Michael Cooper vs. Isaiah Hartenstein Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Hartenstein 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, 4 more than Isaiah Hartenstein, who played 8. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Isaiah Hartenstein had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	1979-80	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+59	+12.5	+4.1	+0.1	+1.1	+1.1	+1.9	+0.6		-1.0	-0.8	+1.8	+4.1	+.133	+0.1		+.250	+0.6	+0.5	+.097
Isaiah Hartenstein	23	11.6	4.7	1.3	2.7	3.9	0.8	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.8	1.9	2.9	.657	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	1.2	.679
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
Isaiah Hartenstein	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	1980-81	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+35	+20.2	+4.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.2	+2.9	+1.2	+0.2	-1.0	-0.8	+2.0	+4.4	+.059		+0.1	+.122	+0.4	+0.3	+.137
Isaiah Hartenstein	46	12.2	5.1	1.4	2.5	3.9	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.0	2.3	2.0	3.7	.550	0.0	0.1	.333	1.0	1.5	.648
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
Isaiah Hartenstein	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	1981-82	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+8	+11.0	+3.6	+0.6	+0.8	+1.4	+0.6	+0.9	+0.3	-0.8	-0.3	+1.6	+4.4	+.109	+0.2	+0.2	+.349	+0.5	+0.4	+.124
Isaiah Hartenstein	68	17.9	8.3	1.7	3.2	4.9	2.4	0.7	1.1	1.2	2.5	3.4	5.4	.626	0.2	0.4	.467	1.3	1.9	.689
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
Isaiah Hartenstein	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	1982-83	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:		+6.3	+2.8	+1.5	+1.7	+3.2	+2.6	+0.8	+0.2	-0.8	-0.1	+1.1	+2.1			+0.2	+.022	+0.6	+0.7	+.109
Isaiah Hartenstein	82	19.9	5.0	2.5	4.0	6.5	1.2	0.6	0.8	0.8	2.6	2.1	4.0	.535	0.1	0.5	.216	0.6	0.9	.676
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:	+4	+10.2	+6.3	+1.3	+0.6	+0.7	+1.6	+0.9	+1.0	-0.8	-1.0	+2.5	+5.5	+.013	+0.1	+0.5		+1.2	+1.2	+.079
Isaiah Hartenstein	11	20.0	3.1	2.1	2.5	4.6	1.3	0.8	1.4	0.5	2.6	1.0	2.1	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.750

Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	1983-84	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+7	+3.8	+1.2	+2.7	+2.6	+5.1	+3.4	+0.2	+0.3	-0.6	-0.5	+0.2	+1.8	+.147	+0.5	+1.5		+0.4	+0.2	+.131
Isaiah Hartenstein	75	25.3	7.8	3.3	5.1	8.3	2.5	1.2	1.1	1.2	2.8	3.1	4.9	.644	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.707
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:	+8	+4.6	+2.8	+2.8	+1.1	+3.9	+2.2	+0.8	+0.1	-0.1	-0.6	+0.7	+3.3	+.131	+0.5	+1.5	+.167	+0.9	+1.3	+.058
Isaiah Hartenstein	13	29.8	8.5	3.8	4.1	7.8	3.5	0.3	0.9	1.5	3.2	3.5	5.8	.592	0.1	0.2	.500	1.5	1.7	.864

Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	1984-85	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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:	+25	+1.2	+2.6	+2.2	+5.5	+7.6	+1.4	+0.3	+0.5	-0.2	-0.5	+1.5	+1.2	+.116	+0.4	+1.2	+.285		+0.5	+.190
Isaiah Hartenstein	57	27.9	11.2	2.9	7.9	10.7	3.8	0.8	1.1	1.7	3.0	4.9	8.4	.581	0.0	0.3	.000	1.4	2.1	.675
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:	+4	+4.0	+2.3	+2.1	+1.4	+3.5	+2.7	+0.3		-0.7	-0.1	+0.1	+0.8	+.056	+0.4	+1.4		+1.6	+1.4	+.256
Isaiah Hartenstein	23	22.4	8.1	2.7	4.8	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.5	3.6	5.8	.619	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.667

Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	1985-86	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+77	+4.9	+0.2	+2.5	+6.2	+8.6	+3.3	+0.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.5	+0.9	+0.2	+.131	+0.8	+1.6	+.387	+1.2	+0.7	+.436
Isaiah Hartenstein	5	32.6	9.0	3.0	8.6	11.6	2.4	1.2	0.4	1.6	3.4	4.2	7.2	.583	0.0	0.4	.000	0.6	1.4	.429
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
Isaiah Hartenstein	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Michael Cooper played 4 seasons more than Isaiah Hartenstein in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 12, from 1987 to 1990—Michael Cooper played in 4 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 4 extra years over Isaiah Hartenstein, Michael Cooper got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive First Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year