Dave Bing vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cooper Flagg and Dave Bing, 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.

Dave Bing played 12 years in the NBA, 11 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Dave Bing had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, while Cooper Flagg had his rookie season in 2025-26. 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
	Dave Bing	Cooper Flagg
Season	1966-67	2025-26
Team	Detroit Pistons	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Dave Bing	80	34.5	20.0	-	-	4.5	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	8.3	19.0	.436	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.738
difference:	+79	+2.5	+10.0			+5.5	+4.1				-0.3	+4.3	+6.0	+.128				+1.4	+2.6	+.262
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dave Bing nor Cooper Flagg played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Dave Bing played 11 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 12, from 1968 to 1978—Dave Bing played in 5 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Dave Bing got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 7 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP