Cooper Flagg vs. Derrick Jones Jr. Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Jones Jr. 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 Derrick Jones Jr., who played 10. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Derrick Jones Jr. 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 |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 10 | 5 | 2016-17 to 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Derrick Jones Jr. | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 2016-17 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Phoenix Suns |
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| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Did Not Play |
Rookie Season Stats Comparison | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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: | +31 | +15.0 | +4.7 | +0.2 | +7.7 | +7.5 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +0.4 | -2.6 | -1.0 | +1.9 | +9.2 | +.254 | +0.1 | +0.7 | +.273 | +1.1 | +0.7 | +.293 |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 32 | 17.0 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.8 | .562 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .273 | 0.9 | 1.3 | .707 |
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| * Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Derrick Jones Jr. played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Derrick Jones Jr. played 9 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 10, from 2018 to 2026—Derrick Jones Jr. played in 5 Playoffs. |