Cooper Flagg vs. Jerry Lucas Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Lucas 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, 10 less than Jerry Lucas, who played 11. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Jerry Lucas had his rookie season in 1963-64. 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 |
| Jerry Lucas | 11 | 8 | 1963-64 to 1973-74 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Jerry Lucas | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 1963-64 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Cincinnati Royals |
| Honors & Awards | - |  All-NBA Second Team |
| - | Rookie of the Year | |
| - | All-Rookie First Team | |
| - | All-Star Game | |
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Royals Lost East Div Finals |
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: | +78 | +9.4 | +7.7 | +7.4 | +2.6 | -0.8 | +2.9 | +0.1 | +.219 | +1.9 | +3.0 | +.221 | ||||||||
| Jerry Lucas | 79 | 41.4 | 17.7 | - | - | 17.4 | 2.6 | - | - | - | 3.8 | 6.9 | 13.1 | .527 | - | - | - | 3.9 | 5.0 | .779 |
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jerry Lucas | 10 | 37.0 | 12.2 | - | - | 12.5 | 3.4 | - | - | - | 3.7 | 4.8 | 12.3 | .390 | - | - | - | 2.6 | 3.7 | .703 |
Additional Years |
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* Jerry Lucas played 10 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 11, from 1965 to 1974—Jerry Lucas played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Jerry Lucas got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 6 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP |