Michael Cooper vs. Danny Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Green 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, 3 less than Danny Green, who played 15. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Danny Green had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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.

Season 2
	Michael Cooper	Danny Green
Season	1979-80	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+74	+12.6	+3.7	+0.8	+0.1	+0.9	+2.4	+0.7	+0.4	-1.1	-1.7	+1.6	+2.6	+.038	+0.8	+2.2	+.118	+1.4	+1.7
Danny Green	8	11.5	5.1	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.9	2.1	4.4	.486	0.9	2.4	.368	0.0	0.0	-
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
difference:	+12	+27.2	+7.8	+1.8	+1.6	+3.4	+3.1	+1.2	+0.4	-1.5	-3.1	+3.1	+7.3	+.074	+0.3	+0.9	+.250	+1.9	+2.3
Danny Green	4	1.8	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	.333	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Danny Green
Season	1980-81	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+15	+9.3	+0.3	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	+2.8	+0.7	+0.3	-1.0	-1.5	+0.8	+0.9	+.049	+1.5	+3.3	+.225	+0.2	+0.3	+.005
Danny Green	66	23.1	9.1	0.8	2.6	3.5	1.3	0.9	0.7	1.0	1.6	3.2	7.2	.442	1.5	3.5	.436	1.2	1.5	.790
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
difference:	+11	+13.4	+3.3	+0.5	+0.3	+0.1	+1.2	+1.5	+0.7	-1.2	-0.6	+1.0	+0.2	+.132	+1.4	+3.1	+.345	+2.8	+4.0	+.014
Danny Green	14	20.6	7.4	0.2	3.0	3.2	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.1	1.7	2.7	6.5	.418	1.4	4.1	.345	0.5	0.7	.700

Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Danny Green
Season	1981-82	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs Lost NBA Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+4	+1.4	+1.4	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	+1.2	+0.4	+0.1	-0.8	-1.2	+1.3	+1.5	+.069	+2.2	+5.0	+.311	+1.0	+1.3	+.035
Danny Green	80	27.5	10.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.8	1.2	0.7	1.2	1.6	3.7	8.3	.448	2.2	5.2	.429	0.8	1.0	.848
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
difference:	+7	+4.5	+0.8	+0.5	+0.3	+0.3	+2.9	+0.7	+0.3	-1.2	-1.0	+1.0		+.119	+2.5	+5.3	+.018	+1.2	+1.7	+.065
Danny Green	21	31.9	11.1	0.9	3.3	4.1	1.5	1.0	1.1	0.9	2.4	4.0	8.9	.446	2.6	5.4	.482	0.6	0.7	.800

Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Danny Green
Season	1982-83	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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5th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+14	+1.9	+1.3	+0.6	+0.7	+0.1	+2.3	+0.4	+0.3	-0.5	-0.9		+1.3	+.103	+1.8	+4.4	+.177	+0.5	+0.7	+.009
Danny Green	68	24.3	9.1	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.5	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.6	3.2	7.4	.432	1.9	4.7	.415	0.7	0.9	.794
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
difference:	+8	+7.2	+0.1	+0.4	+0.5	+0.9	+2.0	+0.3	+0.3	-0.4	-1.4	+0.1	+0.7	+.026	+2.0	+3.9	+.332	+1.9	+2.2	+.011
Danny Green	23	23.0	9.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	0.9	1.4	0.7	0.9	2.2	3.4	6.9	.491	2.1	4.4	.475	0.4	0.5	.818

Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Danny Green
Season	1983-84	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+1	+0.6	+2.7	+0.1	+1.1	+1.0	+3.9	+0.2	+0.3	-0.7	-1.3	+0.7	+2.4	+.061	+1.9	+4.1	+.104	+0.5	+0.7	+.036
Danny Green	81	28.5	11.7	0.7	3.6	4.2	2.0	1.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	4.0	9.1	.436	2.4	5.6	.418	1.4	1.6	.874
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
difference:	+14	+5.3	+3.0		+0.9	+0.8	+3.6	+0.1		-0.7	-2.1	+1.2	+0.4	+.117	+1.1	+4.0	+.033	+1.8	+2.1	+.139
Danny Green	7	29.1	8.3	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.1	1.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	3.0	8.7	.344	1.7	5.7	.300	0.6	0.9	.667

Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Danny Green
Season	1984-85	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+3	+0.6	+1.4	+0.1	+0.8	+0.7	+3.4	+0.1	+0.2	-1.0	-0.7	+0.7	+0.1	+.089	+1.1	+2.9	+.047	+1.0	+1.0	+.126
Danny Green	79	26.1	7.2	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.8	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.7	7.1	.376	1.5	4.4	.332	0.4	0.6	.739
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
difference:	+9	+0.3	+1.8	+0.6	+0.3	+0.9	+4.2	+1.0	+0.3	-1.3	-0.4	+0.7	+0.1	+.101	+2.0	+3.4	+.192	+2.3	+2.4	+.256
Danny Green	10	26.7	8.6	0.0	3.1	3.1	0.7	2.1	0.8	0.6	2.0	3.0	6.5	.462	2.4	4.8	.500	0.2	0.3	.667

Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Danny Green
Season	1985-86	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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8th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+14	+1.1	+1.9		+0.4	+0.3	+3.9	+0.1	+0.3	-0.7	-1.1	+0.7	+0.8	+.060	+0.9	+2.6	+.008	+1.4	+1.6	+.021
Danny Green	68	26.6	7.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.8	2.6	6.6	.392	1.7	4.6	.379	0.4	0.5	.844
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
difference:	+2	+2.8	+1.9	+0.3	+0.7	+0.3	+3.5	+0.7	+0.6	-0.4	-0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+.065	+0.2	+1.9	+.121	+0.1	+0.1	+.247
Danny Green	16	27.3	7.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.9	1.1	1.9	2.8	6.9	.405	1.6	4.8	.342	0.5	0.9	.571

Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Danny Green
Season	1986-87	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+12	+1.9	+1.9	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+2.9	+0.1	+0.6	-0.1	-0.7	+0.8	+1.0	+.051	+0.6	+1.8	+.022	+0.8	+0.9	+.082
Danny Green	70	25.6	8.6	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.6	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.7	3.1	8.0	.387	1.7	4.6	.363	0.7	0.9	.769
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
difference:	+13	+8.4	+8.8	+0.4	+1.4	+1.1	+4.8	+1.2		-1.7	-1.0	+2.7	+2.8	+.217	+0.9	+0.1	+.236	+2.6	+3.0
Danny Green	5	20.6	4.2	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.4	1.6	1.6	6.0	.267	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-

Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Danny Green
Season	1987-88	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+19	+1.7	+1.6		+0.3	+0.3	+3.1	+0.2	+0.3	-0.8	-0.1	+0.6		+.073	+1.6	+2.5	+.135	+1.1	+1.3	+.017
Danny Green	80	27.7	10.3	0.8	3.2	4.0	1.6	0.9	0.7	0.9	2.1	3.7	7.9	.465	2.5	5.4	.455	0.5	0.6	.841
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
difference:		+4.0	+0.5	+0.1	+1.1	+1.2	+1.7	+0.5	+0.1	-0.2	-0.1	+0.1	+1.0	+.070	+0.6	+2.4	+.075	+0.1	+0.1	+.172
Danny Green	24	28.5	6.9	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.1	1.3	0.5	1.1	2.5	2.2	6.5	.342	1.6	5.0	.328	0.9	1.0	.913

Season 11
	Michael Cooper	Danny Green
Season	1988-89	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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11th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+12	+0.5	+0.7	+0.4	+0.6	+0.9	+2.6	+0.4	+0.1	-0.3	-0.3	+0.2	+0.8	+.015	+0.8	+2.2	+.014	+0.5	+0.5	+.183
Danny Green	68	24.8	8.0	0.8	2.6	3.3	1.3	1.3	0.5	0.9	2.0	2.9	7.0	.416	1.8	4.8	.367	0.5	0.7	.688
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
difference:	+6	+2.6	+0.3	+0.6	+0.1	+0.4	+3.5	+0.4	+0.3	-0.5	-0.2	+0.3	+2.2	+.069	+0.5	+1.8	+.043	+0.8	+0.9	+.166
Danny Green	21	25.0	8.0	1.2	2.0	3.1	1.2	1.0	0.8	0.6	2.3	2.8	8.1	.347	1.9	5.5	.339	0.5	0.7	.667