Kenny Anderson vs. Michael Cooper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Cooper and Kenny Anderson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Kenny Anderson played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Michael Cooper, who played 12. Kenny Anderson had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, while Michael Cooper had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Kenny Anderson	14	6	1991-92 to 2004-05
Michael Cooper	12	11	1978-79 to 1989-90

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kenny Anderson	Michael Cooper
Season	1991-92	1978-79
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kenny Anderson	64	17.0	7.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	3.2	1.0	0.1	1.5	1.1	2.9	7.5	.390	0.0	0.2	.231	1.1	1.5	.745
Michael Cooper	3	2.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	3	8.0	2.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kenny Anderson	Michael Cooper
Season	1992-93	1979-80
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	55	36.5	16.9	0.9	3.2	4.1	8.2	1.7	0.2	2.8	2.5	6.7	15.5	.435	0.1	0.5	.280	3.3	4.2	.776
Michael Cooper	82	24.1	8.8	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.6	3.7	7.0	.524	0.1	0.2	.250	1.4	1.7	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	16	29.0	9.1	1.8	1.9	3.7	3.6	1.5	0.7	1.8	3.4	3.6	8.8	.407	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.3	.861


Season 3
	Kenny Anderson	Michael Cooper
Season	1993-94	1980-81
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Kenny Anderson	82	38.2	18.8	1.1	2.8	3.9	9.6	1.9	0.2	3.2	2.5	7.0	16.8	.417	0.5	1.6	.303	4.2	5.2	.818
Michael Cooper	81	32.4	9.4	1.5	2.7	4.1	4.1	1.6	1.0	2.0	3.1	4.0	8.1	.491	0.0	0.2	.211	1.4	1.8	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	4	45.3	15.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.8	2.3	0.0	2.3	2.8	4.8	13.5	.352	0.8	2.5	.300	5.5	8.3	.667
Michael Cooper	3	34.0	10.7	0.7	2.7	3.3	2.3	2.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	3.7	6.7	.550	0.0	1.0	.000	3.3	4.7	.714


Season 4
	Kenny Anderson	Michael Cooper
Season	1994-95	1981-82
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	72	37.3	17.6	1.0	2.5	3.5	9.4	1.4	0.2	3.1	2.6	5.7	14.3	.399	1.3	4.1	.330	4.8	5.8	.841
Michael Cooper	76	28.9	11.9	1.1	2.4	3.5	3.0	1.6	0.8	2.0	2.8	5.0	9.8	.517	0.0	0.2	.118	1.8	2.3	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	14	27.4	11.9	1.4	3.0	4.4	4.4	1.7	0.8	2.1	3.4	5.0	8.9	.565	0.1	0.1	.500	1.8	2.4	.735


Season 5
	Kenny Anderson	Michael Cooper
Season	1995-96	1982-83
Team	New Jersey Nets, Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	69	34.0	15.2	0.9	2.0	2.9	8.3	1.6	0.2	2.1	2.6	5.1	12.1	.418	1.3	3.7	.359	3.8	4.9	.769
Michael Cooper	82	26.2	7.8	1.0	2.3	3.3	3.8	1.4	0.6	1.6	2.5	3.2	6.1	.535	0.1	0.3	.238	1.2	1.6	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	15	30.2	9.4	0.8	3.1	3.9	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.3	3.6	3.5	7.6	.465	0.1	0.5	.143	2.3	2.7	.829


Season 6
	Kenny Anderson	Michael Cooper
Season	1996-97	1983-84
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	82	37.6	17.5	1.1	3.3	4.4	7.1	2.0	0.2	2.4	2.7	5.9	13.9	.427	1.6	4.5	.361	4.1	5.3	.768
Michael Cooper	82	29.1	9.0	0.6	2.5	3.2	5.9	1.4	0.8	1.8	3.3	3.3	6.7	.497	0.5	1.5	.314	1.9	2.3	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	4	42.3	17.0	0.5	3.8	4.3	4.8	1.8	0.3	2.8	2.5	5.5	11.5	.478	1.3	4.8	.263	4.8	5.0	.950
Michael Cooper	21	34.4	11.3	1.0	3.0	3.9	5.7	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.8	4.2	9.1	.461	0.6	1.7	.333	2.4	3.0	.806


