Cooper Flagg vs. Brandon Ingram Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Ingram 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, 9 less than Brandon Ingram, who played 10. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Brandon Ingram had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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 |
| Brandon Ingram | 10 | 2 | 2016-17 to 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Brandon Ingram | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 2016-17 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Honors & Awards | - | All-Rookie Second Team |
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Did Not Play |
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Cooper Flagg | 2 | 33.0 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 13.5 | .370 | 1.0 | 3.0 | .333 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.000 |
| difference: | +77 | +4.2 | +4.6 | +0.2 | +3.3 | +3.5 | +0.9 | +0.4 | -2.5 | -1.0 | +1.5 | +4.8 | +.032 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +.039 | +1.3 | +0.3 | +.379 | |
| Brandon Ingram | 79 | 28.8 | 9.4 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 8.7 | .402 | 0.7 | 2.4 | .294 | 1.7 | 2.7 | .621 |
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| * Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Brandon Ingram played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Brandon Ingram played 9 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 10, from 2018 to 2026—Brandon Ingram played in two Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Brandon Ingram got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 1 Most Improved Player 1 All-Star Game |
All-Rookie Second Team