Cooper Flagg vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson and Cooper Flagg, 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.

Cooper Flagg played 1 year in the NBA, 2 less than Amen Thompson, who played 3. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Amen Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Cooper Flagg	Amen Thompson
Season	2025-26	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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		%
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
difference:	+61	+9.6	+0.5	+1.4	+4.8	+3.4	+2.6	+0.3	+0.6	-1.5	-0.7	+0.1	+5.8	+.228	+0.1	+0.1	+.138	+0.3	+0.5	+.316
Amen Thompson	62	22.4	9.5	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.5	2.3	3.9	7.2	.536	0.1	0.9	.138	1.7	2.5	.684
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Amen Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Amen Thompson played 2 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 3, from 2025 to 2026—Amen Thompson played in one postseason. In those 2 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Amen Thompson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team