Cooper Flagg vs. Derrick Rose Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Rose 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, 14 less than Derrick Rose, who played 15. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Derrick Rose 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 |
| Derrick Rose | 15 | 8 | 2008-09 to 2023-24 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Derrick Rose | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 2008-09 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Chicago Bulls |
| Honors & Awards | - |  Rookie of the Year |
| - | All-Rookie First Team | |
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd |
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: | +80 | +5.0 | +6.8 | +0.2 | +6.3 | +6.1 | +6.3 | +0.2 | +0.2 | -0.5 | -1.5 | +3.1 | +1.9 | +.167 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +.222 | +0.4 | +1.1 | +.212 |
| Derrick Rose | 81 | 37.0 | 16.8 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 6.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 7.1 | 14.9 | .475 | 0.2 | 0.9 | .222 | 2.4 | 3.1 | .788 |
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Derrick Rose | 7 | 44.7 | 19.7 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 8.4 | 17.1 | .492 | 0.0 | 0.6 | .000 | 2.9 | 3.6 | .800 |
Additional Years |
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* Derrick Rose played 14 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 15, from 2010 to 2024—Derrick Rose played in 7 Playoffs. In those 14 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Derrick Rose got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 1 Season MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-Star Game |