Cooper Flagg vs. Dolph Schayes Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dolph Schayes 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 Dolph Schayes, who played 15. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Dolph Schayes had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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 |
| Dolph Schayes | 15 | 14 | 1949-50 to 1963-64 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Dolph Schayes | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 1949-50 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Syracuse Nationals |
| Honors & Awards | - |  All-NBA Second Team |
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Nationals Lost NBA Finals |
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| 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: | +63 | +6.8 | +4.0 | -0.5 | +1.4 | +1.1 | +.077 | +3.9 | +5.6 | +.226 | ||||||||||
| Dolph Schayes | 64 | - | 16.8 | - | - | - | 4.0 | - | - | - | 3.5 | 5.4 | 14.1 | .385 | - | - | - | 5.9 | 7.6 | .774 |
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dolph Schayes | 11 | - | 17.1 | - | - | - | 2.5 | - | - | - | 3.9 | 5.2 | 13.5 | .385 | - | - | - | 6.7 | 9.2 | .733 |
Additional Years |
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* Dolph Schayes played 14 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 15, from 1951 to 1964—Dolph Schayes played in 13 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 14 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Dolph Schayes got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 6 All-NBA First Team 5 All-NBA Second Team 1 Rebounds Leader 12 All-Star Game |