Cooper Flagg vs. Tony Parker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tony Parker 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 Tony Parker, who played 18. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Tony Parker had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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.

Rookie Season
	Cooper Flagg	Tony Parker
Season	2025-26	2001-02
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+76	+2.6	+0.8	+0.6	+6.9	+7.4	+4.3	+0.2	+0.1	-1.0	-0.8	+0.5	+4.7	+.111	+0.8	+1.5	+.323	+0.6	+0.1	+.325
Tony Parker	77	29.4	9.2	0.4	2.1	2.6	4.3	1.2	0.1	2.0	2.2	3.5	8.3	.419	0.8	2.5	.323	1.4	2.1	.675
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cooper Flagg	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Parker	10	34.1	15.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.2	6.2	13.6	.456	1.0	2.7	.370	2.1	2.8	.750

Additional Years
* Tony Parker played 17 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 18, from 2003 to 2019—Tony Parker played in 16 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships. In those 17 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Tony Parker got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Star Game