Chauncey Billups vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cooper Flagg and Chauncey Billups, 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.
Chauncey Billups played 17 years in the NBA, 16 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Chauncey Billups had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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.
Their Careers | |||
| Player | Total Seasons | Playoffs Played | NBA Years |
| Chauncey Billups | 17 | 12 | 1997-98 to 2013-14 |
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 0 | 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Chauncey Billups | Cooper Flagg | |
| Season | 1997-98 | 2025-26 |
| Team | Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors | Dallas Mavericks |
| Honors & Awards | ||
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Did Not Play |
Rookie Season Stats Comparison | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Chauncey Billups | 80 | 27.7 | 11.2 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 9.4 | .374 | 1.3 | 4.1 | .329 | 2.8 | 3.3 | .850 |
| difference: | +79 | +4.3 | +1.2 | +0.2 | +7.4 | +7.6 | +3.9 | +0.3 | +0.1 | -0.8 | -0.8 | +0.5 | +3.6 | +.066 | +1.3 | +3.1 | +.329 | +0.8 | +1.3 | +.150 |
| 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 |
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| * Neiher Chauncey Billups nor Cooper Flagg played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Chauncey Billups played 16 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 17, from 1999 to 2014—Chauncey Billups played in 12 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 16 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Chauncey Billups got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards |  1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 5 All-Star Game |