Michael Cooper vs. Shaun Livingston Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaun Livingston 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 less than Shaun Livingston, who played 14. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Shaun Livingston had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
Shaun Livingston	14	7	2004-05 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14


Rookie Season
	Michael Cooper	Shaun Livingston
Season	1978-79	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
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	-
Shaun Livingston	30	27.1	7.4	0.7	2.2	3.0	5.0	1.1	0.4	2.5	2.7	3.0	7.2	.414	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.0	.746

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


Season 2
	Michael Cooper	Shaun Livingston
Season	1979-80	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers 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	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
Shaun Livingston	61	25.0	5.8	0.7	2.3	3.0	4.5	0.8	0.5	1.8	2.6	2.4	5.7	.427	0.0	0.1	.125	0.9	1.3	.688

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
Shaun Livingston	12	27.7	7.5	1.3	3.3	4.7	4.8	0.6	0.5	1.9	2.6	3.0	6.3	.474	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.4	1.8	.810


Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Shaun Livingston
Season	1980-81	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Shaun Livingston	54	29.8	9.3	1.0	2.4	3.4	5.1	1.1	0.5	2.0	2.5	3.9	8.3	.463	0.1	0.3	.313	1.5	2.1	.707

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
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Shaun Livingston didn't play in 2007-08.


Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Shaun Livingston
Season	1981-82	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder
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	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
Shaun Livingston	12	19.3	5.9	0.3	2.1	2.3	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.6	5.0	.517	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	.900

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
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Shaun Livingston
Season	1982-83	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder, Washington Wizards
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
Shaun Livingston	36	22.1	6.9	0.4	1.7	2.2	3.6	0.5	0.3	1.6	1.7	2.9	5.6	.517	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.3	.875

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
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Shaun Livingston
Season	1983-84	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First 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	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
Shaun Livingston	73	17.3	6.6	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.2	0.6	0.4	1.2	1.5	2.5	5.4	.466	0.0	0.1	.250	1.5	1.7	.864

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
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Shaun Livingston
Season	1984-85	2011-12
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
Shaun Livingston	58	18.8	5.5	0.7	1.4	2.1	2.1	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.2	4.7	.469	0.0	0.1	.667	1.1	1.4	.785

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
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Shaun Livingston
Season	1985-86	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards, Cleveland Cavaliers
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
Shaun Livingston	66	22.0	6.3	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.3	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.9	2.5	5.2	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.5	.867

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
Shaun Livingston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Shaun Livingston
Season	1986-87	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets 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	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
Shaun Livingston	76	26.0	8.3	0.9	2.4	3.2	3.2	1.2	0.4	1.4	2.3	3.1	6.4	.483	0.0	0.1	.167	2.1	2.5	.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
Shaun Livingston	12	27.1	9.7	0.7	2.8	3.5	3.3	0.4	0.4	1.8	3.4	3.7	7.2	.512	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.3	3.1	.730


Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Shaun Livingston
Season	1987-88	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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
Shaun Livingston	78	18.8	5.9	0.6	1.8	2.3	3.3	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.4	2.5	5.1	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.714

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
Shaun Livingston	21	17.9	5.0	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.8	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.5	2.0	3.8	.532	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.2	.840


Season 11
	Michael Cooper	Shaun Livingston
Season	1988-89	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Warriors 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
Shaun Livingston	78	19.5	6.3	0.5	1.6	2.2	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.8	2.6	4.9	.536	0.0	0.2	.167	1.0	1.2	.860

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
Shaun Livingston	24	21.4	8.2	0.5	2.6	3.2	3.3	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.0	3.4	7.0	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.5	.865


Season 12
	Michael Cooper	Shaun Livingston
Season	1989-90	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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
Shaun Livingston	76	17.7	5.1	0.4	1.6	2.0	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.6	2.3	4.2	.547	0.0	0.0	.333	0.6	0.8	.700

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	-
Shaun Livingston	14	15.7	5.2	0.7	1.4	2.1	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	4.2	.576	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.714


Season 13
	Michael Cooper	Shaun Livingston
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaun Livingston	71	15.9	5.5	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.0	0.5	0.3	0.8	1.6	2.4	4.8	.501	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	0.9	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaun Livingston	21	17.2	6.7	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.6	2.8	5.2	.536	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.2	.880


Season 14
	Michael Cooper	Shaun Livingston
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Warriors 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaun Livingston	64	15.1	4.0	0.7	1.2	1.8	1.8	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.2	1.7	3.3	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaun Livingston	22	14.6	4.0	0.5	0.9	1.4	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	1.6	1.5	3.4	.453	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.1	.840

Michael Cooper vs. Shaun Livingston Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaun Livingston 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

Season 13

Season 14