Michael Cooper vs. Marcin Gortat Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcin Gortat 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 and Marcin Gortat both played 12 years in the NBA. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Marcin Gortat had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
Marcin Gortat	12	7	2007-08 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Michael Cooper	Marcin Gortat
Season	1978-79	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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	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	-
Marcin Gortat	6	6.8	3.0	1.3	1.3	2.7	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.3	2.8	.471	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcin Gortat	8	6.0	1.3	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.8	.833	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Michael Cooper	Marcin Gortat
Season	1979-80	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic 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		%
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
Marcin Gortat	63	12.6	3.8	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.4	1.8	1.7	3.0	.567	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.4	0.7	.578

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
Marcin Gortat	24	11.3	3.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.5	1.6	1.4	2.2	.654	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.625


Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Marcin Gortat
Season	1980-81	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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		%
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
Marcin Gortat	81	13.4	3.6	1.3	2.9	4.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.6	1.7	1.5	2.8	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.680

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
Marcin Gortat	14	15.1	3.0	1.7	2.7	4.4	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.2	2.1	1.2	1.9	.654	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.727


Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Marcin Gortat
Season	1981-82	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns
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	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
Marcin Gortat	80	25.4	10.2	1.9	6.0	7.9	0.9	0.5	1.1	1.0	2.4	4.2	7.5	.561	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.4	.725

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
Marcin Gortat	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Marcin Gortat
Season	1982-83	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second 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	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
Marcin Gortat	66	32.0	15.4	2.8	7.2	10.0	0.9	0.7	1.5	1.4	2.2	6.5	11.7	.555	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.8	.649

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
Marcin Gortat	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Marcin Gortat
Season	1983-84	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
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
Marcin Gortat	61	30.8	11.1	2.1	6.4	8.5	1.2	0.7	1.6	1.6	2.1	4.8	9.3	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.3	.652

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
Marcin Gortat	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Marcin Gortat
Season	1984-85	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	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
Marcin Gortat	81	32.8	13.2	2.5	7.0	9.5	1.7	0.5	1.5	1.6	2.5	5.6	10.4	.542	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.9	2.8	.686

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
Marcin Gortat	11	34.7	13.0	3.3	6.6	9.9	1.5	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.0	5.3	10.7	.492	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.7	.659


Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Marcin Gortat
Season	1985-86	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 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	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
Marcin Gortat	82	29.9	12.2	2.2	6.5	8.7	1.2	0.6	1.3	1.2	2.3	5.4	9.5	.566	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.1	.703

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
Marcin Gortat	10	30.7	12.4	2.7	6.1	8.8	2.2	0.6	1.1	1.6	2.9	5.4	8.6	.628	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.4	.667


Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Marcin Gortat
Season	1986-87	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
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	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
Marcin Gortat	75	30.1	13.5	3.0	6.9	9.9	1.4	0.6	1.3	1.6	2.6	5.8	10.2	.567	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.8	.705

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
Marcin Gortat	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Marcin Gortat
Season	1987-88	2016-17
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	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
Marcin Gortat	82	31.2	10.8	2.9	7.5	10.4	1.5	0.5	0.7	1.5	2.6	4.8	8.2	.579	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.648

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
Marcin Gortat	13	31.5	8.1	4.0	7.0	11.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	1.3	3.1	3.6	7.2	.505	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.611


Season 11
	Michael Cooper	Marcin Gortat
Season	1988-89	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Wizards 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	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
Marcin Gortat	82	25.3	8.4	2.2	5.4	7.6	1.8	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.1	3.5	6.8	.518	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.675

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
Marcin Gortat	6	26.7	8.7	2.2	4.2	6.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	2.5	4.0	7.2	.558	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.2	.571


Season 12
	Michael Cooper	Marcin Gortat
Season	1989-90	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 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		%
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
Marcin Gortat	47	16.0	5.0	1.4	4.1	5.6	1.4	0.1	0.5	1.1	2.0	2.1	4.0	.532	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.729

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	-
Marcin Gortat	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Michael Cooper vs. Marcin Gortat Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcin Gortat 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