Cooper Flagg vs. Rasheed Wallace Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasheed Wallace 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, 15 less than Rasheed Wallace, who played 16. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Rasheed Wallace had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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 |
| Rasheed Wallace | 16 | 14 | 1995-96 to 2012-13 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Rasheed Wallace | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 1995-96 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Washington Bullets |
| Honors & Awards | - | All-Rookie Second Team |
| 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: | +64 | +4.5 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +5.8 | +5.3 | +1.3 | +0.4 | +0.8 | -1.4 | -0.2 | +0.2 | +4.3 | +.179 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +.329 | +0.8 | +0.2 | +.350 |
| Rasheed Wallace | 65 | 27.5 | 10.1 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 8.7 | .487 | 0.4 | 1.3 | .329 | 1.2 | 1.8 | .650 |
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| * Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Rasheed Wallace played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Rasheed Wallace played 15 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 16, from 1997 to 2013—Rasheed Wallace played in 14 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 15 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Rasheed Wallace got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 4 All-Star Game |
All-Rookie Second Team