Cooper Flagg vs. Derrick White Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick White 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, 8 less than Derrick White, who played 9. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Derrick White 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 |
| Derrick White | 9 | 6 | 2017-18 to 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Derrick White | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 2017-18 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | San Antonio Spurs |
| Honors & Awards | ||
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd |
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 | 2 | 33.0 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 13.5 | .370 | 1.0 | 3.0 | .333 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.000 |
| difference: | +15 | +24.8 | +10.8 | +0.7 | +5.3 | +6.0 | +2.5 | +0.8 | +0.3 | -3.6 | -2.5 | +4.1 | +11.6 | +.115 | +0.5 | +2.2 | +.282 | +2.2 | +1.8 | +.300 |
| Derrick White | 17 | 8.2 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.9 | .485 | 0.5 | 0.8 | .615 | 0.8 | 1.2 | .700 |
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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 White | 3 | 6.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | .500 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
Additional Years |
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* Derrick White played 8 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 9, from 2019 to 2026—Derrick White played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Derrick White got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards |  2 All-Defensive Second Team |