Cade Cunningham vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cooper Flagg and Cade Cunningham, 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.

Cade Cunningham played 5 years in the NBA, 4 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Cade Cunningham had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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
	Cade Cunningham	Cooper Flagg
Season	2021-22	2025-26
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	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		%
Cade Cunningham	64	32.6	17.4	0.9	4.6	5.5	5.6	1.2	0.7	3.7	3.1	6.7	16.1	.416	1.8	5.7	.314	2.2	2.6	.845
difference:	+63	+0.6	+7.4	+0.1	+4.4	+4.5	+5.6	+0.2	+0.7	-0.7	-0.1	+2.7	+3.1	+.108	+1.8	+4.7	+.314	+0.2	+0.6	+.155
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 Cade Cunningham nor Cooper Flagg played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Cade Cunningham played 4 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 5, from 2023 to 2026—Cade Cunningham played in one postseason. In those 4 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Cade Cunningham got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game