Cooper Flagg vs. Payton Pritchard Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Payton Pritchard 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, 5 less than Payton Pritchard, who played 6. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Payton Pritchard had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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 |
| Payton Pritchard | 6 | 5 | 2020-21 to 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Payton Pritchard | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 2020-21 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Boston Celtics |
| Honors & Awards | ||
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd |
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 | 2 | 33.0 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 13.5 | .370 | 1.0 | 3.0 | .333 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.000 |
| difference: | +64 | +13.8 | +6.3 | +0.5 | +4.6 | +5.1 | +1.2 | +0.4 | +0.4 | -3.2 | -1.4 | +2.2 | +7.2 | +.070 | +0.5 | +0.8 | +.078 | +2.4 | +2.3 | +.111 |
| Payton Pritchard | 66 | 19.2 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 6.3 | .440 | 1.5 | 3.8 | .411 | 0.6 | 0.7 | .889 |
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Payton Pritchard | 5 | 13.4 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 3.4 | .353 | 0.6 | 2.0 | .300 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.000 |
Additional Years |
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* Payton Pritchard played 5 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 6, from 2022 to 2026—Payton Pritchard played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 5 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Payton Pritchard got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards |  1 Sixth Man of the Year |