Cooper Flagg vs. Steve Kerr Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Kerr 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, 14 less than Steve Kerr, who played 15. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Steve Kerr had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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 |
| Steve Kerr | 15 | 11 | 1988-89 to 2002-03 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Steve Kerr | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 1988-89 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Phoenix Suns |
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| 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: | +25 | +26.0 | +7.9 | +0.9 | +8.5 | +9.3 | +0.9 | +0.7 | -2.8 | -2.5 | +3.2 | +11.2 | +.127 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +.471 | +1.8 | +1.7 | +.333 | |
| Steve Kerr | 26 | 6.0 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.8 | .435 | 0.3 | 0.7 | .471 | 0.2 | 0.3 | .667 |
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| * Neiher Cooper Flagg nor Steve Kerr played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Steve Kerr played 14 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 15, from 1990 to 2003—Steve Kerr played in 11 Playoffs and won 5 NBA Championships. |