Michael Cooper Career Stats and Season Totals

Per gameTotalsPer 36 minFantasy

Career regular season

PTS: 8.9
REB: 3.2
AST: 4.2
STL: 1.2
BLK: 0.6
TS%: 54.2
MIN: 27.1
GP: 873

Per game by season

1978-79	LAL	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	50.0	2.3	3
1979-80	LAL	8.8	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.5	56.3	24.1	82
1980-81	LAL	9.4	4.1	4.1	1.6	1.0	53.0	32.4	81
1981-82	LAL	11.9	3.5	3.0	1.6	0.8	55.6	28.9	76
1982-83	LAL	7.8	3.3	3.8	1.4	0.6	57.7	26.2	82
1983-84	LAL	9.0	3.2	5.9	1.4	0.8	58.6	29.1	82
1984-85	LAL	8.6	3.1	5.2	1.1	0.6	53.9	26.7	82
1985-86	LAL	9.2	3.0	5.7	1.1	0.5	55.7	27.7	82
1986-87	LAL	10.5	3.1	4.5	1.0	0.5	53.6	27.5	82
1987-88	LAL	8.7	3.7	4.7	1.1	0.4	50.0	29.4	61
1988-89	LAL	7.3	2.4	3.9	0.9	0.4	54.9	24.3	80
1989-90	LAL	6.4	2.8	2.7	0.8	0.5	48.2	23.1	80

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TS% · MIN · GP

Career Postseason

PTS: 9.4
REB: 3.4
AST: 4.2
STL: 1.2
BLK: 0.6
TS%: 56.5
MIN: 28.2
GP: 168

Career regular season

PTS: 7,729
REB: 2,769
AST: 3,666
STL: 1,033
BLK: 523
TO: 1,429
FGM: 3,014
3PTM: 428

Totals by season

1978-79	LAL	6	0	0	1	0	1	3	—
1979-80	LAL	722	229	221	86	38	142	303	5
1980-81	LAL	763	336	332	133	78	164	321	4
1981-82	LAL	907	269	230	120	61	151	383	2
1982-83	LAL	639	274	315	115	50	128	266	5
1983-84	LAL	739	262	482	113	67	148	273	38
1984-85	LAL	702	255	429	93	49	156	276	35
1985-86	LAL	758	244	466	89	43	151	274	63
1986-87	LAL	859	254	373	78	43	102	322	89
1987-88	LAL	532	228	289	66	26	101	189	57
1988-89	LAL	587	191	314	72	32	94	213	80
1989-90	LAL	515	227	215	67	36	91	191	50

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · FGM · 3PTM

Career regular season

PTS: 11.8
REB: 4.2
AST: 5.6
STL: 1.6
BLK: 0.8
TS%: 54.2
MIN: 27.1
GP: 873

Per 36 minutes: each per-game figure scaled by 36 ÷ minutes played. Derived here, and shooting percentages are left untouched because they do not scale.

Per 36 min by season

1978-79	LAL	31.3	0.0	0.0	4.7	0.0	50.0	2.3	3
1979-80	LAL	13.1	4.2	4.0	1.5	0.7	56.3	24.1	82
1980-81	LAL	10.4	4.6	4.6	1.8	1.1	53.0	32.4	81
1981-82	LAL	14.8	4.4	3.7	2.0	1.0	55.6	28.9	76
1982-83	LAL	10.7	4.5	5.2	1.9	0.8	57.7	26.2	82
1983-84	LAL	11.1	4.0	7.3	1.7	1.0	58.6	29.1	82
1984-85	LAL	11.6	4.2	7.0	1.5	0.8	53.9	26.7	82
1985-86	LAL	12.0	3.9	7.4	1.4	0.6	55.7	27.7	82
1986-87	LAL	13.7	4.1	5.9	1.3	0.7	53.6	27.5	82
1987-88	LAL	10.7	4.5	5.8	1.3	0.5	50.0	29.4	61
1988-89	LAL	10.8	3.6	5.8	1.3	0.6	54.9	24.3	80
1989-90	LAL	10.0	4.4	4.2	1.2	0.8	48.2	23.1	80

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TS% · MIN · GP

Career regular season

GP: 873
ESPN: 20,967.0
YAHOO: 19,789.8
ESPN/G: 24.0
YAHOO/G: 22.7

Fantasy points in ESPN’s and Yahoo’s default points leagues, worked out here from the season totals.

Fantasy by season

1978-79	LAL	3	8.0	8.0	2.7	2.7
1979-80	LAL	82	1,606.0	1,558.3	19.6	19.0
1980-81	LAL	81	2,239.0	2,133.2	27.6	26.3
1981-82	LAL	76	2,053.0	1,966.8	27.0	25.9
1982-83	LAL	82	1,959.0	1,807.3	23.9	22.0
1983-84	LAL	82	2,394.0	2,168.4	29.2	26.4
1984-85	LAL	82	2,047.0	1,921.5	25.0	23.4
1985-86	LAL	82	2,142.0	1,994.8	26.1	24.3
1986-87	LAL	82	2,114.0	1,984.3	25.8	24.2
1987-88	LAL	61	1,441.0	1,414.1	23.6	23.2
1988-89	LAL	80	1,634.0	1,505.2	20.4	18.8
1989-90	LAL	80	1,330.0	1,327.9	16.6	16.6

What the columns mean: GP · ESPN/G

Age: 70 yearsApr 15, 1956
Experience: 14 yearsDebut 1978
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
Defensive Player of the Year: 1986-87
All-Defensive First Team: 5x
All-Defensive Second Team: 2x

Latest performance

Michael Cooper

May 15 · vs PHX · L 106-103

MIN: 31
PTS: 5
REB: 3
AST: 6
STL: 3
BLK: 0
FG%: 33.3
3PTM: 1

Games

All games

Most recent games
Date	Opponent	PTS	REB	AST	MIN
Tue, May 15	vsPHXL 106-103	5	3	6	31
Sun, May 13	atPHXL 114-101	10	2	0	21
Sat, May 12	atPHXL 117-103	6	3	5	26
Thu, May 10	vsPHXW 124-100	0	4	2	16
Tue, May 08	vsPHXL 104-102	0	3	2	20
Thu, May 03	atHOUW 109-88	0	2	4	19

What were Michael Cooper's career stats?

Michael Cooper played 12 seasons for the Lakers. His best season was 1981-82: 907 points, 269 rebounds and 230 assists.

League leaderboards and awards

12 seasons, 11 postseasons, 1978-79 to 1989-90

Championships ×5

1979-80 NBA Finals with the Los Angeles Lakers
1981-82 NBA Finals with the Los Angeles Lakers
1984-85 NBA Finals with the Los Angeles Lakers
1986-87 NBA Finals with the Los Angeles Lakers
1987-88 NBA Finals with the Los Angeles Lakers

Awards

NBA All-Defensive First Team ×5: 1981-82, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1987-88
NBA All-Defensive Second Team ×2: 1982-83, 1985-86
NBA Defensive Player of the Year: 1986-87

All-time career rank

153rd in assists (3,666)
153rd in steals (1,033)

Among the 2,810 NBA players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Playoff series

Michael Cooper played 167 games across 11 NBA postseasons in 35 series — 29 won, 6 lost.

Michael Cooper's line in each playoff series

1989-90	HOU	Won 3-1	4	0.5	2.3	2.5
1989-90	PHX	Lost 1-4	5	4.2	3.0	3.0
1988-89	POR	Won 3-0	3	4.7	3.7	4.7
1988-89	OKC	Won 4-0	4	4.8	2.3	3.3
1988-89	PHX	Won 4-0	4	8.5	3.5	4.3
1988-89	DET	Lost 0-4	4	12.0	1.5	6.8
1987-88	SA	Won 3-0	3	5.7	4.0	4.3
1987-88	UTAH	Won 4-3	7	7.0	2.3	2.9
1987-88	DAL	Won 4-3	7	8.7	2.7	2.6
1987-88	DET	Won 4-3	7	3.7	1.6	2.1
1986-87	DEN	Won 3-0	3	12.0	3.7	3.7
1986-87	GS	Won 4-1	5	16.4	4.6	6.8
1986-87	OKC	Won 3-0	3	11.3	2.7	5.3
1986-87	BOS	Won 4-2	6	12.0	2.3	4.7
1985-86	SA	Won 3-0	3	9.3	3.7	5.3
1985-86	DAL	Won 4-2	6	9.7	2.5	4.7
1985-86	HOU	Lost 1-4	5	10.0	4.0	4.8
1984-85	PHX	Won 3-0	3	11.7	4.3	8.3
1984-85	POR	Won 4-1	5	9.0	5.0	3.8
1984-85	DEN	Won 4-1	5	11.4	5.2	5.4
1984-85	BOS	Won 4-2	6	10.2	2.0	3.7
1983-84	SAC	Won 3-0	3	6.7	3.0	4.7
1983-84	DAL	Won 4-1	5	12.6	4.6	5.4
1983-84	PHX	Won 4-2	6	10.2	4.2	6.8
1983-84	BOS	Lost 3-4	7	13.4	3.6	5.3
1982-83	POR	Won 4-1	5	7.4	3.6	3.2
1982-83	SA	Won 4-2	6	10.7	4.5	3.5
1982-83	PHI	Lost 0-4	4	10.0	3.5	1.8
1981-82	PHX	Won 4-0	4	10.5	4.0	3.3
1981-82	SA	Won 4-0	4	11.0	4.3	6.8
1981-82	PHI	Won 4-2	6	13.3	4.7	3.7
1980-81	HOU	Lost 1-2	3	10.7	3.3	2.3
1979-80	PHX	Won 4-1	5	9.6	2.6	3.4
1979-80	OKC	Won 4-1	5	8.8	4.2	4.2
1979-80	PHI	Won 4-2	6	8.8	4.2	3.3