Cooper Flagg vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook 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, 17 less than Russell Westbrook, who played 18. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Russell Westbrook had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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 |
| Russell Westbrook | 18 | 14 | 2008-09 to 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
||
|
Jump to season: | ||
Rookie Season |
||
| Cooper Flagg | Russell Westbrook | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 2008-09 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| Honors & Awards | - |  All-Rookie First Team |
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Did Not Play |
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 | +0.5 | +5.3 | +1.2 | +6.3 | +5.1 | +5.3 | +0.3 | +0.2 | -0.3 | -0.7 | +1.3 | +0.4 | +.090 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +.271 | +2.3 | +3.2 | +.185 |
| Russell Westbrook | 82 | 32.5 | 15.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 5.3 | 13.4 | .398 | 0.4 | 1.6 | .271 | 4.3 | 5.2 | .815 |
| Playoffs Stats | ||||||||||||||||||||
| * Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
|
* Russell Westbrook played 17 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 18, from 2010 to 2026—Russell Westbrook played in 14 Playoffs. In those 17 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Russell Westbrook got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 5 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 2 Scoring Leader 3 Assists Leader 9 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP |