Michael Cooper vs. Antonio Davis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Antonio Davis and Michael Cooper, 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.

Michael Cooper played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Antonio Davis, who played 13. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Antonio Davis had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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
Michael Cooper	12	11	1978-79 to 1989-90
Antonio Davis	13	9	1993-94 to 2005-06

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Michael Cooper	Antonio Davis
Season	1978-79	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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	-
Antonio Davis	81	21.4	7.7	2.3	3.9	6.2	0.7	0.6	1.0	1.3	2.3	2.7	5.2	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.7	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Davis	16	25.1	8.4	2.3	4.3	6.6	0.4	0.7	1.1	1.4	2.9	3.0	5.6	.539	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.4	4.3	.559


Season 2
	Michael Cooper	Antonio Davis
Season	1979-80	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
Antonio Davis	44	23.4	7.6	2.4	4.0	6.4	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.5	3.0	2.5	5.6	.445	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.0	.672

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Antonio Davis	17	21.6	5.9	2.2	3.5	5.7	0.4	0.5	0.6	1.4	3.6	1.9	4.2	.451	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.5	.627


Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Antonio Davis
Season	1980-81	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
Antonio Davis	82	25.5	8.8	2.3	3.8	6.1	0.5	0.4	0.8	1.1	3.0	2.9	5.9	.490	0.0	0.0	.500	3.0	4.2	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Antonio Davis	5	25.4	7.8	2.4	3.8	6.2	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.0	2.4	2.6	5.0	.520	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.0	.867


Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Antonio Davis
Season	1981-82	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
Antonio Davis	82	28.5	10.5	2.3	5.0	7.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.7	3.2	3.8	7.8	.480	0.0	0.2	.071	2.9	4.4	.666

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Antonio Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Antonio Davis
Season	1982-83	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
Antonio Davis	82	26.7	9.6	2.3	4.5	6.8	0.7	0.5	0.9	1.3	2.9	3.1	6.4	.481	0.0	0.0	.000	3.4	4.9	.696

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Antonio Davis	16	28.6	9.2	2.3	4.4	6.8	0.9	0.8	1.1	1.6	4.1	2.6	5.7	.462	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	5.9	.670


Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Antonio Davis
Season	1983-84	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
Antonio Davis	49	25.9	9.4	2.4	4.7	7.0	0.7	0.4	0.9	1.0	2.8	3.3	7.1	.471	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.9	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Antonio Davis	13	25.1	7.9	1.8	5.3	7.1	0.6	0.4	1.1	1.5	3.0	2.4	5.8	.413	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.8	.661


Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Antonio Davis
Season	1984-85	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Raptors Lost East 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		%
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
Antonio Davis	79	31.4	11.5	3.0	5.8	8.8	1.3	0.5	1.3	1.5	3.4	4.0	9.0	.440	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.7	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Antonio Davis	3	34.7	13.0	2.3	6.0	8.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.3	3.0	4.7	8.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	4.7	.786


Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Antonio Davis
Season	1985-86	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Raptors Lost East 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		%
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
Antonio Davis	78	35.0	13.7	3.5	6.6	10.1	1.4	0.3	1.9	1.7	2.9	4.8	11.1	.433	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	5.4	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Antonio Davis	12	40.3	16.4	3.4	7.7	11.1	1.9	0.8	1.8	1.8	2.9	6.4	12.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.4	.811


Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Antonio Davis
Season	1986-87	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Raptors Lost East 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		%
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
Antonio Davis	77	38.7	14.5	3.3	6.3	9.6	2.0	0.7	1.1	2.1	2.9	5.3	12.5	.426	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	4.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Antonio Davis	5	40.2	17.0	3.2	7.4	10.6	1.4	0.4	1.0	2.0	3.4	6.8	15.0	.453	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.6	.607


Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Antonio Davis
Season	1987-88	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
Antonio Davis	53	35.7	13.9	2.5	5.8	8.2	2.5	0.4	1.2	2.2	2.8	4.9	12.1	.407	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	5.3	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Antonio Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Michael Cooper	Antonio Davis
Season	1988-89	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls
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		%
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
Antonio Davis	80	32.1	8.9	2.6	5.8	8.4	1.7	0.5	0.8	1.4	2.6	3.3	8.3	.403	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.9	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Antonio Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Michael Cooper	Antonio Davis
Season	1989-90	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East 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		%
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
Antonio Davis	72	25.6	7.0	2.1	3.8	5.9	1.1	0.4	0.6	1.3	2.0	2.7	5.8	.461	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.1	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	-
Antonio Davis	6	28.7	9.5	2.8	4.0	6.8	1.8	0.7	0.7	1.5	4.2	3.3	7.7	.435	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.8	.739


Season 13
	Michael Cooper	Antonio Davis
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors
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		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Davis	44	21.4	4.9	2.0	2.7	4.7	0.5	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.8	1.9	4.3	.432	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.8	.642

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

Michael Cooper vs. Antonio Davis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Antonio Davis and Michael Cooper, 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