Cooper Flagg vs. Dwyane Wade Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwyane Wade 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, 15 less than Dwyane Wade, who played 16. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Dwyane Wade had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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 |
| Dwyane Wade | 16 | 13 | 2003-04 to 2018-19 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Dwyane Wade | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 2003-04 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Miami Heat |
| Honors & Awards | - |  All-Rookie First Team |
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Heat Lost East Conf Semis |
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: | +60 | +2.9 | +6.2 | +0.4 | +6.3 | +6.0 | +4.5 | +0.4 | +0.6 | -0.2 | -0.7 | +2.1 | +0.1 | +.157 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +.302 | +1.8 | +3.1 | +.253 |
| Dwyane Wade | 61 | 34.9 | 16.2 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 6.1 | 13.1 | .465 | 0.3 | 0.9 | .302 | 3.8 | 5.1 | .747 |
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dwyane Wade | 13 | 39.5 | 18.0 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 6.6 | 14.5 | .455 | 0.2 | 0.6 | .375 | 4.5 | 5.8 | .787 |
Additional Years |
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* Dwyane Wade played 15 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 16, from 2005 to 2019—Dwyane Wade played in 12 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 15 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Dwyane Wade got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 1 Finals MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 13 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP |