Vince Carter vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cooper Flagg and Vince Carter, 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.

Vince Carter played 22 years in the NBA, 21 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Vince Carter had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, 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.

Rookie Season
	Vince Carter	Cooper Flagg
Season	1998-99	2025-26
Team	Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Vince Carter	50	35.2	18.3	1.9	3.8	5.7	3.0	1.1	1.5	2.2	2.8	6.9	15.3	.450	0.4	1.3	.288	4.1	5.4	.761
difference:	+49	+3.2	+8.3	+0.9	+5.2	+4.3	+3.0	+0.1	+1.5	-0.8	-0.2	+2.9	+2.3	+.142	+0.4	+0.3	+.288	+2.1	+3.4	+.239
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Vince Carter nor Cooper Flagg played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Vince Carter played 21 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 22, from 2000 to 2020—Vince Carter played in 11 Playoffs. In those 21 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Vince Carter got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 8 All-Star Game