Cooper Flagg vs. Shawn Marion Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shawn Marion 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 Shawn Marion, who played 16. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Shawn Marion had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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 Marion | 16 | 11 | 1999-00 to 2014-15 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Shawn Marion | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 1999-00 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Phoenix Suns |
| Honors & Awards | - |  All-Rookie Second Team |
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Suns Lost West Conf Semis |
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: | +50 | +7.3 | +0.2 | +1.1 | +4.5 | +3.5 | +1.4 | +0.3 | +1.0 | -2.0 | -0.8 | +0.4 | +3.8 | +.163 | +0.1 | +0.6 | +.182 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +.153 |
| Shawn Marion | 51 | 24.7 | 10.2 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 9.2 | .471 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .182 | 1.4 | 1.7 | .847 |
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shawn Marion | 9 | 31.3 | 9.1 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 8.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 9.6 | .419 | 0.1 | 0.7 | .167 | 1.0 | 1.2 | .818 |
Additional Years |
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* Shawn Marion played 15 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 16, from 2001 to 2015—Shawn Marion played in 10 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 15 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Shawn Marion got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 2 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game |