Muggsy Bogues vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cooper Flagg and Muggsy Bogues, 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.
Muggsy Bogues played 14 years in the NBA, 13 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Muggsy Bogues had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Cooper Flagg had his rookie season in 2025-26. 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.
Their Careers | |||
| Player | Total Seasons | Playoffs Played | NBA Years |
| Muggsy Bogues | 14 | 5 | 1987-88 to 2000-01 |
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 0 | 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Muggsy Bogues | Cooper Flagg | |
| Season | 1987-88 | 2025-26 |
| Team | Washington Bullets | Dallas Mavericks |
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| Playoffs | Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd | Did Not Play |
Rookie Season Stats Comparison | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Muggsy Bogues | 79 | 20.6 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 5.4 | .390 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .188 | 0.7 | 0.9 | .784 |
| difference: | +78 | +11.4 | +5.0 | +0.6 | +7.7 | +8.3 | +5.1 | +0.6 | -1.7 | -1.3 | +1.9 | +7.6 | +.082 | +0.8 | +.188 | +1.3 | +1.1 | +.216 | ||
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 32.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 13.0 | .308 | 0.0 | 1.0 | .000 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.000 |
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Muggsy Bogues | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Additional Years |
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* Muggsy Bogues played 13 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 14, from 1989 to 2001—Muggsy Bogues played in 4 Playoffs. |