Cooper Flagg vs. Shawn Kemp Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Kemp 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 Shawn Kemp, who played 14. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Shawn Kemp had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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 |
| Shawn Kemp | 14 | 10 | 1989-90 to 2002-03 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Shawn Kemp | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 1989-90 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Seattle Supersonics |
| Honors & Awards | ||
| 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: | +80 | +18.2 | +3.5 | +0.8 | +6.5 | +5.7 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.9 | -1.7 | -0.5 | +1.5 | +7.8 | +.171 | +0.9 | +.167 | +0.6 | +.264 | ||
| Shawn Kemp | 81 | 13.8 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5.2 | .479 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .167 | 1.4 | 2.0 | .736 |
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| * Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Shawn Kemp played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Shawn Kemp played 13 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 14, from 1991 to 2003—Shawn Kemp played in 10 Playoffs. In those 13 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Shawn Kemp got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards |  3 All-NBA Second Team 6 All-Star Game |