Michael Cooper vs. Joe Ingles Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Ingles 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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 Joe Ingles, who played 10. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Joe Ingles had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Michael Cooper	12	11	1978-79 to 1989-90
Joe Ingles	10	7	2014-15 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Michael Cooper	Joe Ingles
Season	1978-79	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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	-
Joe Ingles	79	21.2	5.0	0.3	1.9	2.2	2.3	0.9	0.1	1.2	1.6	1.9	4.5	.415	0.9	2.6	.356	0.4	0.5	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Ingles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Michael Cooper	Joe Ingles
Season	1979-80	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
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
Joe Ingles	81	15.3	4.2	0.2	1.6	1.9	1.2	0.7	0.0	0.8	1.2	1.5	3.6	.426	1.0	2.6	.386	0.2	0.2	.722

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
Joe Ingles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Joe Ingles
Season	1980-81	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West 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	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
Joe Ingles	82	24.0	7.1	0.3	2.9	3.2	2.7	1.2	0.1	1.3	2.0	2.5	5.5	.452	1.5	3.4	.441	0.6	0.8	.735

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
Joe Ingles	11	30.4	6.5	0.2	3.5	3.7	3.3	2.0	0.5	1.5	2.5	2.3	5.6	.403	1.4	3.7	.366	0.5	0.8	.667


Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Joe Ingles
Season	1981-82	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West 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	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
Joe Ingles	82	31.4	11.5	0.3	3.9	4.2	4.8	1.1	0.2	1.9	2.2	4.1	8.8	.467	2.5	5.7	.440	0.8	1.0	.795

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
Joe Ingles	11	34.7	14.5	0.5	3.9	4.4	3.4	0.5	0.2	2.4	2.6	5.2	11.0	.471	3.2	7.0	.455	1.0	1.5	.647


Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Joe Ingles
Season	1982-83	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Jazz 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
Joe Ingles	82	31.3	12.1	0.4	3.6	4.0	5.7	1.2	0.2	2.4	2.2	4.4	9.8	.448	2.3	5.9	.391	1.1	1.5	.707

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
Joe Ingles	5	30.2	6.4	0.6	4.2	4.8	5.0	2.2	0.0	1.6	2.8	2.4	7.4	.324	1.6	5.8	.276	0.0	0.0	-


Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Joe Ingles
Season	1983-84	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Jazz 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	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
Joe Ingles	72	29.7	9.8	0.4	3.5	3.9	5.2	0.9	0.2	2.0	2.1	3.4	7.7	.445	2.0	4.9	.399	1.0	1.3	.787

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
Joe Ingles	7	33.4	9.1	0.1	3.3	3.4	4.7	0.6	0.1	0.6	2.1	3.1	7.7	.407	2.0	5.7	.350	0.9	0.9	1.000


Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Joe Ingles
Season	1984-85	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West 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
Joe Ingles	67	27.9	12.1	0.4	3.2	3.6	4.7	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.8	4.1	8.4	.489	2.7	6.1	.451	1.1	1.3	.844

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
Joe Ingles	11	27.8	10.2	0.1	3.0	3.1	3.5	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.7	3.5	7.2	.494	2.2	5.3	.414	0.9	1.2	.769


Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Joe Ingles
Season	1985-86	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
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
Joe Ingles	45	24.9	7.2	0.3	2.6	2.9	3.5	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.8	2.6	6.3	.404	1.7	5.0	.347	0.4	0.5	.773

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
Joe Ingles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Joe Ingles
Season	1986-87	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks Lost East 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	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
Joe Ingles	46	22.7	6.9	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.3	0.7	0.1	1.2	1.6	2.3	5.4	.435	1.8	4.4	.409	0.4	0.5	.857

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
Joe Ingles	5	17.8	6.8	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.4	4.6	.522	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Joe Ingles
Season	1987-88	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic Lost East 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
Joe Ingles	68	17.2	4.4	0.3	1.8	2.1	3.0	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.3	1.5	3.3	.436	1.0	2.4	.435	0.4	0.5	.824

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
Joe Ingles	7	9.7	1.6	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.7	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.7	.333	0.3	1.0	.286	0.1	0.3	.500


Season 11
	Michael Cooper	Joe Ingles
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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	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
Joe Ingles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Joe Ingles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Michael Cooper	Joe Ingles
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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	80	23.1	6.4	0.7	2.1	2.8	2.7	0.8	0.5	1.1	2.6	2.4	6.2	.387	0.6	2.0	.318	1.0	1.2	.883
Joe Ingles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	9	19.2	2.6	1.2	1.4	2.7	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.3	1.1	3.9	.286	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Joe Ingles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Michael Cooper vs. Joe Ingles Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Ingles 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12