Leandro Barbosa vs. Michael Cooper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Cooper and Leandro Barbosa, 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.

Leandro Barbosa played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Michael Cooper, who played 12. Leandro Barbosa had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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
Leandro Barbosa	14	8	2003-04 to 2016-17
Michael Cooper	12	11	1978-79 to 1989-90

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Leandro Barbosa	Michael Cooper
Season	2003-04	1978-79
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Leandro Barbosa	70	21.4	7.9	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.4	1.3	0.1	1.7	2.6	3.0	6.7	.447	1.2	3.0	.395	0.7	0.9	.770
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Leandro Barbosa	Michael Cooper
Season	2004-05	1979-80
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Leandro Barbosa	63	17.3	7.0	0.5	1.6	2.1	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.4	2.0	2.7	5.6	.475	0.8	2.2	.367	0.9	1.1	.797
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	12	9.7	2.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.9	.343	0.3	0.8	.400	0.2	0.3	.500
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
	Leandro Barbosa	Michael Cooper
Season	2005-06	1980-81
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Leandro Barbosa	57	27.9	13.1	0.5	2.1	2.6	2.8	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.5	4.8	9.9	.481	1.5	3.4	.444	1.9	2.6	.755
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	20	31.6	14.2	0.3	1.4	1.6	2.7	0.8	0.2	1.5	3.3	5.2	11.0	.470	1.4	3.5	.391	2.5	2.9	.862
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
	Leandro Barbosa	Michael Cooper
Season	2006-07	1981-82
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Leandro Barbosa	80	32.7	18.1	0.3	2.4	2.7	4.0	1.2	0.2	1.8	2.6	6.6	13.9	.476	2.4	5.5	.434	2.5	2.9	.845
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	11	31.7	15.8	0.6	2.8	3.5	2.2	1.1	0.2	2.0	2.7	5.8	14.4	.405	1.6	5.4	.305	2.5	3.5	.718
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
	Leandro Barbosa	Michael Cooper
Season	2007-08	1982-83
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	82	29.5	15.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	2.6	0.9	0.2	1.4	2.4	5.8	12.5	.462	2.0	5.1	.389	2.1	2.6	.822
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	5	28.6	10.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.8	2.0	3.8	11.0	.345	0.8	3.6	.222	2.0	2.2	.909
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
	Leandro Barbosa	Michael Cooper
Season	2008-09	1983-84
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	70	24.4	14.2	0.5	2.1	2.6	2.3	1.2	0.1	1.3	1.6	5.2	10.8	.482	1.3	3.4	.375	2.4	2.8	.881
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Leandro Barbosa	Michael Cooper
Season	2009-10	1984-85
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Leandro Barbosa	44	17.9	9.5	0.3	1.3	1.6	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.6	3.5	8.3	.425	1.0	3.1	.324	1.5	1.7	.877
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	16	15.6	7.2	0.1	1.2	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.9	2.1	2.7	6.4	.417	0.8	2.2	.343	1.1	1.5	.708
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
	Leandro Barbosa	Michael Cooper
Season	2010-11	1985-86
Team	Toronto Raptors	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		%
Leandro Barbosa	58	24.1	13.3	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.1	0.9	0.1	1.4	1.9	5.1	11.3	.450	1.2	3.7	.338	1.9	2.4	.796
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Leandro Barbosa	Michael Cooper
Season	2011-12	1986-87
Team	Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Leandro Barbosa	64	21.6	11.1	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.5	0.9	0.1	1.5	2.1	4.2	10.0	.425	1.0	2.7	.382	1.6	1.9	.815
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	11	20.3	5.7	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.3	0.5	0.1	1.2	2.1	2.5	6.6	.370	0.3	1.8	.150	0.5	1.1	.500
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
	Leandro Barbosa	Michael Cooper
Season	2012-13	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		%
Leandro Barbosa	41	12.5	5.2	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.2	2.0	4.7	.430	0.4	1.1	.383	0.8	1.0	.756
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Leandro Barbosa	Michael Cooper
Season	2013-14	1988-89
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	20	18.4	7.5	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.5	2.8	6.6	.427	0.4	1.3	.280	1.6	2.0	.795
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Leandro Barbosa	Michael Cooper
Season	2014-15	1989-90
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Leandro Barbosa	66	14.9	7.1	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.3	2.8	5.8	.474	0.7	1.7	.384	0.9	1.1	.784
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	21	10.9	5.0	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.9	4.2	.443	0.4	1.1	.348	0.9	1.0	.818
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
	Leandro Barbosa	Michael Cooper
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors 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		%
Leandro Barbosa	68	15.9	6.4	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.2	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.6	2.5	5.4	.462	0.6	1.6	.355	0.8	0.9	.839
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leandro Barbosa	23	11.0	5.6	0.5	0.7	1.2	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.2	3.8	.580	0.5	1.2	.393	0.7	0.9	.762
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Leandro Barbosa	Michael Cooper
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
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		%
Leandro Barbosa	67	14.4	6.3	0.2	1.3	1.6	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.2	2.6	5.9	.439	0.5	1.5	.357	0.6	0.7	.889
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Leandro Barbosa vs. Michael Cooper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Cooper and Leandro Barbosa, 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