Michael Cooper vs. Bob Ferry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Ferry 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.

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, 2 more than Bob Ferry, who played 10. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Bob Ferry had his rookie season in 1959-60. 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.

Season 2
	Michael Cooper	Bob Ferry
Season	1979-80	1960-61
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons Lost West Div 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	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
Bob Ferry	79	21.0	11.3	-	-	6.3	1.6	-	-	-	2.6	4.4	9.8	.451	-	-	-	2.4	3.2	.741
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
Bob Ferry	5	33.4	20.2	-	-	12.6	2.2	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	14.8	.405	-	-	-	8.2	9.8	.837

Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Bob Ferry
Season	1980-81	1961-62
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost West Div 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	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
Bob Ferry	80	24.0	13.9	-	-	6.3	1.8	-	-	-	2.5	5.1	11.7	.438	-	-	-	3.6	5.3	.678
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
Bob Ferry	9	18.4	11.1	-	-	4.6	1.4	-	-	-	2.2	4.1	9.0	.457	-	-	-	2.9	4.8	.605

Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Bob Ferry
Season	1981-82	1962-63
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons Lost West Div 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	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
Bob Ferry	79	31.4	13.6	-	-	6.8	2.2	-	-	-	3.1	5.4	12.5	.433	-	-	-	2.8	4.3	.649
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
Bob Ferry	4	35.8	12.0	-	-	8.8	2.8	-	-	-	2.5	5.0	11.3	.444	-	-	-	2.0	6.0	.333

Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Bob Ferry
Season	1982-83	1963-64
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
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	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
Bob Ferry	74	20.6	10.6	-	-	5.8	1.3	-	-	-	2.4	4.0	9.1	.445	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	.667
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
Bob Ferry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Bob Ferry
Season	1983-84	1964-65
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bullets Lost West Div 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
Bob Ferry	77	16.6	5.3	-	-	4.6	0.8	-	-	-	2.0	1.9	4.4	.423	-	-	-	1.6	2.6	.613
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
Bob Ferry	10	6.7	1.6	-	-	1.9	0.8	-	-	-	0.8	0.7	1.6	.438	-	-	-	0.2	0.9	.222

Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Bob Ferry
Season	1984-85	1965-66
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bullets Lost West Div 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	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
Bob Ferry	66	18.6	7.3	-	-	5.1	1.7	-	-	-	2.0	2.8	6.9	.411	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.669
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
Bob Ferry	3	27.3	10.3	-	-	8.3	1.0	-	-	-	3.3	3.7	6.7	.550	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.692

Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Bob Ferry
Season	1985-86	1966-67
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 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	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
Bob Ferry	51	19.4	6.5	-	-	5.1	1.8	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	6.2	.419	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	.636
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
Bob Ferry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Bob Ferry
Season	1986-87	1967-68
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
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	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
Bob Ferry	59	14.3	5.6	-	-	3.2	1.0	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	5.3	.412	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	.624
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
Bob Ferry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Bob Ferry
Season	1987-88	1968-69
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Baltimore Bullets
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
Bob Ferry	7	5.1	1.9	-	-	1.3	0.6	-	-	-	0.4	0.7	2.0	.357	-	-	-	0.4	0.9	.500
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
Bob Ferry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-