Dell Curry vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cooper Flagg and Dell Curry, 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.
Dell Curry played 16 years in the NBA, 15 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Dell Curry had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, 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.
Their Careers | |||
| Player | Total Seasons | Playoffs Played | NBA Years |
| Dell Curry | 16 | 10 | 1986-87 to 2001-02 |
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 0 | 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Dell Curry | Cooper Flagg | |
| Season | 1986-87 | 2025-26 |
| Team | Utah Jazz | Dallas Mavericks |
| Honors & Awards | ||
| Playoffs | Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd | 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 | % | ||||
| Dell Curry | 67 | 9.5 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 4.9 | .426 | 0.3 | 0.9 | .283 | 0.4 | 0.6 | .789 |
| difference: | +66 | +22.5 | +5.1 | +0.6 | +8.3 | +8.8 | +0.9 | +0.6 | +0.1 | -2.3 | -1.7 | +1.9 | +8.1 | +.118 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +.283 | +1.6 | +1.4 | +.211 |
| 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 |
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Dell Curry | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.5 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Additional Years |
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* Dell Curry played 15 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 16, from 1988 to 2002—Dell Curry played in 9 Playoffs. In those 15 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Dell Curry got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards |  1 Sixth Man of the Year |