Cooper Flagg vs. Jalen Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Johnson 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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, 4 less than Jalen Johnson, who played 5. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Jalen Johnson had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
Jalen Johnson 5 2 2021-22 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Cooper Flagg Jalen Johnson
Season 2025-262021-22
Team Dallas MavericksAtlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayHawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+21+26.5+7.6+0.9+7.9+8.8+0.1+0.9+0.1-2.6-2.6+3.0+11.1+.229+0.1+0.4+.231+1.8+1.7+.286
Jalen Johnson 22 5.5 2.4 0.1 1.1 1.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.9 .537 0.1 0.6 .231 0.2 0.3 .714
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Cooper Flagg DNP------ --- ----------
Jalen Johnson 2 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 .000 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 -

Additional Years

* Jalen Johnson played 4 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 2 to 5, from 2023 to 2026—Jalen Johnson played in one postseason.