Cooper Flagg vs. Grant Hill Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Grant Hill 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, 17 less than Grant Hill, who played 18. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Grant Hill had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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 |
| Grant Hill | 18 | 8 | 1994-95 to 2012-13 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Grant Hill | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 1994-95 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Detroit Pistons |
| Honors & Awards | - | Rookie of the Year |
| - | All-Rookie First Team | |
| - | All-Star Game | |
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Did Not Play |
Rookie Season Stats Comparison | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: | +69 | +6.3 | +9.9 | +0.8 | +4.4 | +3.6 | +5.0 | +0.8 | +0.9 | -0.1 | -0.1 | +3.3 | +2.2 | +.169 | +0.1 | +0.6 | +.148 | +3.3 | +5.3 | +.268 |
| Grant Hill | 70 | 38.3 | 19.9 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 15.2 | .477 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .148 | 5.3 | 7.3 | .732 |
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| * Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Grant Hill played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Grant Hill played 17 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 18, from 1996 to 2013—Grant Hill played in 8 Playoffs. In those 17 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Grant Hill got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 1 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 6 All-Star Game |
Rookie of the Year