Michael Cooper vs. Vlade Divac Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Vlade Divac 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, 4 less than Vlade Divac, who played 16. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Vlade Divac had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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.

Rookie Season
	Michael Cooper	Vlade Divac
Season	1978-79	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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Rookie 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	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	-
difference:	+79	+17.3	+6.5	+2.0	+4.2	+6.2	+0.9	+0.7	+1.4	-1.0	-2.6	+2.3	+4.7	+.001				+1.9	+2.6
Vlade Divac	82	19.6	8.5	2.0	4.2	6.2	0.9	1.0	1.4	1.3	2.9	3.3	6.7	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.708
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vlade Divac	9	19.4	9.1	1.8	3.6	5.3	1.1	0.9	1.7	1.4	3.0	3.6	4.9	.727	0.1	0.2	.500	1.9	2.1	.895

Season 2
	Michael Cooper	Vlade Divac
Season	1979-80	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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:		+4.1	+2.4	+1.3	+4.0	+5.3	+1.6	+0.3	+1.0	-0.1	-0.4	+0.7	+0.8	+.041			+.107	+1.0	+1.7	+.073
Vlade Divac	82	28.2	11.2	2.5	5.6	8.1	1.1	1.3	1.5	1.8	3.0	4.4	7.8	.565	0.1	0.2	.357	2.4	3.4	.703
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:	+3	+3.1	+4.2	+0.8	+2.2	+3.0	+2.5	+0.1	+1.5	-0.4		+1.5	+0.3	+.157	+0.1	+0.2	+.167	+1.1	+1.4	+.058
Vlade Divac	19	32.1	13.3	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.1	1.4	2.2	2.2	3.4	5.1	9.1	.564	0.1	0.3	.167	3.0	3.7	.803

Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Vlade Divac
Season	1980-81	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West 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:	+45	+5.2	+1.9	+0.9	+1.7	+2.8	+2.4	+0.1		-0.4	-0.1	+0.4	+0.7	+.004	+0.1	+0.3	+.052	+1.0	+1.3	+.017
Vlade Divac	36	27.2	11.3	2.4	4.4	6.9	1.7	1.5	1.0	2.4	3.2	4.4	8.8	.495	0.1	0.5	.263	2.4	3.1	.768
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:	+1	+1.8	+0.9	+0.8	+1.3	+2.2	+1.5	+0.7	+0.8	-2.2	-2.0	+0.1	+4.1	+.201		+0.5		+1.0	+2.2	+.186
Vlade Divac	4	35.8	9.8	1.5	4.0	5.5	3.8	1.3	0.8	4.5	4.3	3.8	10.8	.349	0.0	0.5	.000	2.3	2.5	.900

Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Vlade Divac
Season	1981-82	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+6	+1.9	+0.9	+1.6	+3.8	+5.4	+0.2		+0.9	-0.6	-1.0	+0.2	+0.2	+.032	+0.3	+0.7	+.162	+1.1	+1.9	+.124
Vlade Divac	82	30.8	12.8	2.7	6.2	8.9	2.8	1.6	1.7	2.6	3.8	4.8	10.0	.485	0.3	0.9	.280	2.9	4.2	.689
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
difference:	+9	+6.0	+6.1	+2.0	+3.0	+5.0	+1.2	+0.5	+1.6	-0.1	-1.0	+2.4	+5.9	+.065	+0.7	+1.7	+.056	+0.6	+2.0	+.190
Vlade Divac	5	33.4	18.0	3.4	6.0	9.4	5.6	1.2	2.4	2.2	4.4	7.4	14.8	.500	0.8	1.8	.444	2.4	4.4	.545

Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Vlade Divac
Season	1982-83	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
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:	+3	+7.8	+6.4	+2.6	+4.9	+7.5	+0.1	+0.2	+0.8	-0.8	-1.1	+2.5	+5.2	+.029		+0.3	+.047	+1.4	+2.2	+.099
Vlade Divac	79	34.0	14.2	3.6	7.2	10.8	3.9	1.2	1.4	2.4	3.6	5.7	11.3	.506	0.1	0.6	.191	2.6	3.8	.686
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
Vlade Divac	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Vlade Divac
Season	1983-84	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West 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:	+2	+6.0	+7.0	+2.7	+4.6	+7.2	+1.8		+1.4	-0.8	-0.5	+2.8	+5.3	+.010	+0.4	+0.8	+.125	+1.8	+2.5	+.061
Vlade Divac	80	35.1	16.0	3.3	7.1	10.4	4.1	1.4	2.2	2.6	3.8	6.1	12.0	.507	0.1	0.7	.189	3.7	4.8	.777
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	+4.4	+4.3	+2.4	+2.1	+4.6	+2.6	+0.3	+0.3	-1.4	-0.6	+1.5	+3.1	+.006	+0.4	+0.8	+.111	+1.6	+3.2	+.161
Vlade Divac	10	38.8	15.6	3.4	5.1	8.5	3.1	0.8	1.3	2.8	4.4	5.7	12.2	.467	0.2	0.9	.222	4.0	6.2	.645

Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Vlade Divac
Season	1984-85	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+3	+4.6	+4.3	+1.8	+3.7	+5.5	+1.9	+0.1	+1.1	-0.6	-1.0	+1.8	+3.0	+.048	+0.4	+1.3	+.118	+1.0	+2.1	+.224
Vlade Divac	79	31.3	12.9	2.5	6.1	8.6	3.3	1.0	1.7	2.5	3.5	5.2	10.2	.513	0.0	0.2	.167	2.4	3.7	.641
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:	+15	+2.4	+1.4	+2.2	+1.4	+3.5	+2.9	+1.1	+0.8	-0.1	-0.1	+0.1	+2.2	+.134	+0.1	+0.1	+.108	+1.2	+0.7	+.298
Vlade Divac	4	28.8	9.0	2.8	4.8	7.5	2.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	2.5	3.8	8.8	.429	0.3	1.3	.200	1.3	2.0	.625

Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Vlade Divac
Season	1985-86	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+1	+7.4	+3.4	+2.5	+3.6	+6.0	+2.0	+0.2	+1.7	-0.6	-0.5	+1.9	+3.1	+.042	+0.7	+1.4	+.153	+0.4	+1.1	+.182
Vlade Divac	81	35.1	12.6	3.0	6.0	9.0	3.7	1.3	2.2	2.4	3.4	5.2	10.5	.494	0.1	0.6	.234	2.2	3.2	.683
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:	+11	+8.6	+8.3	+3.2	+2.2	+5.4	+1.6	+0.3	+1.7	-0.5	-2.0	+3.1	+7.1	+.013	+1.4	+1.9	+.463	+3.4	+4.2	+.018
Vlade Divac	3	38.7	18.0	4.3	4.3	8.7	3.3	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.7	7.0	15.3	.457	0.0	1.0	.000	4.0	5.0	.800

Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Vlade Divac
Season	1986-87	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hornets Lost East 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:	+18	+0.7	+0.1	+2.2	+2.8	+5.0	+1.8	+0.3	+1.0	-0.6	-0.4	+0.3	+0.6	+.060	+1.1	+2.6	+.171	+0.5	+1.1	+.160
Vlade Divac	64	28.2	10.4	2.9	5.2	8.1	2.7	1.3	1.5	1.8	2.8	4.2	8.4	.498	0.0	0.2	.214	2.0	2.9	.691
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:	+9	+9.1	+1.4	+2.4	+5.3	+7.6	+1.6	+0.6	+0.8	-0.3	-1.2	+0.4	+0.9	+.001	+1.9	+3.8	+.486	+0.4	+0.7	+.246
Vlade Divac	9	38.1	11.6	2.8	8.1	10.9	3.4	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.8	4.7	9.7	.483	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.7	.606

Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Vlade Divac
Season	1987-88	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+11	+5.8	+5.6	+2.0	+4.3	+6.3	+0.4	+0.2	+0.6	-0.9	-1.1	+2.1	+3.2	+.078	+0.7	+2.0	+.064	+2.0	+3.2	+.156
Vlade Divac	50	35.2	14.3	2.8	7.2	10.0	4.3	0.9	1.0	2.6	3.3	5.2	11.1	.470	0.2	0.9	.256	3.6	5.1	.702
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:	+19	+14.9	+9.8	+1.2	+6.4	+7.6	+1.8	+0.8	+0.4	-2.9	-1.0	+2.7	+5.7	+.034	+0.8	+1.6	+.203	+5.2	+6.1	+.092
Vlade Divac	5	39.4	16.2	1.8	8.2	10.0	4.6	1.6	0.8	3.8	3.4	5.0	11.2	.446	0.2	1.0	.200	6.0	7.2	.833

Season 12
	Michael Cooper	Vlade Divac
Season	1989-90	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Kings Lost West Conf Semis

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12th 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	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
difference:	+1	+6.8	+5.6	+1.9	+3.7	+5.5	+0.2	+0.3	+0.6	-1.3	-0.4	+2.1	+3.1	+.095	+0.6	+1.8	+.032	+2.0	+3.1	+.192
Vlade Divac	81	29.9	12.0	2.6	5.8	8.3	2.9	1.1	1.1	2.4	3.0	4.5	9.3	.482	0.0	0.2	.286	3.0	4.3	.691
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	-
difference:	+1	+8.9	+8.2	+1.3	+4.5	+5.7	+0.4	+0.2	+1.1	-1.5	-0.8	+2.4	+6.1	+.064	+0.2	+0.9	+.083	+3.6	+4.8
Vlade Divac	8	28.1	10.8	2.5	5.9	8.4	2.4	1.0	1.5	2.3	3.1	3.5	10.0	.350	0.1	0.4	.333	3.6	4.8	.763