Cooper Flagg vs. Markelle Fultz Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Markelle Fultz 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, 7 less than Markelle Fultz, who played 8. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Markelle Fultz had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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 |
| Markelle Fultz | 8 | 3 | 2017-18 to 2024-25 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Markelle Fultz | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 2017-18 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Honors & Awards | ||
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | 76ers Lost East Conf Semis |
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: | +13 | +13.9 | +2.9 | +0.2 | +6.7 | +6.9 | +3.8 | +0.1 | +0.3 | -1.8 | -1.4 | +0.8 | +5.1 | +.097 | +0.9 | +1.3 | +0.5 | +.524 | ||
| Markelle Fultz | 14 | 18.1 | 7.1 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 7.9 | .405 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 0.7 | 1.5 | .476 |
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Markelle Fultz | 3 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.3 | .143 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 1.0 | 1.3 | .750 |
Additional Years |
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* Markelle Fultz played 7 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 8, from 2019 to 2025—Markelle Fultz played in two Playoffs. |