Chuck Cooper vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and Chuck Cooper, 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.

Chuck Cooper and Trae Young both played 6 years in the NBA. Chuck Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6
Rookie Season
	Chuck Cooper	Trae Young
Season	1950-51	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Cooper	66	-	9.3	-	-	8.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.3	3.1	9.1	.344	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.753
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Cooper	2	-	5.0	-	-	6.5	1.5	-	-	-	4.0	2.0	6.0	.333	-	-	-	1.0	2.5	.400
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Chuck Cooper	Trae Young
Season	1951-52	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Cooper	66	29.9	8.2	-	-	7.6	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	3.0	8.3	.361	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.741
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Cooper	3	42.7	11.0	-	-	5.3	1.3	-	-	-	5.7	2.7	8.3	.320	-	-	-	5.7	6.3	.895
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Chuck Cooper	Trae Young
Season	1953-54	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Cooper	70	15.7	3.3	-	-	4.3	1.1	-	-	-	2.1	1.1	3.7	.299	-	-	-	1.1	1.7	.672
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Cooper	6	18.0	4.0	-	-	5.2	0.7	-	-	-	3.5	1.3	2.7	.500	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.727
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788

Season 6
	Chuck Cooper	Trae Young
Season	1955-56	2023-24
Team	St. Louis Hawks, Fort Wayne Pistons	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Cooper	67	17.1	4.5	-	-	3.6	1.3	-	-	-	2.1	1.5	4.6	.328	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.752
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Cooper	9	6.6	1.3	-	-	1.9	0.2	-	-	-	0.6	0.6	2.9	.192	-	-	-	0.2	0.3	.667
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-