Cooper Flagg vs. Daniel Gafford Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Daniel Gafford 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 5 less than Daniel Gafford, who played 6. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Daniel Gafford had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
Daniel Gafford 6 2 2019-20 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Cooper Flagg Daniel Gafford
Season 2025-262019-20
Team Dallas MavericksChicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+42+17.8+4.9+0.2+7.7+7.5+0.5+0.7+1.3-2.3-0.7+1.8+9.9+.393+1.0+1.3+0.6+.467
Daniel Gafford 43 14.2 5.1 1.2 1.3 2.5 0.5 0.3 1.3 0.7 2.3 2.2 3.1 .701 0.0 0.0 - 0.7 1.4 .533
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Daniel Gafford played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years

* Daniel Gafford played 5 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 2 to 6, from 2021 to 2025—Daniel Gafford played in two Playoffs.

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