Cooper Flagg vs. Lou Williams Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lou Williams 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, 16 less than Lou Williams, who played 17. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Lou Williams had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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 |
| Lou Williams | 17 | 10 | 2005-06 to 2021-22 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Lou Williams | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 2005-06 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Philadelphia 76ers |
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| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Did Not Play |
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: | +29 | +27.2 | +8.1 | +0.9 | +8.5 | +9.4 | +0.3 | +0.8 | -2.6 | -2.6 | +3.2 | +11.3 | +.134 | +0.1 | +0.7 | +.222 | +1.7 | +1.6 | +.385 | |
| Lou Williams | 30 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.7 | .442 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .222 | 0.3 | 0.4 | .615 |
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| * Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Lou Williams played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Lou Williams played 16 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 17, from 2007 to 2022—Lou Williams played in 10 Playoffs. In those 16 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Lou Williams got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards |  3 Sixth Man of the Year |