Rick Barry vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cooper Flagg and Rick Barry, 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.
Rick Barry played 10 years in the NBA, 9 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Rick Barry had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, 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 |
| Rick Barry | 10 | 7 | 1965-66 to 1979-80 |
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 0 | 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Rick Barry | Cooper Flagg | |
| Season | 1965-66 | 2025-26 |
| Team | San Francisco Warriors | Dallas Mavericks |
| Honors & Awards |  All-NBA First Team | - |
| 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 | % | ||||
| Rick Barry | 80 | 37.4 | 25.7 | - | - | 10.6 | 2.2 | - | - | - | 3.7 | 9.3 | 21.2 | .439 | - | - | - | 7.1 | 8.3 | .862 |
| difference: | +79 | +5.4 | +15.7 | +0.6 | +2.2 | -0.7 | +5.3 | +8.2 | +.131 | +5.1 | +6.3 | +.138 | ||||||||
| 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 Rick Barry nor Cooper Flagg played in the postseason in their season 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Years |
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* Rick Barry played 9 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 10, from 1967 to 1980—Rick Barry played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Rick Barry got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 1 Finals MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 1 Steals Leader 7 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP |