Michael Cooper vs. Paul Pressey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Pressey 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 played 12 years in the NBA, 1 more than Paul Pressey, who played 11. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Paul Pressey had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
Paul Pressey	11	9	1982-83 to 1992-93

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Michael Cooper	Paul Pressey
Season	1978-79	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	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	-
Paul Pressey	79	19.3	6.7	1.1	2.5	3.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	2.1	2.2	2.7	5.9	.457	0.0	0.1	.111	1.3	2.2	.597

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pressey	9	16.7	5.1	1.6	2.1	3.7	1.6	1.0	0.7	2.0	2.6	2.1	5.2	.404	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	2.2	.400


Season 2
	Michael Cooper	Paul Pressey
Season	1979-80	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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	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
Paul Pressey	81	21.4	8.3	1.3	2.2	3.5	3.1	1.1	0.6	1.9	3.0	3.4	6.5	.523	0.0	0.1	.222	1.5	2.5	.600

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
Paul Pressey	16	21.9	8.9	1.1	2.6	3.7	3.1	1.4	0.6	2.4	3.3	3.3	6.3	.520	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	3.5	.679


Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Paul Pressey
Season	1980-81	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks 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	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
Paul Pressey	80	36.0	16.1	1.9	3.5	5.4	6.8	1.6	0.7	3.1	3.2	6.0	11.6	.517	0.1	0.3	.350	4.0	5.2	.758

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
Paul Pressey	8	37.0	15.3	1.9	4.1	6.0	7.6	2.3	0.6	4.0	3.4	5.6	11.0	.511	0.1	0.4	.333	3.9	4.8	.816


Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Paul Pressey
Season	1981-82	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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	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
Paul Pressey	80	33.8	14.3	1.6	3.4	5.0	7.8	2.1	0.9	3.0	3.1	5.1	10.5	.488	0.1	0.6	.182	4.0	4.9	.806

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
Paul Pressey	14	37.9	16.1	1.4	2.9	4.3	7.9	1.3	0.9	3.6	3.4	5.4	11.2	.484	0.4	1.3	.333	4.8	6.3	.761


Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Paul Pressey
Season	1982-83	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bucks 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	26.2	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
Paul Pressey	61	33.7	13.9	1.6	3.2	4.9	7.2	1.8	0.8	3.0	3.5	4.8	10.1	.477	0.3	0.9	.291	4.0	5.4	.738

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
Paul Pressey	12	38.8	14.3	2.3	2.8	5.2	8.6	2.3	0.7	2.9	4.3	5.7	12.2	.466	0.1	0.7	.125	2.8	3.8	.739


Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Paul Pressey
Season	1983-84	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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	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
Paul Pressey	75	33.1	13.1	1.7	3.3	5.0	7.0	1.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	4.6	9.4	.491	0.1	0.5	.205	3.8	4.8	.798

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
Paul Pressey	5	35.6	14.0	1.2	2.6	3.8	6.6	0.8	0.6	3.2	4.2	4.6	10.0	.460	0.2	0.6	.333	4.6	6.0	.767


Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Paul Pressey
Season	1984-85	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
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	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
Paul Pressey	67	32.4	12.1	1.1	2.8	3.9	6.6	1.8	0.7	2.7	3.3	4.6	9.7	.474	0.2	0.8	.218	2.8	3.6	.776

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
Paul Pressey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Paul Pressey
Season	1985-86	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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	27.7	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
Paul Pressey	57	24.6	11.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.3	1.2	0.4	1.9	2.6	4.2	8.9	.472	0.1	0.8	.140	2.5	3.3	.758

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
Paul Pressey	4	32.3	14.8	2.0	3.3	5.3	7.5	1.5	0.3	1.8	3.5	4.8	11.0	.432	0.0	0.8	.000	5.3	6.5	.808


Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Paul Pressey
Season	1986-87	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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	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
Paul Pressey	70	24.0	7.5	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.9	0.9	0.5	1.9	2.5	2.9	6.1	.472	0.2	0.8	.281	1.6	1.9	.827

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
Paul Pressey	4	31.0	8.3	1.3	1.5	2.8	4.0	2.0	0.8	1.5	3.8	3.3	8.0	.406	0.3	1.0	.250	1.5	2.3	.667


Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Paul Pressey
Season	1987-88	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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	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
Paul Pressey	56	13.6	2.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.5	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	1.1	2.9	.373	0.1	0.4	.143	0.5	0.7	.683

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
Paul Pressey	3	15.3	4.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	1.7	3.0	2.0	6.0	.333	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Michael Cooper	Paul Pressey
Season	1988-89	1992-93
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
Paul Pressey	18	14.9	4.4	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.7	0.6	0.3	1.3	2.0	1.6	3.7	.439	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.5	.778

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
Paul Pressey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Michael Cooper	Paul Pressey
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
Paul Pressey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	-
Paul Pressey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Michael Cooper vs. Paul Pressey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Pressey 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