Cooper Flagg vs. Dominique Wilkins Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dominique Wilkins 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 Dominique Wilkins, who played 15. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Dominique Wilkins had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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 |
| Dominique Wilkins | 15 | 10 | 1982-83 to 1998-99 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Dominique Wilkins | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 1982-83 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Atlanta Hawks |
| Honors & Awards | - |  All-Rookie First Team |
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Hawks Lost East 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 | 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: | +81 | +0.9 | +7.5 | +1.8 | +5.9 | +4.2 | +1.6 | +0.8 | -0.8 | -0.4 | +3.3 | +1.9 | +.185 | +0.9 | +.182 | +0.8 | +2.1 | +.318 | ||
| Dominique Wilkins | 82 | 32.9 | 17.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 7.3 | 14.9 | .493 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .182 | 2.8 | 4.1 | .682 |
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dominique Wilkins | 3 | 36.3 | 15.7 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 14.0 | .405 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.000 | 4.0 | 4.7 | .857 |
Additional Years |
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* Dominique Wilkins played 14 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 15, from 1984 to 1999—Dominique Wilkins played in 9 Playoffs. In those 14 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Dominique Wilkins got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 1 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 Scoring Leader 9 All-Star Game |