Cooper Flagg vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas 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, 13 less than Jonas Valanciunas, who played 14. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Jonas Valanciunas had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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 |
| Jonas Valanciunas | 14 | 8 | 2012-13 to 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Jonas Valanciunas | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 2012-13 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Toronto Raptors |
| Honors & Awards | - | All-Rookie Second Team |
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Did Not Play |
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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: | +61 | +8.1 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +5.0 | +4.0 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +1.3 | -1.5 | +0.7 | +7.1 | +.249 | +1.0 | +0.4 | +1.0 | +.211 | |||
| Jonas Valanciunas | 62 | 23.9 | 8.9 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 5.9 | .557 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 2.4 | 3.0 | .789 |
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| * Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Jonas Valanciunas played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Jonas Valanciunas played 13 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 14, from 2014 to 2026—Jonas Valanciunas played in 8 Playoffs. |
All-Rookie Second Team