Michael Cooper vs. Zaza Pachulia Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zaza Pachulia 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, 4 less than Zaza Pachulia, who played 16. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Zaza Pachulia had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
Zaza Pachulia	16	9	2003-04 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Michael Cooper	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1978-79	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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	-
Zaza Pachulia	59	11.3	3.3	1.2	1.8	2.9	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.5	1.2	3.0	.389	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Michael Cooper	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1979-80	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
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	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
Zaza Pachulia	74	18.9	6.2	1.8	3.3	5.1	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.9	2.2	2.2	4.8	.452	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.5	.746

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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1980-81	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Zaza Pachulia	78	31.4	11.7	3.4	4.5	7.9	1.7	1.1	0.5	2.3	3.7	3.9	8.7	.451	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	5.2	.735

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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1981-82	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
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	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
Zaza Pachulia	72	28.1	12.2	2.8	4.2	6.9	1.5	1.1	0.5	2.3	3.7	4.0	8.5	.474	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	5.2	.786

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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1982-83	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Hawks 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
Zaza Pachulia	62	15.2	5.2	1.4	2.6	4.0	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.1	2.3	1.7	4.0	.437	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.5	.706

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
Zaza Pachulia	7	15.0	4.1	1.3	1.6	2.9	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.1	1.0	3.6	.280	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.0	.714


Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1983-84	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Hawks 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	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
Zaza Pachulia	77	19.1	6.2	2.2	3.4	5.7	0.7	0.5	0.3	1.2	2.7	2.1	4.2	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.0	.709

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
Zaza Pachulia	11	23.6	6.9	2.5	4.4	6.9	0.3	0.5	0.3	1.3	3.6	2.0	4.8	.415	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.8	.762


Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1984-85	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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
Zaza Pachulia	78	14.0	4.3	1.5	2.3	3.8	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	2.4	1.5	3.2	.488	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.8	.650

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
Zaza Pachulia	11	14.6	4.6	1.7	1.7	3.5	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.8	3.1	1.6	3.2	.514	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.625


Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1985-86	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks 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	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
Zaza Pachulia	79	15.7	4.4	1.5	2.7	4.2	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.9	2.3	1.4	2.9	.461	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.754

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
Zaza Pachulia	11	17.7	3.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.8	3.4	1.0	2.1	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.773


Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1986-87	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
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
Zaza Pachulia	58	28.3	7.8	2.7	5.2	7.9	1.4	0.9	0.5	1.4	3.0	2.9	5.8	.499	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.741

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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1987-88	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
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	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
Zaza Pachulia	52	21.8	5.9	2.5	3.9	6.5	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.3	2.5	2.2	4.6	.473	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.0	.757

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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Michael Cooper	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1988-89	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
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	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
Zaza Pachulia	53	25.0	7.7	2.7	3.6	6.3	2.6	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.3	2.8	6.6	.427	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	2.5	.846

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
Zaza Pachulia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Michael Cooper	Zaza Pachulia
Season	1989-90	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks 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	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
Zaza Pachulia	73	23.7	8.3	2.7	4.2	6.8	2.4	1.1	0.3	1.8	2.3	3.3	7.2	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.788

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	-
Zaza Pachulia	6	21.5	6.7	1.8	4.8	6.7	1.5	1.7	0.5	0.8	2.5	2.7	6.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.2	.615


Season 13
	Michael Cooper	Zaza Pachulia
Season	-	2015-16
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zaza Pachulia	76	26.4	8.6	3.3	6.2	9.4	1.7	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.4	2.9	6.2	.466	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.6	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zaza Pachulia	5	22.4	6.6	2.0	3.4	5.4	3.2	0.6	0.2	0.4	2.6	1.8	4.8	.375	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.4	.882


Season 14
	Michael Cooper	Zaza Pachulia
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zaza Pachulia	70	18.1	6.1	2.0	3.9	5.9	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.4	2.3	4.4	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.8	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zaza Pachulia	15	14.1	5.1	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.9	2.1	2.1	4.0	.533	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.1	.765


Season 15
	Michael Cooper	Zaza Pachulia
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zaza Pachulia	69	14.1	5.4	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.8	2.2	3.8	.564	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.3	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zaza Pachulia	7	3.7	2.4	0.9	0.9	1.7	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.750


Season 16
	Michael Cooper	Zaza Pachulia
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zaza Pachulia	68	12.9	3.9	1.5	2.4	3.9	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.2	1.3	2.8	.440	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.8	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zaza Pachulia	2	11.0	2.5	0.5	4.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500

Michael Cooper vs. Zaza Pachulia Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zaza Pachulia 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

Season 15

Season 16