Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Michael Cooper and John Paxson

This is the detail of NBA games in which Michael Cooper and John Paxson played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 18 times in NBA games. Michael Cooper has a 10-8 winning record over John Paxson. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Michael Cooper
vs.
John Paxson
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Michael Cooper:
1978-79 to 1989-90
John Paxson:
1983-84 to 1993-94
18 Games played
18 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Michael Cooper
10
10
0
John Paxson
8
8
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Michael Cooper 9.1 2.9 5.4 0.80.7
John Paxson 7.1 0.6 3.50.20.1
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Michael Cooper 15 6 14 22
John Paxson 15 2 8 11
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Michael Cooper 11

games		 15

games		 9

games		 10

games		9

games
John Paxson 7

games 		1

game		 6

games		 2

games		0

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 2

games		 3

games		 6

games		9

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1983-84 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 06, 1984
1. Lakers 117   Michael Cooper 13 5 12 2 2 0 4 36 5-10 .500 0-0 - 3-3 1.000
Spurs 124   John Paxson 6 0 5 0 0 2 0 08 2-4 .500 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Jan. 21, 1984
2. Lakers 108   Michael Cooper 13 4 6 1 0 0 2 30 6-8 .750 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Spurs 113   John Paxson 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 09 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 15, 1984
3. Lakers 143   Michael Cooper 13 4 6 2 0 3 5 26 5-7 .714 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000
Spurs 124   John Paxson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 03, 1984
4. Lakers 109   Michael Cooper 6 2 4 0 0 3 5 28 3-10 .300 0-2 .000 0-0 -
Spurs 137   John Paxson 4 2 2 1 0 2 0 06 2-2 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
1984-85 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Oct. 27, 1984
5. Lakers 112   Michael Cooper 6 2 4 1 0 2 5 25 2-9 .222 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
Spurs 113   John Paxson 14 1 4 0 0 0 3 21 5-10 .500 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Nov. 02, 1984
6. Lakers 119   Michael Cooper 7 1 5 0 2 7 4 30 3-4 .750 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
Spurs 100   John Paxson 15 0 5 0 0 3 4 28 7-10 .700 1-1 1.000 0-0 -
Jan. 06, 1985
7. Lakers 99   Michael Cooper 13 1 14 2 1 4 3 42 5-10 .500 1-2 .500 2-3 .667
Spurs 98   John Paxson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 05 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Mar. 15, 1985
8. Lakers 115   Michael Cooper 5 4 2 0 1 1 3 32 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000
Spurs 114   John Paxson 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 14 1-3 .333 0-0 - 0-0 -
Apr. 03, 1985
9. Lakers 108   Michael Cooper 12 2 3 0 1 1 0 17 4-5 .800 2-3 .667 2-2 1.000
Spurs 122   John Paxson 14 0 3 1 1 0 1 19 7-10 .700 0-0 - 0-0 -
1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 01, 1985
10. Lakers 117   Michael Cooper 5 1 6 0 0 0 3 23 2-6 .333 1-2 .500 0-1 .000
Bulls 113   John Paxson 3 2 3 0 0 0 2 15 0-2 .000 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Jan. 20, 1986
11. Lakers 133   Michael Cooper 15 6 5 1 2 1 4 33 6-9 .667 3-3 1.000 0-0 -
Bulls 118   John Paxson 11 1 7 0 0 1 1 21 4-6 .667 0-1 .000 3-3 1.000
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 28, 1986
12. Lakers 110   Michael Cooper 11 3 4 0 0 0 2 32 4-8 .500 2-2 1.000 1-2 .500
Bulls 103   John Paxson 6 2 2 0 0 3 2 18 3-7 .429 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Feb. 20, 1987
13. Lakers 110   Michael Cooper 4 0 6 1 1 1 5 23 1-5 .200 0-3 .000 2-2 1.000
Bulls 100   John Paxson 9 0 8 0 0 0 1 37 4-10 .400 1-4 .250 0-0 -
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 02, 1988
14. Lakers 110   Michael Cooper 7 4 4 0 0 2 6 16 3-4 .750 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Bulls 101   John Paxson 8 1 0 0 0 0 4 22 4-9 .444 0-2 .000 0-0 -
1988-89 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 20, 1988
15. Lakers 103   Michael Cooper 9 4 4 2 0 0 4 30 2-4 .500 2-3 .667 3-4 .750
Bulls 116   John Paxson 14 0 5 0 0 1 1 24 5-7 .714 4-5 .800 0-2 .000
Mar. 21, 1989
16. Lakers 103   Michael Cooper 9 4 8 1 1 0 4 31 4-6 .667 1-3 .333 0-0 -
Bulls 104   John Paxson 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 21 3-6 .500 0-2 .000 0-0 -
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 19, 1989
17. Lakers 83   Michael Cooper 5 4 2 1 1 2 3 33 2-9 .222 1-6 .167 0-0 -
Bulls 93   John Paxson 11 0 5 0 0 3 0 29 5-8 .625 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Feb. 07, 1990
18. Lakers 121   Michael Cooper 11 2 2 1 1 0 2 23 4-5 .800 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000
Bulls 103   John Paxson 4 0 3 1 0 1 4 30 2-7 .286 0-0 - 0-0 -
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