Cooper Flagg vs. Dikembe Mutombo Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dikembe Mutombo 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, 17 less than Dikembe Mutombo, who played 18. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Dikembe Mutombo had his rookie season in 1991-92. 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 |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 18 | 13 | 1991-92 to 2008-09 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Dikembe Mutombo | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 1991-92 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Denver Nuggets |
| Honors & Awards | - |  All-Rookie First Team |
| - | All-Star Game | |
| 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: | +70 | +6.3 | +6.6 | +3.5 | +1.2 | +2.3 | +2.2 | +0.4 | +3.0 | -0.5 | -0.8 | +2.0 | +0.8 | +.185 | +1.0 | +2.5 | +5.0 | +.358 | ||
| Dikembe Mutombo | 71 | 38.3 | 16.6 | 4.5 | 7.8 | 12.3 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 6.0 | 12.2 | .493 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 4.5 | 7.0 | .642 |
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| * Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Dikembe Mutombo played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Dikembe Mutombo played 17 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 18, from 1993 to 2009—Dikembe Mutombo played in 13 Playoffs. In those 17 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Dikembe Mutombo got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 4 Defensive Player of the Year 2 Rebounds Leader 3 Blocks Leader 7 All-Star Game |