Michael Cooper vs. Corliss Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Corliss Williamson 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 and Corliss Williamson both played 12 years in the NBA. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Corliss Williamson had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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	Corliss Williamson
Season	1979-80	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
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	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
Corliss Williamson	79	25.2	11.6	1.8	2.4	4.1	1.6	0.8	0.6	2.0	3.3	4.7	9.4	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.2	.689
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
Corliss Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Corliss Williamson
Season	1980-81	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Corliss Williamson	79	35.7	17.7	2.1	3.6	5.6	2.9	1.0	0.6	2.5	3.2	7.1	14.4	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	5.6	.630
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
Corliss Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Corliss Williamson
Season	1981-82	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings Lost West 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	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
Corliss Williamson	50	27.5	13.2	1.7	2.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.5	2.4	5.4	11.1	.485	0.0	0.1	.200	2.4	3.8	.638
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
Corliss Williamson	5	26.0	10.6	1.4	1.8	3.2	1.2	0.4	0.2	1.2	2.6	4.6	8.0	.575	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.0	.700

Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Corliss Williamson
Season	1982-83	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Kings Lost West 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	26.2	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
Corliss Williamson	76	22.5	10.3	1.6	2.2	3.8	1.1	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.5	4.1	8.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.8	.769
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
Corliss Williamson	5	17.6	6.6	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.6	2.2	3.2	.688	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.4	.917

Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Corliss Williamson
Season	1983-84	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First 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	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
Corliss Williamson	69	24.4	11.6	1.6	3.1	4.7	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.7	4.7	9.4	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.4	.637
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
Corliss Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Corliss Williamson
Season	1984-85	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons 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	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
Corliss Williamson	78	21.8	13.6	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.3	1.8	2.9	5.3	10.3	.510	0.0	0.1	.200	3.1	3.8	.805
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
Corliss Williamson	10	27.0	13.3	1.9	3.4	5.3	1.0	0.9	0.2	2.2	3.1	5.2	11.2	.464	0.0	0.2	.000	2.9	3.8	.763

Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Corliss Williamson
Season	1985-86	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Pistons 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	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
Corliss Williamson	82	25.1	12.0	1.8	2.6	4.4	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.5	2.9	4.6	10.1	.453	0.0	0.1	.182	2.9	3.7	.790
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
Corliss Williamson	15	15.6	7.8	0.9	1.3	2.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	1.3	2.5	2.5	6.0	.411	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.741

Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Corliss Williamson
Season	1986-87	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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
Corliss Williamson	79	19.9	9.5	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.7	0.4	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.8	7.6	.505	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.731
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
Corliss Williamson	22	14.9	5.7	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.1	2.7	2.0	5.5	.364	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.1	.809

Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Corliss Williamson
Season	1987-88	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings Lost West 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	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
Corliss Williamson	72	21.2	10.3	1.4	2.2	3.6	1.1	0.5	0.2	1.2	3.0	3.8	8.1	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.4	.799
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
Corliss Williamson	5	8.0	5.2	0.8	0.4	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.8	2.2	1.2	3.2	.375	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	3.6	.778