Cooper Flagg vs. D'Angelo Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of D'Angelo Russell 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 D'Angelo Russell, who played 11. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while D'Angelo Russell had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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	D'Angelo Russell
Season	2025-26	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
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:	+79	+3.8	+3.2	+0.4	+6.2	+6.6	+3.3	+0.2	+0.2	-0.5	-1.2	+0.9	+1.0	+.102	+1.6	+3.6	+.351	+0.2	+0.4	+.263
D'Angelo Russell	80	28.2	13.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	3.3	1.2	0.2	2.5	1.8	4.9	12.0	.410	1.6	4.6	.351	1.8	2.4	.737
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cooper Flagg nor D'Angelo Russell played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* D'Angelo Russell played 10 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 11, from 2017 to 2026—D'Angelo Russell played in 4 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 10 extra years over Cooper Flagg, D'Angelo Russell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game