Cooper Flagg vs. Ivica Zubac Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ivica Zubac 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 Ivica Zubac, who played 10. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Ivica Zubac 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 |
| Ivica Zubac | 10 | 6 | 2016-17 to 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Ivica Zubac | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 2016-17 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Los Angeles Lakers |
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| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Did Not Play |
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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: | +37 | +16.0 | +2.5 | +0.1 | +5.9 | +5.8 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.9 | -2.2 | -1.3 | +0.7 | +6.7 | +.221 | +0.9 | +1.2 | +0.7 | +.347 | ||
| Ivica Zubac | 38 | 16.0 | 7.5 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 6.3 | .529 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.8 | 1.3 | .653 |
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| * Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Ivica Zubac played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Ivica Zubac played 9 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 10, from 2018 to 2026—Ivica Zubac played in 6 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Ivica Zubac got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards |  1 All-Defensive Second Team |