Cooper Flagg vs. De'Aaron Fox Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of De'Aaron Fox 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, 7 less than De'Aaron Fox, who played 8. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while De'Aaron Fox had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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 |
| De'Aaron Fox | 8 | 1 | 2017-18 to 2024-25 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | De'Aaron Fox | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 2017-18 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Sacramento Kings |
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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: | +72 | +4.2 | +1.6 | +0.5 | +6.7 | +7.2 | +4.4 | +0.3 | -0.6 | -0.8 | +0.5 | +2.1 | +.104 | +0.6 | +1.1 | +.307 | +0.1 | +0.7 | +.277 | |
| De'Aaron Fox | 73 | 27.8 | 11.6 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 10.9 | .412 | 0.6 | 2.1 | .307 | 1.9 | 2.7 | .723 |
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| * Neiher Cooper Flagg nor De'Aaron Fox played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* De'Aaron Fox played 7 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 8, from 2019 to 2025—De'Aaron Fox played in one postseason. In those 7 extra years over Cooper Flagg, De'Aaron Fox got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards |  1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Clutch Player of the Year 1 All-Star Game |