Cooper Flagg vs. Jusuf Nurkic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jusuf Nurkic 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.

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Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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, 11 less than Jusuf Nurkic, who played 12. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Jusuf Nurkic had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
Jusuf Nurkic 12 5 2014-15 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Cooper Flagg Jusuf Nurkic
Season 2025-262014-15
Team Dallas MavericksDenver Nuggets
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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+14.2+3.1+1.0+4.9+3.8+0.8+0.2+1.1-1.6-0.3+1.2+6.8+.138+1.0+0.6+0.1+.364
Jusuf Nurkic 62 17.8 6.9 2.0 4.1 6.2 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.4 3.3 2.8 6.2 .446 0.0 0.0 - 1.4 2.1 .636
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Jusuf Nurkic played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years

* Jusuf Nurkic played 11 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 2 to 12, from 2016 to 2026—Jusuf Nurkic played in 5 Playoffs.