Michael Cooper vs. Jay Humphries Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jay Humphries 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 / Games against each other

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, 1 more than Jay Humphries, who played 11. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Jay Humphries had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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
Jay Humphries	11	7	1984-85 to 1994-95

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Michael Cooper	Jay Humphries
Season	1978-79	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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	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	-
Jay Humphries	80	25.8	8.8	0.4	1.7	2.1	4.4	1.3	0.1	2.1	2.6	3.5	7.8	.446	0.1	0.3	.200	1.8	2.1	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jay Humphries	3	30.0	16.3	0.3	1.3	1.7	5.3	0.7	0.0	2.7	4.0	6.7	10.3	.645	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750


Season 2
	Michael Cooper	Jay Humphries
Season	1979-80	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
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
Jay Humphries	82	33.3	11.0	0.7	2.5	3.2	6.4	1.6	0.1	2.3	2.7	4.3	9.0	.479	0.0	0.4	.138	2.4	3.1	.767

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
Jay Humphries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Jay Humphries
Season	1980-81	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
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
Jay Humphries	82	31.5	11.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	7.7	1.4	0.1	2.4	2.9	4.4	9.2	.477	0.1	0.3	.185	2.4	3.2	.769

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
Jay Humphries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Jay Humphries
Season	1981-82	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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	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
Jay Humphries	68	26.6	10.0	0.7	1.8	2.6	5.8	1.2	0.1	1.9	2.6	4.2	7.9	.528	0.0	0.3	.167	1.6	2.3	.732

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
Jay Humphries	2	9.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	3.0	0.0	2.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Jay Humphries
Season	1982-83	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bucks 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
Jay Humphries	73	30.4	11.6	1.0	1.6	2.6	5.5	1.9	0.1	2.2	2.6	4.7	9.8	.483	0.3	1.3	.266	1.8	2.2	.816

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
Jay Humphries	9	35.9	14.6	0.9	2.1	3.0	7.8	0.9	0.0	1.3	3.2	5.4	11.0	.495	0.3	2.0	.167	3.3	3.8	.882


Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Jay Humphries
Season	1983-84	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bucks 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	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
Jay Humphries	81	34.8	15.3	1.0	2.3	3.3	5.8	1.9	0.1	1.9	3.1	6.1	12.4	.494	0.3	0.9	.300	2.8	3.5	.786

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
Jay Humphries	3	26.3	9.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	6.3	1.0	0.0	2.7	2.0	2.7	5.0	.533	0.3	1.0	.333	3.3	4.3	.769


Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Jay Humphries
Season	1984-85	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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	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
Jay Humphries	80	34.1	15.2	0.7	2.0	2.8	6.7	1.6	0.1	1.9	3.0	6.0	12.0	.502	0.8	2.0	.373	2.4	3.0	.799

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
Jay Humphries	3	41.0	15.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	8.3	0.7	0.0	2.0	5.7	5.7	10.7	.531	0.7	1.7	.400	3.0	3.3	.900


Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Jay Humphries
Season	1985-86	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
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
Jay Humphries	71	31.8	14.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	6.6	1.7	0.2	2.1	3.0	5.3	11.3	.469	0.6	2.0	.292	2.7	3.5	.783

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
Jay Humphries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Jay Humphries
Season	1986-87	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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
Jay Humphries	78	26.1	8.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.1	1.3	0.1	1.7	3.0	3.7	8.4	.436	0.2	1.0	.200	1.3	1.7	.777

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
Jay Humphries	5	23.0	5.2	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.4	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.6	2.2	6.6	.333	0.4	1.6	.250	0.4	0.8	.500


Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Jay Humphries
Season	1987-88	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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		%
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
Jay Humphries	75	21.6	7.5	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.2	3.1	7.1	.436	0.5	1.3	.396	0.8	1.0	.750

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
Jay Humphries	16	22.3	7.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.8	2.9	6.8	.426	0.4	1.4	.318	1.2	1.8	.679


Season 11
	Michael Cooper	Jay Humphries
Season	1988-89	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics
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
Jay Humphries	18	11.2	1.1	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.9	1.9	0.4	1.9	.235	0.1	0.2	.500	0.1	0.2	.500

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
Jay Humphries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Michael Cooper	Jay Humphries
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
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
Jay Humphries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	-
Jay Humphries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Michael Cooper vs. Jay Humphries Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jay Humphries 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