Cooper Flagg vs. Penny Hardaway Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Penny Hardaway 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, 13 less than Penny Hardaway, who played 14. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Penny Hardaway had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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 |
| Penny Hardaway | 14 | 8 | 1993-94 to 2007-08 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Penny Hardaway | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 1993-94 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Orlando Magic |
| Honors & Awards | - |  All-Rookie First Team |
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd |
Rookie Season Stats Comparison | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Regular Season Stats | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: | +81 | +4.8 | +6.0 | +1.3 | +6.0 | +4.6 | +6.6 | +1.3 | +0.6 | -0.6 | -0.5 | +2.2 | +0.3 | +.158 | +0.6 | +1.3 | +.267 | +1.0 | +2.0 | +.258 |
| Penny Hardaway | 82 | 36.8 | 16.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 6.2 | 13.3 | .466 | 0.6 | 2.3 | .267 | 3.0 | 4.0 | .742 |
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Penny Hardaway | 3 | 44.3 | 18.7 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 7.3 | 16.7 | .440 | 1.7 | 3.7 | .455 | 2.3 | 3.3 | .700 |
Additional Years |
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* Penny Hardaway played 13 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 14, from 1995 to 2008—Penny Hardaway played in 7 Playoffs. In those 13 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Penny Hardaway got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game |