Season 7
	Kenny Anderson	Michael Cooper
Season	1997-98	1984-85
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	61	30.5	12.2	0.6	2.2	2.8	5.7	1.4	0.0	2.3	2.2	4.4	11.0	.398	0.9	2.6	.356	2.5	3.2	.789
Michael Cooper	82	26.7	8.6	0.7	2.4	3.1	5.2	1.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	3.4	7.2	.465	0.4	1.5	.285	1.4	1.6	.865

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	19	26.4	10.4	0.6	3.4	4.0	4.9	1.1	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.7	6.6	.563	0.4	1.4	.308	2.5	2.7	.923


Season 8
	Kenny Anderson	Michael Cooper
Season	1998-99	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	34	29.7	12.1	0.7	2.3	3.0	5.7	1.0	0.1	2.1	2.3	4.7	10.5	.451	0.2	0.7	.250	2.5	3.0	.832
Michael Cooper	82	27.7	9.2	0.5	2.4	3.0	5.7	1.1	0.5	1.8	2.9	3.3	7.4	.452	0.8	2.0	.387	1.8	2.1	.865

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	14	30.1	9.7	1.1	2.1	3.3	4.9	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.7	3.9	8.2	.470	1.4	2.9	.463	0.6	0.8	.818


Season 9
	Kenny Anderson	Michael Cooper
Season	1999-00	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	82	31.6	14.0	0.7	2.1	2.7	5.1	1.7	0.1	1.6	2.8	5.3	12.0	.440	1.0	2.7	.386	2.4	3.1	.775
Michael Cooper	82	27.5	10.5	0.7	2.4	3.1	4.5	1.0	0.5	1.2	2.4	3.9	9.0	.438	1.1	2.8	.385	1.5	1.8	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	18	29.0	13.0	0.4	2.8	3.3	5.0	1.4	0.8	2.1	2.6	4.3	8.8	.484	1.9	3.9	.486	2.6	3.0	.852


Season 10
	Kenny Anderson	Michael Cooper
Season	2000-01	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	33	25.7	7.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	4.1	1.3	0.1	1.6	1.9	2.7	6.9	.388	0.3	1.0	.333	1.8	2.2	.831
Michael Cooper	61	29.4	8.7	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.7	1.1	0.4	1.7	2.2	3.1	7.9	.392	0.9	2.9	.320	1.6	1.9	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	24	24.5	6.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.4	2.3	5.5	.412	1.0	2.6	.403	0.8	1.1	.741


Season 11
	Kenny Anderson	Michael Cooper
Season	2001-02	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	76	32.0	9.6	0.8	2.9	3.6	5.3	1.9	0.1	1.6	2.8	4.1	9.4	.436	0.1	0.4	.273	1.3	1.7	.742
Michael Cooper	80	24.3	7.3	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.9	0.9	0.4	1.2	2.3	2.7	6.2	.431	1.0	2.6	.381	1.0	1.2	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	16	34.9	12.0	0.8	2.3	3.1	4.8	1.3	0.0	1.8	3.6	5.1	12.3	.416	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.2	.800
Michael Cooper	15	27.6	7.7	0.6	2.1	2.7	4.7	0.6	0.5	1.1	2.5	2.5	5.9	.416	1.4	3.7	.382	1.3	1.6	.833


Season 12
	Kenny Anderson	Michael Cooper
Season	2002-03	1989-90
Team	Seattle Supersonics, New Orleans Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	61	18.6	6.1	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.2	1.0	0.1	1.2	1.7	2.7	6.3	.427	0.0	0.1	.143	0.7	0.9	.789
Michael Cooper	80	23.1	6.4	0.7	2.1	2.8	2.7	0.8	0.5	1.1	2.6	2.4	6.2	.387	0.6	2.0	.318	1.0	1.2	.883

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	5	10.4	2.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.2	0.8	2.4	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.000
Michael Cooper	9	19.2	2.6	1.2	1.4	2.7	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.3	1.1	3.9	.286	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Kenny Anderson	Michael Cooper
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	44	20.6	6.0	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.8	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.7	2.6	5.8	.441	0.0	0.1	.250	0.8	1.1	.729
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	4	4.8	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Kenny Anderson	Michael Cooper
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Kenny Anderson	43	17.3	4.7	0.6	1.5	2.0	2.4	0.8	0.0	1.1	2.0	2.0	4.7	.423	0.1	0.3	.462	0.6	0.9	.730
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kenny Anderson vs. Michael Cooper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Cooper and Kenny Anderson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14