Cooper Flagg vs. Jerry Sloan Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Sloan 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 Sloan, who played 11. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Jerry Sloan had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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 Sloan | 11 | 9 | 1965-66 to 1975-76 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Jerry Sloan | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 1965-66 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Baltimore Bullets |
| Honors & Awards | ||
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Bullets Lost West Div Semis |
Rookie Season Stats Comparison | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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: | +58 | +15.9 | +4.3 | +6.1 | +1.9 | +2.0 | +8.1 | +.107 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +.295 | |||||||||
| Jerry Sloan | 59 | 16.1 | 5.7 | - | - | 3.9 | 1.9 | - | - | - | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4.9 | .415 | - | - | - | 1.7 | 2.4 | .705 |
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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 Sloan | 2 | 17.0 | 6.5 | - | - | 8.0 | 3.0 | - | - | - | 3.0 | 2.5 | 6.0 | .417 | - | - | - | 1.5 | 2.0 | .750 |
Additional Years |
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* Jerry Sloan played 10 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 11, from 1967 to 1976—Jerry Sloan played in 8 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Jerry Sloan got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards |  4 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 2 All-Star Game |