Paul Arizin vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cooper Flagg and Paul Arizin, 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.
Paul Arizin played 10 years in the NBA, 9 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Paul Arizin had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, 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 |
| Paul Arizin | 10 | 8 | 1950-51 to 1961-62 |
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 0 | 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Paul Arizin | Cooper Flagg | |
| Season | 1950-51 | 2025-26 |
| Team | Philadelphia Warriors | Dallas Mavericks |
| Honors & Awards |  All-Star Game | - |
| Playoffs | Warriors Lost East Div Semis | 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 | % | ||||
| Paul Arizin | 65 | - | 17.2 | - | - | 9.8 | 2.1 | - | - | - | 4.4 | 5.4 | 13.3 | .407 | - | - | - | 6.4 | 8.1 | .793 |
| difference: | +64 | +7.2 | +0.2 | +2.1 | -1.4 | +1.4 | +0.3 | +.099 | +4.4 | +6.1 | +.207 | |||||||||
| 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 | % | ||||
| Paul Arizin | 2 | - | 20.5 | - | - | 10.0 | 1.5 | - | - | - | 5.0 | 7.0 | 13.5 | .519 | - | - | - | 6.5 | 8.0 | .813 |
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Additional Years |
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* Paul Arizin played 9 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 10, from 1952 to 1962—Paul Arizin played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Paul Arizin got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 Scoring Leader 9 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP |