Cooper Flagg vs. Jason Kidd Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Kidd 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, 18 less than Jason Kidd, who played 19. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Jason Kidd had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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 |
| Jason Kidd | 19 | 17 | 1994-95 to 2012-13 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Jason Kidd | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 1994-95 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Dallas Mavericks |
| Honors & Awards | - |  Rookie of the Year |
| - | All-Rookie First Team | |
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Did Not Play |
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| 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: | +78 | +1.8 | +1.7 | +0.9 | +5.5 | +4.6 | +7.7 | +0.9 | +0.3 | -0.2 | -1.2 | +0.2 | +2.2 | +.077 | +0.9 | +2.3 | +.272 | +0.4 | +1.5 | +.302 |
| Jason Kidd | 79 | 33.8 | 11.7 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 10.8 | .385 | 0.9 | 3.3 | .272 | 2.4 | 3.5 | .698 |
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| * Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Jason Kidd played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Jason Kidd played 18 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 19, from 1996 to 2013—Jason Kidd played in 17 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 18 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Jason Kidd got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 5 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 5 All-Defensive Second Team 5 Assists Leader 10 All-Star Game |