Elden Campbell vs. Michael Cooper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Cooper and Elden Campbell, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Elden Campbell played 15 years in the NBA, 3 more than Michael Cooper, who played 12. Elden Campbell had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, while Michael Cooper had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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 achivements, 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
Elden Campbell	15	12	1990-91 to 2004-05
Michael Cooper	12	11	1978-79 to 1989-90

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Elden Campbell	Michael Cooper
Season	1990-91	1978-79
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	52	7.3	2.8	0.8	1.1	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.1	2.4	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.653
Michael Cooper	3	2.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	14	9.9	4.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.4	1.6	1.8	2.7	.658	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.1	.467
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Elden Campbell	Michael Cooper
Season	1991-92	1979-80
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	81	23.2	7.1	1.9	3.3	5.2	0.7	0.7	2.0	0.9	2.5	2.7	6.1	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.8	.619
Michael Cooper	82	24.1	8.8	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.6	3.7	7.0	.524	0.1	0.2	.250	1.4	1.7	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	4	29.3	10.0	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.5	0.8	1.5	1.0	3.5	3.5	9.3	.378	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.5	.667
Michael Cooper	16	29.0	9.1	1.8	1.9	3.7	3.6	1.5	0.7	1.8	3.4	3.6	8.8	.407	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.3	.861


Season 3
	Elden Campbell	Michael Cooper
Season	1992-93	1980-81
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	79	19.6	7.7	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.9	2.1	3.0	6.6	.458	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.6	.637
Michael Cooper	81	32.4	9.4	1.5	2.7	4.1	4.1	1.6	1.0	2.0	3.1	4.0	8.1	.491	0.0	0.2	.211	1.4	1.8	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	5	35.6	14.0	3.4	5.0	8.4	1.4	1.2	2.4	2.4	3.0	5.8	13.8	.420	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.8	.500
Michael Cooper	3	34.0	10.7	0.7	2.7	3.3	2.3	2.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	3.7	6.7	.550	0.0	1.0	.000	3.3	4.7	.714


Season 4
	Elden Campbell	Michael Cooper
Season	1993-94	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	76	29.6	12.3	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.1	0.8	1.9	1.3	3.2	4.9	10.6	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.6	.689
Michael Cooper	76	28.9	11.9	1.1	2.4	3.5	3.0	1.6	0.8	2.0	2.8	5.0	9.8	.517	0.0	0.2	.118	1.8	2.3	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	14	27.4	11.9	1.4	3.0	4.4	4.4	1.7	0.8	2.1	3.4	5.0	8.9	.565	0.1	0.1	.500	1.8	2.4	.735


Season 5
	Elden Campbell	Michael Cooper
Season	1994-95	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	73	28.4	12.5	2.3	3.8	6.1	1.3	0.9	1.8	1.3	3.4	4.9	10.8	.459	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	4.0	.666
Michael Cooper	82	26.2	7.8	1.0	2.3	3.3	3.8	1.4	0.6	1.6	2.5	3.2	6.1	.535	0.1	0.3	.238	1.2	1.6	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	10	37.6	15.7	2.6	4.7	7.3	1.6	0.4	3.0	1.5	4.4	6.4	13.2	.485	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.4	.659
Michael Cooper	15	30.2	9.4	0.8	3.1	3.9	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.3	3.6	3.5	7.6	.465	0.1	0.5	.143	2.3	2.7	.829


Season 6
	Elden Campbell	Michael Cooper
Season	1995-96	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	82	32.9	13.9	2.0	5.6	7.6	2.2	1.1	2.6	1.7	3.7	5.5	10.8	.503	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.713
Michael Cooper	82	29.1	9.0	0.6	2.5	3.2	5.9	1.4	0.8	1.8	3.3	3.3	6.7	.497	0.5	1.5	.314	1.9	2.3	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	4	32.3	12.0	0.8	7.3	8.0	2.0	0.3	2.3	2.5	4.3	5.0	9.8	.513	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	4.0	.500
Michael Cooper	21	34.4	11.3	1.0	3.0	3.9	5.7	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.8	4.2	9.1	.461	0.6	1.7	.333	2.4	3.0	.806


Season 7
	Elden Campbell	Michael Cooper
Season	1996-97	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	77	32.7	14.9	2.7	5.3	8.0	1.6	0.6	1.5	1.7	3.6	5.7	12.2	.469	0.0	0.1	.250	3.4	4.8	.711
Michael Cooper	82	26.7	8.6	0.7	2.4	3.1	5.2	1.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	3.4	7.2	.465	0.4	1.5	.285	1.4	1.6	.865

