Michael Cooper vs. P.J. Tucker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Tucker 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 less than P.J. Tucker, who played 14. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while P.J. Tucker had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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.

Note: P.J. Tucker didn't play in 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12.

Season 2
	Michael Cooper	P.J. Tucker
Season	1979-80	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
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:	+3	+0.1	+2.4	+0.5	+1.2	+1.6	+1.3	+0.2	+0.3	-0.9	-0.8	+1.0	+1.4	+.051	+0.2	+0.7	+.064	+0.6	+0.6	+.032
P.J. Tucker	79	24.2	6.4	1.7	2.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	0.2	0.8	1.8	2.7	5.6	.473	0.3	0.9	.314	0.8	1.1	.744
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
P.J. Tucker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Michael Cooper	P.J. Tucker
Season	1980-81	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
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:		+1.7		+0.5	+1.8	+2.4	+2.4	+0.2	+0.7	-0.7	-0.6	+0.7	+0.5	+.060	+0.9	+2.2	+.176	+0.5	+0.7	+.009
P.J. Tucker	81	30.7	9.4	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.7	1.4	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.3	7.6	.431	0.9	2.4	.387	1.9	2.5	.776
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
P.J. Tucker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Michael Cooper	P.J. Tucker
Season	1981-82	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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:	+2	+1.7	+2.8	+0.4	+2.6	+2.9	+1.4	+0.2	+0.5	-0.8	-0.5	+1.7	+2.2	+.079	+1.1	+3.0	+.227	+0.5	+0.5	+.086
P.J. Tucker	78	30.6	9.1	1.5	5.0	6.4	1.6	1.4	0.3	1.2	2.3	3.3	7.6	.438	1.1	3.2	.345	1.3	1.8	.727
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
P.J. Tucker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Michael Cooper	P.J. Tucker
Season	1982-83	2015-16
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:		+4.8	+0.2	+1.0	+1.9	+2.9	+1.6	+0.1	+0.4	-0.2		+0.3	+1.0	+.124	+0.7	+2.2	+.092	+0.1	+0.1	+.039
P.J. Tucker	82	31.0	8.0	2.0	4.2	6.2	2.2	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.5	2.9	7.1	.411	0.8	2.5	.330	1.3	1.7	.746
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
P.J. Tucker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Michael Cooper	P.J. Tucker
Season	1983-84	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Raptors 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:	+1	+1.5	+2.3	+0.8	+1.9	+2.6	+4.7		+0.6	-1.0	-0.9	+0.8	+0.7	+.084	+0.4	+0.9	+.043	+1.0	+1.2	+.064
P.J. Tucker	81	27.6	6.7	1.4	4.4	5.8	1.2	1.4	0.2	0.8	2.4	2.5	6.0	.413	0.9	2.4	.357	0.9	1.1	.774
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:	+11	+9.3	+6.3	+0.5	+1.2	+1.8	+4.6	+0.5	+0.7	-0.6	-1.1	+2.4	+4.2	+.094	+0.3	+1.1	+.012	+1.9	+2.2	+.181
P.J. Tucker	10	25.1	5.0	1.5	4.2	5.7	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.8	2.7	1.8	4.9	.367	0.9	2.8	.321	0.5	0.8	.625

Season 7
	Michael Cooper	P.J. Tucker
Season	1984-85	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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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:		+1.1	+2.5	+0.4	+2.0	+2.5	+4.3	+0.1	+0.3	-1.0		+1.3	+1.8	+.075	+1.0	+2.3	+.086	+0.9	+0.9	+.148
P.J. Tucker	82	27.8	6.1	1.1	4.4	5.6	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.1	5.4	.390	1.4	3.8	.371	0.5	0.7	.717
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:	+2	+7.1	+1.5	+0.8	+1.8	+2.5	+3.6	+0.5	+0.3	-1.1	-0.3	+0.6	+0.2	+.082	+1.7	+3.0	+.159	+1.8	+1.6	+.256
P.J. Tucker	17	33.5	8.9	1.4	5.2	6.5	1.3	0.6	0.8	0.8	2.7	3.1	6.4	.481	2.1	4.4	.467	0.7	1.1	.667

Season 8
	Michael Cooper	P.J. Tucker
Season	1985-86	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:		+6.5	+1.9	+1.0	+2.0	+2.8	+4.5	+0.5		-1.0	-0.2	+0.8	+1.0	+.056	+1.0	+2.7	+.010	+1.3	+1.4	+.170
P.J. Tucker	82	34.2	7.3	1.5	4.4	5.8	1.2	1.6	0.5	0.8	3.1	2.5	6.4	.396	1.8	4.7	.377	0.5	0.7	.695
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
difference:	+3	+8.6	+1.7	+0.6	+3.6	+4.2	+3.2	+0.4	+0.4	-0.8	-1.5	+0.3	+0.2	+.015	+1.0	+2.3	+.007	+1.1	+1.3	+.008
P.J. Tucker	11	38.7	11.4	1.7	5.7	7.5	1.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	3.2	3.6	8.0	.455	2.4	5.2	.456	1.7	2.1	.826

Season 9
	Michael Cooper	P.J. Tucker
Season	1986-87	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+10	+6.8	+3.6	+0.9	+2.7	+3.5	+2.9	+0.1		-0.2	-0.8	+1.4	+3.1	+.023	+0.4	+1.4	+.027	+1.0	+1.1	+.038
P.J. Tucker	72	34.3	6.9	1.6	5.1	6.6	1.6	1.1	0.5	1.0	3.2	2.5	5.9	.415	1.5	4.2	.358	0.5	0.7	.813
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:	+6	+5.5	+5.1	+1.5	+2.5	+3.9	+3.5	+0.3	+0.5	-1.1	-1.3	+1.4	+1.5	+.086	+0.2	+1.7	+.113	+2.6	+3.0
P.J. Tucker	12	34.5	7.9	1.9	5.3	7.2	1.5	1.1	0.3	1.0	3.9	2.9	7.3	.398	2.1	5.6	.373	0.0	0.0	-

Season 10
	Michael Cooper	P.J. Tucker
Season	1987-88	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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:	+9	+3.3	+5.0	+0.2		+0.2	+3.5	+0.3		-0.9	-0.2	+1.8	+4.5	+.019	+0.1	+0.6	+.016	+1.2	+1.4	+.108
P.J. Tucker	52	26.1	3.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.4	1.3	3.4	.373	0.8	2.3	.336	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	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
difference:	+1	+5.1	+2.1	+1.5	+0.9	+2.4	+1.7	+0.2	+0.3	-0.5	-0.9	+0.6	+1.2	+.024	+0.2		+.081	+0.7	+0.9	+.009
P.J. Tucker	23	29.6	4.3	2.1	2.7	4.8	1.1	1.0	0.1	0.4	3.3	1.7	4.3	.388	0.8	2.6	.322	0.1	0.2	.750