Cooper Flagg vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet 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, 8 less than Fred VanVleet, who played 9. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Fred VanVleet had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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 |
| Fred VanVleet | 9 | 6 | 2016-17 to 2024-25 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Fred VanVleet | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 2016-17 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Toronto Raptors |
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| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Raptors 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: | +36 | +24.1 | +7.1 | +0.9 | +8.0 | +8.9 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +0.1 | -2.6 | -2.0 | +2.9 | +10.0 | +.043 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +.379 | +1.5 | +1.4 | +.182 |
| Fred VanVleet | 37 | 7.9 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 3.0 | .351 | 0.3 | 0.8 | .379 | 0.5 | 0.6 | .818 |
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fred VanVleet | 7 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | .667 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .400 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
Additional Years |
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* Fred VanVleet played 8 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 9, from 2018 to 2025—Fred VanVleet played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Fred VanVleet got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards |  1 All-Star Game |