Vlade Divac vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cooper Flagg and Vlade Divac, 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.
Vlade Divac played 16 years in the NBA, 15 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Vlade Divac had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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 |
| Vlade Divac | 16 | 14 | 1989-90 to 2004-05 |
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 0 | 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Vlade Divac | Cooper Flagg | |
| Season | 1989-90 | 2025-26 |
| Team | Los Angeles Lakers | Dallas Mavericks |
| Honors & Awards |  All-Rookie First Team | - |
| Playoffs | Lakers Lost West Conf 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 | % | ||||
| Vlade Divac | 82 | 19.6 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 6.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 6.7 | .499 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 1.9 | 2.6 | .708 |
| difference: | +81 | +12.4 | +1.5 | +1.0 | +4.8 | +3.8 | +0.9 | +1.4 | -1.7 | -0.1 | +0.7 | +6.3 | +.191 | +0.9 | +0.1 | +0.6 | +.292 | |||
| 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 | % | ||||
| Vlade Divac | 9 | 19.4 | 9.1 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.9 | .727 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .500 | 1.9 | 2.1 | .895 |
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Additional Years |
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* Vlade Divac played 15 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 16, from 1991 to 2005—Vlade Divac played in 13 Playoffs. In those 15 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Vlade Divac got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards | 1 All-Star Game |