Cooper Flagg vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe 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.

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, 17 less than Joe Johnson, who played 18. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Joe Johnson had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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	Joe Johnson
Season	2025-26	2001-02
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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	+7.1	+2.5		+6.6	+6.7	+2.3	+0.2	+0.3	-2.1	-1.5	+0.7	+5.4	+.122	+0.5	+0.7	+.292	+1.5	+1.3	+.226
Joe Johnson	77	24.9	7.5	1.0	2.4	3.3	2.3	0.8	0.3	0.9	1.5	3.3	7.6	.430	0.5	1.7	.292	0.5	0.7	.774
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Joe Johnson played 17 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 18, from 2003 to 2022—Joe Johnson played in 13 Playoffs. In those 17 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Joe Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 7 All-Star Game