Cooper Flagg vs. Bob Pettit Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Pettit 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, 10 less than Bob Pettit, who played 11. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Bob Pettit had his rookie season in 1954-55. 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 |
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 0 | 2025-26 |
| Bob Pettit | 11 | 9 | 1954-55 to 1964-65 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Bob Pettit | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 1954-55 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Milwaukee Hawks |
| Honors & Awards | - |  All-NBA First Team |
| - | Rookie of the Year | |
| - | All-Star Game | |
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Did Not Play |
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: | +71 | +4.9 | +10.4 | +3.8 | +3.2 | -0.6 | +3.2 | +4.8 | +.099 | +3.9 | +5.9 | +.249 | ||||||||
| Bob Pettit | 72 | 36.9 | 20.4 | - | - | 13.8 | 3.2 | - | - | - | 3.6 | 7.2 | 17.8 | .407 | - | - | - | 5.9 | 7.9 | .751 |
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| * Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Bob Pettit played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Bob Pettit played 10 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 11, from 1956 to 1965—Bob Pettit played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Bob Pettit got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 2 Season MVP 9 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 Scoring Leader 1 Rebounds Leader 10 All-Star Game 4 All-Star Game MVP |