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	9	31.0	11.8	1.6	2.8	4.3	1.0	0.8	1.4	1.6	3.3	4.1	10.3	.398	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	4.2	.816
Michael Cooper	19	26.4	10.4	0.6	3.4	4.0	4.9	1.1	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.7	6.6	.563	0.4	1.4	.308	2.5	2.7	.923


Season 8
	Elden Campbell	Michael Cooper
Season	1997-98	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	81	22.0	10.1	1.8	3.9	5.6	1.0	0.4	1.3	1.4	2.6	3.6	7.7	.463	0.0	0.0	.500	2.9	4.2	.693
Michael Cooper	82	27.7	9.2	0.5	2.4	3.0	5.7	1.1	0.5	1.8	2.9	3.3	7.4	.452	0.8	2.0	.387	1.8	2.1	.865

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	13	13.8	5.2	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.0	2.1	1.8	3.9	.451	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.6	.647
Michael Cooper	14	30.1	9.7	1.1	2.1	3.3	4.9	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.7	3.9	8.2	.470	1.4	2.9	.463	0.6	0.8	.818


Season 9
	Elden Campbell	Michael Cooper
Season	1998-99	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	49	29.8	12.6	2.6	5.5	8.1	1.4	0.8	1.5	1.6	3.2	4.5	9.5	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	5.5	.639
Michael Cooper	82	27.5	10.5	0.7	2.4	3.1	4.5	1.0	0.5	1.2	2.4	3.9	9.0	.438	1.1	2.8	.385	1.5	1.8	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	18	29.0	13.0	0.4	2.8	3.3	5.0	1.4	0.8	2.1	2.6	4.3	8.8	.484	1.9	3.9	.486	2.6	3.0	.852


Season 10
	Elden Campbell	Michael Cooper
Season	1999-00	1987-88
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	78	32.5	12.7	2.2	5.4	7.6	1.7	0.7	1.9	1.6	3.4	4.7	10.6	.446	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	4.6	.690
Michael Cooper	61	29.4	8.7	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.7	1.1	0.4	1.7	2.2	3.1	7.9	.392	0.9	2.9	.320	1.6	1.9	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	4	37.5	14.3	2.3	6.0	8.3	1.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	4.0	5.5	11.8	.468	0.0	0.3	.000	3.3	3.5	.929
Michael Cooper	24	24.5	6.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.4	2.3	5.5	.412	1.0	2.6	.403	0.8	1.1	.741


Season 11
	Elden Campbell	Michael Cooper
Season	2000-01	1988-89
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	78	30.0	13.1	2.0	5.8	7.8	1.3	0.8	1.8	1.8	3.6	4.7	10.7	.440	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.2	.709
Michael Cooper	80	24.3	7.3	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.9	0.9	0.4	1.2	2.3	2.7	6.2	.431	1.0	2.6	.381	1.0	1.2	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	10	28.8	12.1	2.7	5.2	7.9	0.7	0.5	1.1	1.7	3.7	4.2	10.6	.396	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	4.9	.755
Michael Cooper	15	27.6	7.7	0.6	2.1	2.7	4.7	0.6	0.5	1.1	2.5	2.5	5.9	.416	1.4	3.7	.382	1.3	1.6	.833


Season 12
	Elden Campbell	Michael Cooper
Season	2001-02	1989-90
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	77	28.0	13.9	1.7	5.2	6.9	1.3	0.8	1.8	1.8	3.4	5.0	10.3	.484	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	5.0	.797
Michael Cooper	80	23.1	6.4	0.7	2.1	2.8	2.7	0.8	0.5	1.1	2.6	2.4	6.2	.387	0.6	2.0	.318	1.0	1.2	.883

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	9	28.1	13.6	1.6	5.1	6.7	1.8	0.7	2.6	1.9	3.8	5.4	12.2	.445	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.8	.706
Michael Cooper	9	19.2	2.6	1.2	1.4	2.7	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.3	1.1	3.9	.286	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Elden Campbell	Michael Cooper
Season	2002-03	-
Team	New Orleans Hornets, Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	56	15.5	6.1	0.8	2.4	3.2	0.9	0.6	0.7	0.9	2.3	2.1	5.3	.397	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.4	.801
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Elden Campbell	Michael Cooper
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	65	13.7	5.6	0.8	2.4	3.2	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.1	2.1	4.8	.439	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.685
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	14	9.0	2.1	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.6	2.0	0.7	2.5	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.556
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Elden Campbell	Michael Cooper
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Detroit Pistons, New Jersey Nets, Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	40	9.8	3.0	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.4	1.0	3.1	.317	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.4	.764
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elden Campbell	10	5.8	1.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.3	0.4	1.3	.308	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Elden Campbell vs. Michael Cooper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Cooper and Elden Campbell, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15