Michael Cooper vs. Brandon Miller Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Miller 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, 10 more than Brandon Miller, who played 2. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Brandon Miller had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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.
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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 |
- |
| difference: | +71 | +29.9 | +15.3 | +0.8 | +3.4 | +4.3 | +2.4 | +0.6 | +0.6 | -1.5 | -2.2 | +5.4 | +12.6 | +.060 | | | | +1.9 | +2.3 | |
| Brandon Miller |
74 |
32.2 |
17.3 |
0.8 |
3.4 |
4.3 |
2.4 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
1.8 |
2.5 |
6.4 |
14.6 |
.440 |
2.5 |
6.7 |
.373 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
.827 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Michael Cooper nor Brandon Miller played in the postseason in their season 1 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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 |
| difference: | +55 | +10.1 | +12.2 | +0.3 | +2.3 | +2.1 | +0.9 | +0.1 | +0.2 | -1.1 | -0.1 | +3.6 | +11.2 | +.121 | +3.8 | +10.7 | +.105 | +1.1 | +1.2 | +.085 |
| Brandon Miller |
27 |
34.2 |
21.0 |
0.9 |
3.9 |
4.9 |
3.6 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
7.3 |
18.2 |
.403 |
3.9 |
10.9 |
.355 |
2.5 |
2.9 |
.861 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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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 |
| Brandon Miller |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Additional Years |
* Michael Cooper played 10 seasons more than Brandon Miller in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 12, from 1981 to 1990—Michael Cooper played in 10 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Brandon Miller, Michael Cooper got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  5 All-Defensive First Team
3 All-Defensive Second Team
1 Defensive Player of the Year
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NBA Champion