Cooper Flagg vs. Danilo Gallinari Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danilo Gallinari 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, 13 less than Danilo Gallinari, who played 14. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Danilo Gallinari had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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 |
| Danilo Gallinari | 14 | 7 | 2008-09 to 2023-24 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Danilo Gallinari | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 2008-09 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | New York Knicks |
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| 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 | 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: | +27 | +17.3 | +3.9 | +0.5 | +7.5 | +8.0 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.1 | -2.5 | -1.3 | +2.0 | +8.5 | +.140 | +1.1 | +1.6 | +.444 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +.037 |
| Danilo Gallinari | 28 | 14.7 | 6.1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 4.5 | .448 | 1.1 | 2.6 | .444 | 0.9 | 1.0 | .963 |
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| * Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Danilo Gallinari played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Danilo Gallinari played 13 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 14, from 2010 to 2024—Danilo Gallinari played in 7 Playoffs. |