Michael Cooper vs. Kelly Oubre Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kelly Oubre Jr. 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, 2 more than Kelly Oubre Jr., who played 10. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Kelly Oubre Jr. had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	1979-80	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+3	+3.8	+2.5	+0.4	+0.9	+0.5	+2.1	+0.3	+0.3	-1.1	-0.1	+1.3	+1.4	+.103	+0.6	+2.2	+.037	+0.5	+0.4	+.018
Kelly Oubre Jr.	79	20.3	6.3	0.8	2.5	3.3	0.6	0.7	0.2	0.6	2.5	2.4	5.6	.421	0.7	2.4	.287	0.9	1.3	.758
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:	+4	+13.7	+3.3	+1.0	+0.3	+1.4	+3.3	+0.7	+0.3	-1.2	-0.2	+1.4	+3.7	+.019	+0.9	+2.4	+.367	+1.3	+1.5	+.161
Kelly Oubre Jr.	12	15.3	5.8	0.8	1.6	2.3	0.3	0.8	0.4	0.6	3.2	2.2	5.1	.426	0.9	2.5	.367	0.6	0.8	.700

Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	1980-81	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:		+4.9	+2.4	+0.8	+1.1	+0.4	+2.9	+0.6	+0.6	-0.9	-0.2	+0.1	+1.7	+.088	+1.6	+4.4	+.130	+1.0	+1.1	+.035
Kelly Oubre Jr.	81	27.5	11.8	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.2	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.9	3.9	9.8	.403	1.6	4.6	.341	2.4	2.9	.820
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:	+3	+9.3	+1.4	+0.5	+1.0	+0.5	+1.6	+1.0	+0.5	-1.5	-0.4	+0.7	+1.3	+.175	+0.7	+2.2	+.211	+0.6	+1.7	+.175
Kelly Oubre Jr.	6	24.7	9.3	0.2	3.7	3.8	0.7	1.0	0.5	0.8	2.7	3.0	8.0	.375	0.7	3.2	.211	2.7	3.0	.889

Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	1981-82	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards, Phoenix Suns
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:	+7	+0.9	+3.3	+0.1	+1.3	+1.2	+1.8	+0.4	+0.1	-0.5	-0.2	+0.4	+2.4	+.072	+1.6	+4.7	+.202	+0.9	+1.2	+.038
Kelly Oubre Jr.	69	28.0	15.2	1.0	3.7	4.7	1.2	1.2	0.9	1.5	2.6	5.4	12.2	.445	1.6	4.9	.320	2.7	3.5	.775
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
Kelly Oubre Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	1982-83	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+26	+8.3	+10.9	+0.2	+3.0	+3.1	+2.3	+0.1	+0.1	-0.1	-0.9	+3.5	+8.7	+.083	+1.8	+5.2	+.114	+2.2	+2.8	+.005
Kelly Oubre Jr.	56	34.5	18.7	1.2	5.3	6.4	1.5	1.3	0.7	1.5	3.4	6.7	14.8	.452	1.9	5.5	.352	3.4	4.4	.780
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
Kelly Oubre Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	1983-84	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+27	+1.6	+6.4	+0.9	+2.0	+2.8	+4.6	+0.4		-0.5	-1.1	+2.5	+6.5	+.058	+1.1	+3.7	+.002	+0.3	+0.9	+.143
Kelly Oubre Jr.	55	30.7	15.4	1.5	4.5	6.0	1.3	1.0	0.8	1.3	2.2	5.8	13.2	.439	1.6	5.2	.316	2.2	3.2	.695
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
Kelly Oubre Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	1984-85	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+0.4	+6.4	+0.3	+0.5	+0.9	+4.1	+0.1	+0.2	-1.0		+2.0	+5.1	+.025	+2.1	+5.8	+.060	+0.3	+0.9	+.198
Kelly Oubre Jr.	76	26.3	15.0	1.0	2.9	4.0	1.1	1.0	0.4	0.9	2.5	5.4	12.3	.440	2.5	7.3	.345	1.7	2.5	.667
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
Kelly Oubre Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	1985-86	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
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:	+34	+4.6	+11.1	+0.9	+1.4	+2.2	+4.6	+0.3	+0.1	-0.5		+4.1	+9.7	+.021	+1.5	+5.1	+.068	+1.5	+2.2	+.105
Kelly Oubre Jr.	48	32.3	20.3	1.4	3.8	5.2	1.1	1.4	0.4	1.3	2.9	7.4	17.1	.431	2.3	7.1	.319	3.3	4.3	.760
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
Kelly Oubre Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	1986-87	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East 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:	+14	+2.7	+4.9	+0.7	+1.2	+1.9	+3.0	+0.1	+0.2	-0.1	-0.5	+1.8	+3.9	+.003	+0.4	+2.0	+.074	+1.1	+1.6	+.101
Kelly Oubre Jr.	68	30.2	15.4	1.4	3.6	5.0	1.5	1.1	0.7	1.3	2.9	5.7	12.9	.441	1.5	4.8	.311	2.6	3.4	.750
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:	+12	+8.3	+0.2	+1.1	+0.3	+0.7	+3.3	+0.4	+0.4	-0.8	-1.4	+0.9	+1.9		+0.4	+0.1	+.095	+1.3	+1.2	+.125
Kelly Oubre Jr.	6	37.3	13.2	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.7	1.8	1.2	1.3	4.0	5.2	10.7	.484	1.5	3.8	.391	1.3	1.8	.727

Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Kelly Oubre Jr.
Season	1987-88	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+1	+5.2	+6.4	+0.8	+1.6	+2.4	+2.9	+0.4	+0.1	-0.4	-0.8	+2.7	+4.5	+.078	+0.3	+1.1	+.027	+0.7	+1.2	+.107
Kelly Oubre Jr.	60	34.6	15.1	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.8	1.5	0.5	1.3	3.0	5.8	12.4	.470	1.2	4.0	.293	2.3	3.1	.751
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
Kelly Oubre Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-