Cooper Flagg vs. Ron Harper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ron Harper 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 14 less than Ron Harper, who played 15. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Ron Harper had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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
Ron Harper 15 10 1986-87 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Cooper Flagg Ron Harper
Season 2025-261986-87
Team Dallas MavericksCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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+5.4+12.9+1.1+6.3+5.2+4.8+1.5+1.0-1.2+5.0+6.7+.147+0.2+0.1+.213+2.7+4.9+.316
Ron Harper 82 37.4 22.9 2.1 2.7 4.8 4.8 2.5 1.0 4.2 3.0 9.0 19.7 .455 0.2 1.1 .213 4.7 6.9 .684
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Ron Harper played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years

* Ron Harper played 14 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 2 to 15, from 1988 to 2001—Ron Harper played in 10 Playoffs and won 5 NBA Championships.