Cooper Flagg vs. Hassan Whiteside Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hassan Whiteside 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, 9 less than Hassan Whiteside, who played 10. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Hassan Whiteside had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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 |
| Hassan Whiteside | 10 | 4 | 2010-11 to 2021-22 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Hassan Whiteside | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 2010-11 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Sacramento Kings |
| Honors & Awards | ||
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Did Not Play |
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: | +30.0 | +10.0 | +1.0 | +9.0 | +10.0 | +1.0 | -3.0 | -1.0 | +4.0 | +13.0 | +1.0 | +2.0 | +2.0 | |||||||
| Hassan Whiteside | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
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| * Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Hassan Whiteside played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Hassan Whiteside played 9 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 10, from 2012 to 2022—Hassan Whiteside played in 4 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Hassan Whiteside got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards |  1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Rebounds Leader 2 Blocks Leader |