Cooper Flagg vs. Earl Monroe Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Earl Monroe 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, 12 less than Earl Monroe, who played 13. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Earl Monroe had his rookie season in 1967-68. 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 |
| Earl Monroe | 13 | 8 | 1967-68 to 1979-80 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Earl Monroe | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 1967-68 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Baltimore Bullets |
| Honors & Awards | - | Rookie of the Year |
| - | All-Rookie First Team | |
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Did Not Play |
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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: | +81 | +4.7 | +14.3 | +4.3 | +4.3 | -0.4 | +5.0 | +7.0 | +.145 | +4.2 | +5.9 | +.219 | ||||||||
| Earl Monroe | 82 | 36.7 | 24.3 | - | - | 5.7 | 4.3 | - | - | - | 3.4 | 9.0 | 20.0 | .453 | - | - | - | 6.2 | 7.9 | .781 |
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| * Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Earl Monroe played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Earl Monroe played 12 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 13, from 1969 to 1980—Earl Monroe played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Earl Monroe got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 1 All-NBA First Team 4 All-Star Game |
Rookie of the Year