Adrian Dantley vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison

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

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.

Adrian Dantley played 15 years in the NBA, 14 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Adrian Dantley had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Cooper Flagg had his rookie season in 2025-26. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Adrian Dantley	Cooper Flagg
Season	1976-77	2025-26
Team	Buffalo Braves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	77	36.6	20.3	3.3	4.4	7.6	1.9	1.2	0.2	-	2.8	7.1	13.6	.520	-	-	-	6.2	7.6	.818
difference:	+76	+4.6	+10.3	+2.3	+4.6	+2.4	+1.9	+0.2	+0.2		-0.2	+3.1	+0.6	+.212				+4.2	+5.6	+.182
Cooper Flagg	1	32.0	10.0	1.0	9.0	10.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	13.0	.308	0.0	1.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Adrian Dantley nor Cooper Flagg played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Adrian Dantley played 14 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 15, from 1978 to 1991—Adrian Dantley played in 7 Playoffs. In those 14 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Adrian Dantley got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 2 Scoring Leader 6 All-Star Game