Walt Bellamy vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cooper Flagg and Walt Bellamy, 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.

Walt Bellamy played 14 years in the NBA, 13 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, 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
	Walt Bellamy	Cooper Flagg
Season	1961-62	2025-26
Team	Chicago Packers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Walt Bellamy	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
difference:	+78	+10.3	+21.6			+9.0	+2.7				-0.6	+8.3	+10.7	+.211				+4.9	+8.8	+.356
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 Walt Bellamy nor Cooper Flagg played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Walt Bellamy played 13 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 14, from 1963 to 1975—Walt Bellamy played in 7 Playoffs. In those 13 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Walt Bellamy got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game