Jalen Duren vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cooper Flagg and Jalen Duren, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Jalen Duren played 4 years in the NBA, 3 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Jalen Duren had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, 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
Jalen Duren 4 1 2022-23 to 2025-26
Cooper Flagg 1 0 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Jalen Duren Cooper Flagg
Season 2022-232025-26
Team Detroit PistonsDallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie Second Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Jalen Duren 67 24.9 9.1 3.4 5.5 8.9 1.1 0.7 0.9 1.4 2.7 3.9 5.9 .648 0.0 0.0 - 1.4 2.3 .611
difference:+66+7.1+0.9+2.4+3.5+1.1+1.1+0.3+0.9-1.6-0.3+0.1+7.1+.340+1.0+0.6+0.3+.389
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 Jalen Duren nor Cooper Flagg played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years

* Jalen Duren played 3 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 2 to 4, from 2024 to 2026—Jalen Duren played in one postseason.