Michael Cooper vs. Mark Price Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark Price 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 / Games against each other

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 Mark Price both played 12 years in the NBA. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Mark Price had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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
Mark Price	12	7	1986-87 to 1997-98

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Michael Cooper	Mark Price
Season	1978-79	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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	-
Mark Price	67	18.2	6.9	0.5	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.6	0.1	1.6	1.1	2.6	6.3	.408	0.3	1.0	.329	1.4	1.7	.833

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


Season 2
	Michael Cooper	Mark Price
Season	1979-80	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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	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
Mark Price	80	32.8	16.0	0.7	1.6	2.3	6.0	1.2	0.2	2.3	1.5	6.2	12.2	.506	0.9	1.9	.486	2.8	3.2	.877

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
Mark Price	5	41.0	21.0	0.6	3.0	3.6	7.6	0.6	0.0	1.6	2.2	7.6	13.4	.567	1.0	2.4	.417	4.8	5.0	.960


Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Mark Price
Season	1980-81	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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	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
Mark Price	75	36.4	18.9	0.6	2.4	3.0	8.4	1.5	0.1	2.8	1.3	7.1	13.4	.526	1.2	2.8	.441	3.5	3.9	.901

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
Mark Price	4	39.5	16.0	1.0	2.3	3.3	5.5	0.8	0.0	4.8	0.8	5.5	14.3	.386	1.5	4.0	.375	3.5	3.8	.933


Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Mark Price
Season	1981-82	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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	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
Mark Price	73	37.1	19.6	0.9	2.5	3.4	9.1	1.6	0.1	2.9	1.2	6.7	14.6	.459	2.1	5.1	.406	4.1	4.6	.888

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
Mark Price	5	38.4	20.0	0.0	2.8	2.8	8.8	1.8	0.2	3.0	1.8	6.4	12.2	.525	1.2	3.4	.353	6.0	6.0	1.000


Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Mark Price
Season	1982-83	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second 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	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
Mark Price	16	35.7	16.9	0.5	2.3	2.8	10.4	2.6	0.1	3.5	1.4	6.1	12.2	.497	1.1	3.3	.340	3.7	3.9	.952

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
Mark Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Mark Price
Season	1983-84	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers 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	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
Mark Price	72	29.7	17.3	0.5	1.9	2.4	7.4	1.3	0.2	2.2	1.6	6.1	12.5	.488	1.4	3.6	.387	3.8	4.0	.947

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
Mark Price	17	35.5	19.2	0.6	1.9	2.5	7.5	1.4	0.2	3.3	2.0	6.9	14.0	.496	1.5	4.1	.362	3.9	4.3	.904


Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Mark Price
Season	1984-85	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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
Mark Price	75	31.7	18.2	0.5	2.2	2.7	8.0	1.2	0.1	2.6	1.4	6.4	13.1	.484	1.6	3.9	.416	3.9	4.1	.948

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
Mark Price	9	32.0	13.0	0.1	2.0	2.1	6.1	1.7	0.0	3.7	1.4	4.8	10.8	.443	0.9	2.9	.308	2.6	2.7	.958


Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Mark Price
Season	1985-86	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Cavaliers 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	27.7	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
Mark Price	76	31.4	17.3	0.5	2.5	3.0	7.8	1.4	0.1	2.5	1.2	6.3	13.2	.478	1.6	3.9	.397	3.1	3.5	.888

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
Mark Price	3	34.0	15.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.7	1.3	0.0	3.0	2.0	5.0	14.3	.349	0.7	3.0	.222	4.3	4.7	.929


Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Mark Price
Season	1986-87	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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
Mark Price	48	28.6	15.8	0.5	1.8	2.3	7.0	0.7	0.1	3.0	1.0	5.3	12.8	.413	2.1	5.3	.407	3.1	3.4	.914

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
Mark Price	4	35.8	15.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.5	1.5	0.0	4.5	1.3	3.0	10.0	.300	1.0	4.3	.235	8.0	8.3	.970


Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Mark Price
Season	1987-88	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
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	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
Mark Price	7	18.1	8.0	0.1	0.9	1.0	2.6	0.9	0.0	1.4	1.0	2.6	8.6	.300	1.4	4.3	.333	1.4	1.4	1.000

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
Mark Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Michael Cooper	Mark Price
Season	1988-89	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
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	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
Mark Price	70	26.8	11.3	0.5	2.0	2.6	4.9	1.0	0.0	2.3	1.4	3.8	8.4	.447	1.6	4.0	.396	2.2	2.4	.906

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
Mark Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Michael Cooper	Mark Price
Season	1989-90	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
Mark Price	63	22.7	9.5	0.4	1.7	2.0	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.6	1.5	3.6	8.4	.431	0.8	2.5	.335	1.4	1.6	.845

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	-
Mark Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Michael Cooper vs. Mark Price Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark Price 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