Cooper Flagg vs. Wes Unseld Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wes Unseld 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, 12 less than Wes Unseld, who played 13. Cooper Flagg had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Wes Unseld had his rookie season in 1968-69. 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 |
| Wes Unseld | 13 | 12 | 1968-69 to 1980-81 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Cooper Flagg | Wes Unseld | |
| Season | 2025-26 | 1968-69 |
| Team | Dallas Mavericks | Baltimore Bullets |
| Honors & Awards | - |  Season MVP |
| - | All-NBA First Team | |
| - | Rookie of the Year | |
| - | All-Rookie First Team | |
| - | All-Star Game | |
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Bullets Lost East Div 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: | +81 | +4.2 | +3.8 | +8.2 | +2.6 | -0.4 | +1.2 | +2.1 | +.168 | +1.4 | +3.6 | +.395 | ||||||||
| Wes Unseld | 82 | 36.2 | 13.8 | - | - | 18.2 | 2.6 | - | - | - | 3.4 | 5.2 | 10.9 | .476 | - | - | - | 3.4 | 5.6 | .605 |
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wes Unseld | 4 | 41.3 | 18.8 | - | - | 18.5 | 1.3 | - | - | - | 3.5 | 7.5 | 14.3 | .526 | - | - | - | 3.8 | 4.8 | .789 |
Additional Years |
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* Wes Unseld played 12 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 13, from 1970 to 1981—Wes Unseld played in 11 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Wes Unseld got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 1 Finals MVP 1 Rebounds Leader 4 All-Star Game |