Cooper Flagg vs. Hakeem Olajuwon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hakeem Olajuwon 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 Hakeem Olajuwon, who played 18. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Hakeem Olajuwon had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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.

Rookie Season
	Cooper Flagg	Hakeem Olajuwon
Season	2025-26	1984-85
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+81	+3.5	+10.6	+4.4	+2.5	+1.9	+1.4	+0.2	+2.7	-0.1	-1.2	+4.3	+2.3	+.230		+1.0		+2.1	+4.7	+.387
Hakeem Olajuwon	82	35.5	20.6	5.4	6.5	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	2.9	4.2	8.3	15.3	.538	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.7	.613
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cooper Flagg	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hakeem Olajuwon	5	37.4	21.2	6.6	6.4	13.0	1.4	1.4	2.6	2.2	4.4	8.4	17.6	.477	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	9.2	.478

Additional Years
* Hakeem Olajuwon played 17 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 18, from 1986 to 2002—Hakeem Olajuwon played in 14 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 17 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Hakeem Olajuwon got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 6 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Defensive Player of the Year 2 Rebounds Leader 3 Blocks Leader 11 All-Star Game