Joe Dumars vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cooper Flagg and Joe Dumars, 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.
Joe Dumars played 14 years in the NBA, 13 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Joe Dumars had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, 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 |
| Joe Dumars | 14 | 10 | 1985-86 to 1998-99 |
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 0 | 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Joe Dumars | Cooper Flagg | |
| Season | 1985-86 | 2025-26 |
| Team | Detroit Pistons | Dallas Mavericks |
| Honors & Awards |  All-Rookie First Team | - |
| Playoffs | Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd | Did Not Play |
Rookie Season Stats Comparison | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Regular Season Stats | ||||||||||||||||||||
| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Joe Dumars | 82 | 23.9 | 9.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 7.3 | .481 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .313 | 2.3 | 2.9 | .798 |
| difference: | +81 | +8.1 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +8.3 | +8.5 | +4.8 | +0.2 | +0.1 | -1.1 | -0.6 | +0.5 | +5.7 | +.173 | +0.1 | +0.8 | +.313 | +0.3 | +0.9 | +.202 |
| 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 | % | ||||
| Joe Dumars | 4 | 36.8 | 15.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 10.3 | .610 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 2.5 | 3.8 | .667 |
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Additional Years |
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* Joe Dumars played 13 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 14, from 1987 to 1999—Joe Dumars played in 9 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 13 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Joe Dumars got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 6 All-Star Game |