664

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
Kevin Grevey	9	25.0	9.7	1.1	0.7	1.8	0.9	0.2	0.6	-	2.2	4.0	9.8	.409	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.652


Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Kevin Grevey
Season	1980-81	1977-78
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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
Kevin Grevey	81	26.2	15.5	1.5	2.0	3.6	1.9	0.8	0.2	2.0	2.5	6.2	13.9	.448	-	-	-	3.0	3.8	.789

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
Kevin Grevey	21	27.8	15.5	1.2	1.7	2.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	2.1	3.4	6.0	13.5	.444	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.811


Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Kevin Grevey
Season	1981-82	1978-79
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bullets Lost NBA 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
Kevin Grevey	65	28.6	15.5	1.4	2.2	3.6	2.4	0.7	0.2	1.8	2.4	6.4	14.2	.453	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.772

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
Kevin Grevey	19	27.7	12.8	1.4	1.2	2.5	1.6	0.8	0.4	2.1	3.3	5.4	13.5	.398	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.755


Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Kevin Grevey
Season	1982-83	1979-80
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bullets 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	26.2	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
Kevin Grevey	65	28.0	14.0	1.2	1.6	2.9	2.7	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.4	5.1	12.4	.412	0.5	1.4	.370	3.3	3.8	.867

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
Kevin Grevey	2	36.0	20.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	4.0	2.5	1.0	2.0	4.5	8.0	15.0	.533	2.5	5.0	.500	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Kevin Grevey
Season	1983-84	1980-81
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First 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	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
Kevin Grevey	75	34.9	17.2	0.9	2.0	2.9	4.0	0.9	0.2	1.9	2.1	6.7	14.7	.453	0.6	1.8	.331	3.3	3.9	.841

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
Kevin Grevey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Kevin Grevey
Season	1984-85	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bullets 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	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
Kevin Grevey	71	30.5	13.3	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.1	0.6	0.3	1.4	2.1	5.3	12.1	.439	0.4	1.2	.341	2.3	2.7	.855

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
Kevin Grevey	7	22.7	9.4	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.6	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.7	3.3	8.0	.411	0.6	1.1	.500	2.3	2.7	.842


Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Kevin Grevey
Season	1985-86	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Bullets
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
Kevin Grevey	41	18.4	7.2	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.5	2.8	7.2	.388	0.4	0.9	.395	1.3	1.7	.783

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
Kevin Grevey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Kevin Grevey
Season	1986-87	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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	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
Kevin Grevey	64	14.4	7.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	1.2	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.5	2.8	6.2	.451	0.2	0.8	.283	1.2	1.3	.893

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
Kevin Grevey	5	5.4	1.6	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.8	.222	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.667


Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Kevin Grevey
Season	1987-88	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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
Kevin Grevey	78	15.2	6.1	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.1	2.4	5.4	.448	0.1	0.4	.242	1.1	1.4	.822

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
Kevin Grevey	5	5.6	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.8	2.6	.308	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 11
	Michael Cooper	Kevin Grevey
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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
Kevin Grevey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Kevin Grevey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Michael Cooper	Kevin Grevey
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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	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
Kevin Grevey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	-
Kevin Grevey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Michael Cooper vs. Kevin Grevey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Grevey 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