Patrick Ewing vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cooper Flagg and Patrick Ewing, 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.
Patrick Ewing played 17 years in the NBA, 16 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Patrick Ewing had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, 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 |
| Patrick Ewing | 17 | 14 | 1985-86 to 2001-02 |
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 0 | 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Patrick Ewing | Cooper Flagg | |
| Season | 1985-86 | 2025-26 |
| Team | New York Knicks | Dallas Mavericks |
| Honors & Awards |  Rookie of the Year | - |
| All-Rookie First Team | - | |
| All-Star Game | - | |
| Playoffs | Did Not Play | Did Not Play |
Rookie Season Stats Comparison | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Regular Season Stats | ||||||||||||||||||||
| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Patrick Ewing | 50 | 35.4 | 20.0 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 7.7 | 16.3 | .474 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 4.5 | 6.1 | .739 |
| difference: | +49 | +3.4 | +10.0 | +1.5 | +2.5 | +1.0 | +2.0 | +0.1 | +2.1 | -0.4 | -0.8 | +3.7 | +3.3 | +.166 | +0.9 | +2.5 | +4.1 | +.261 | ||
| 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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| * Neiher Patrick Ewing nor Cooper Flagg played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Patrick Ewing played 16 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 17, from 1987 to 2002—Patrick Ewing played in 14 Playoffs. In those 16 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Patrick Ewing got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 1 All-NBA First Team 6 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 10 All-Star Game |