Cooper Flagg vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy 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, 11 less than James Worthy, who played 12. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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	James Worthy
Season	2025-26	1982-83
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+76	+6.4	+3.4	+1.0	+5.9	+4.8	+1.7	+0.2	+0.8	-0.7	-0.1	+1.8	+3.0	+.271		+0.9	+.250	+0.2	+0.9	+.376
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cooper Flagg nor James Worthy played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* James Worthy played 11 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 12, from 1984 to 1994—James Worthy played in 9 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 11 extra years over Cooper Flagg, James Worthy got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 All-NBA Third Team 7 All-Star Game