Cooper Flagg vs. Scotty Pippen Jr. Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scotty Pippen Jr. 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, 2 less than Scotty Pippen Jr., who played 3. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Scotty Pippen Jr. had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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 |
| Scotty Pippen Jr. | 3 | 1 | 2022-23 to 2024-25 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Scotty Pippen Jr. | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 2022-23 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Los Angeles Lakers |
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| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Did Not Play |
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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: | +5 | +26.7 | +7.7 | +0.7 | +8.7 | +9.3 | +0.3 | +0.7 | +0.2 | -2.7 | -2.5 | +3.3 | +11.0 | +.025 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +.333 | +1.2 | +0.5 | +.444 |
| Scotty Pippen Jr. | 6 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.0 | .333 | 0.2 | 0.5 | .333 | 0.8 | 1.5 | .556 |
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| * Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Scotty Pippen Jr. played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Scotty Pippen Jr. played 2 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 3, from 2024 to 2025—Scotty Pippen Jr. played in one postseason. |