Michael Cooper vs. Garrett Temple Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Garrett Temple and Michael 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.

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.

Michael Cooper played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Garrett Temple, who played 14. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Garrett Temple had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
Michael Cooper	12	11	1978-79 to 1989-90
Garrett Temple	14	6	2009-10 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Michael Cooper	Garrett Temple
Season	1978-79	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
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	-
Garrett Temple	27	12.4	5.0	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.6	3.7	.436	0.5	1.4	.351	1.3	1.9	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	6	2.5	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.5	.333	0.2	0.5	.333	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 2
	Michael Cooper	Garrett Temple
Season	1979-80	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks, Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
Garrett Temple	24	9.6	2.4	0.0	0.9	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.0	0.8	2.8	.294	0.4	1.5	.270	0.3	0.7	.412

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Garrett Temple didn't play in 2011-12.


Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Garrett Temple
Season	1980-81	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
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
Garrett Temple	51	22.7	5.1	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.3	1.0	0.3	1.2	1.8	2.1	5.1	.407	0.5	1.6	.325	0.5	0.7	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Garrett Temple
Season	1981-82	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Wizards Lost East 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		%
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
Garrett Temple	75	8.5	1.8	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.0	0.7	1.9	.362	0.1	0.4	.207	0.4	0.6	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Garrett Temple	10	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Garrett Temple
Season	1982-83	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Wizards Lost East 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		%
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
Garrett Temple	52	14.1	3.9	0.5	1.3	1.7	1.1	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.5	1.3	3.3	.400	0.6	1.7	.375	0.7	0.9	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Garrett Temple	4	6.5	1.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.0	0.3	1.5	.167	0.0	0.8	.000	1.3	2.0	.625


Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Garrett Temple
Season	1983-84	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
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
Garrett Temple	80	24.4	7.3	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.8	0.9	0.2	0.8	2.4	2.5	6.3	.398	1.1	3.2	.345	1.1	1.6	.728

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Garrett Temple
Season	1984-85	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
Garrett Temple	65	26.6	7.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	2.6	1.3	0.4	1.2	2.2	2.8	6.6	.424	1.3	3.4	.373	0.9	1.1	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Garrett Temple
Season	1985-86	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 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		%
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
Garrett Temple	65	24.8	8.4	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.2	2.1	3.1	7.3	.418	1.4	3.5	.392	0.9	1.2	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Garrett Temple
Season	1986-87	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers 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		%
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
Garrett Temple	75	27.2	7.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.9	2.7	2.8	6.6	.422	1.2	3.5	.341	1.1	1.4	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Garrett Temple	6	10.5	2.3	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.3	0.5	1.8	.273	0.2	1.2	.143	1.2	1.7	.700


Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Garrett Temple
Season	1987-88	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets 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		%
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
Garrett Temple	62	27.9	10.3	0.5	3.0	3.5	2.5	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.7	3.6	9.5	.378	2.0	6.2	.329	1.1	1.4	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Garrett Temple	4	34.3	12.0	0.0	2.8	2.8	2.0	0.8	0.3	1.5	3.0	4.3	12.3	.347	2.3	9.0	.250	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 11
	Michael Cooper	Garrett Temple
Season	1988-89	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
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
Garrett Temple	56	27.3	7.6	0.5	2.3	2.9	2.2	0.8	0.5	1.0	2.3	2.8	6.8	.415	1.2	3.6	.335	0.7	0.9	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Garrett Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Michael Cooper	Garrett Temple
Season	1989-90	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Pelicans 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		%
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
Garrett Temple	59	18.6	5.2	0.5	1.9	2.4	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.9	5.0	.376	1.0	3.1	.319	0.5	0.7	.683

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	-
Garrett Temple	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Michael Cooper	Garrett Temple
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	New Orleans Pelicans
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		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	25	6.5	2.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.7	1.8	.400	0.4	1.0	.423	0.1	0.2	.750

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


Season 14
	Michael Cooper	Garrett Temple
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
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		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garrett Temple	27	10.7	3.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.0	1.1	2.9	.372	0.4	1.5	.300	0.7	0.8	.818

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

Michael Cooper vs. Garrett Temple Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Garrett Temple and Michael 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.

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