Kobe Bryant vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cooper Flagg and Kobe Bryant, 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.
Kobe Bryant played 20 years in the NBA, 19 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Kobe Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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 |
| Kobe Bryant | 20 | 15 | 1996-97 to 2015-16 |
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 0 | 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Kobe Bryant | Cooper Flagg | |
| Season | 1996-97 | 2025-26 |
| Team | Los Angeles Lakers | Dallas Mavericks |
| Honors & Awards |  All-Rookie Second Team | - |
| Playoffs | Lakers Lost West Conf Semis | 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 | % | ||||
| Kobe Bryant | 71 | 15.5 | 7.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 5.9 | .417 | 0.7 | 1.9 | .375 | 1.9 | 2.3 | .819 |
| difference: | +70 | +16.5 | +2.4 | +0.3 | +7.8 | +8.1 | +1.3 | +0.3 | +0.3 | -1.4 | -1.6 | +1.5 | +7.1 | +.109 | +0.7 | +0.9 | +.375 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +.181 |
| 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 | % | ||||
| Kobe Bryant | 9 | 14.8 | 8.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 6.1 | .382 | 0.7 | 2.6 | .261 | 2.9 | 3.3 | .867 |
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Additional Years |
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* Kobe Bryant played 19 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 20, from 1998 to 2016—Kobe Bryant played in 14 Playoffs and won 5 NBA Championships. In those 19 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Kobe Bryant got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 2 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 11 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 9 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Scoring Leader 18 All-Star Game 4 All-Star Game MVP |