Kareem Abdul-Jabbar vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cooper Flagg and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 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.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 20 years in the NBA, 19 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the first of his seasons in 1969-70, 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 |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 20 | 18 | 1969-70 to 1988-89 |
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 0 | 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Cooper Flagg | |
| Season | 1969-70 | 2025-26 |
| Team | Milwaukee Bucks | Dallas Mavericks |
| Honors & Awards |  All-NBA Second Team | - |
| All-Defensive Second Team | - | |
| Rookie of the Year | - | |
| All-Rookie First Team | - | |
| All-Star Game | - | |
| Playoffs | Bucks Lost East Div Finals | 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 | % | ||||
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 82 | 43.1 | 28.8 | - | - | 14.5 | 4.1 | - | - | - | 3.5 | 11.4 | 22.1 | .518 | - | - | - | 5.9 | 9.1 | .653 |
| difference: | +81 | +11.1 | +18.8 | +4.5 | +4.1 | -0.5 | +7.4 | +9.1 | +.210 | +3.9 | +7.1 | +.347 | ||||||||
| 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 | % | ||||
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 10 | 43.5 | 35.2 | - | - | 16.8 | 4.1 | - | - | - | 2.5 | 13.9 | 24.5 | .567 | - | - | - | 7.4 | 10.1 | .733 |
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Additional Years |
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* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 19 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 20, from 1971 to 1989—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played in 17 Playoffs and won 6 NBA Championships. In those 19 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 2 Finals MVP 6 Season MVP 10 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 5 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Scoring Leader 1 Rebounds Leader 4 Blocks Leader 18 All-Star Game |