Cooper Flagg vs. Steve Nash Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Nash 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 Steve Nash, who played 18. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Steve Nash had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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 Nash | 18 | 12 | 1996-97 to 2013-14 |
Comparison Season by Season |
||
|
Jump to season: | ||
Rookie Season |
||
| Cooper Flagg | Steve Nash | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 1996-97 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Phoenix Suns |
| Honors & Awards | ||
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd |
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: | +64 | +21.5 | +6.7 | +0.8 | +8.3 | +9.0 | +2.1 | +0.7 | -2.0 | -1.6 | +2.9 | +10.3 | +.115 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +.418 | +1.4 | +1.2 | +.176 | |
| Steve Nash | 65 | 10.5 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.7 | .423 | 0.4 | 0.8 | .418 | 0.6 | 0.8 | .824 |
| Playoffs Stats | ||||||||||||||||||||
| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Nash | 4 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2.3 | .222 | 0.3 | 1.0 | .250 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
Additional Years |
|
* Steve Nash played 17 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 18, from 1998 to 2014—Steve Nash played in 11 Playoffs. In those 17 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Steve Nash got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards |  2 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 5 Assists Leader 8 All-Star Game |