Cooper Flagg vs. Lenny Wilkens Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lenny Wilkens 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, 14 less than Lenny Wilkens, who played 15. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Lenny Wilkens had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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 |
| Lenny Wilkens | 15 | 7 | 1960-61 to 1974-75 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Lenny Wilkens | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 1960-61 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | St. Louis Hawks |
| Honors & Awards | ||
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Hawks Lost NBA Finals |
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: | +74 | +6.7 | +1.7 | +5.5 | +2.8 | -0.1 | +0.4 | +2.6 | +.117 | +0.9 | +2.0 | +.287 | ||||||||
| Lenny Wilkens | 75 | 25.3 | 11.7 | - | - | 4.5 | 2.8 | - | - | - | 2.9 | 4.4 | 10.4 | .425 | - | - | - | 2.9 | 4.0 | .713 |
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lenny Wilkens | 12 | 36.4 | 14.2 | - | - | 6.0 | 3.5 | - | - | - | 4.3 | 5.3 | 13.8 | .380 | - | - | - | 3.7 | 4.8 | .759 |
Additional Years |
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* Lenny Wilkens played 14 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 15, from 1962 to 1975—Lenny Wilkens played in 6 Playoffs. In those 14 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Lenny Wilkens got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards |  1 Assists Leader 9 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP |