Lakers Player Statistics & Information

MICHAEL COOPER
Position: Guard/Forward
Born: April 15, 1956
Height: 6’7″
Weight: 170 lbs.
School: New Mexico, 1978
Uniform #: 21
5x NBA Champion

Michael Cooper

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Game Highs By Season

REGULAR SEASON AVERAGES   /   Stat Abbreviations
Season G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% ORB DRB TRB APG SPG BPG TOV PF PPG
1978-79 3 2.3 .500   .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 .33 .00 .33 .33 2.0
1979-80 81 24.4 .524 .250 .776 1.2 1.6 2.8 2.7 1.06 .47 1.75 2.65 8.9
1980-81 81 32.4 .491 .211 .785 1.5 2.7 4.1 4.1 1.64 .96 2.02 3.07 9.4
1981-82 76 14 28.9 .517 .118 .813 1.1 2.4 3.5 3.0 1.58 .80 1.99 2.84 11.9
1982-83 82 3 26.2 .535 .238 .785 1.0 2.3 3.3 3.8 1.40 .61 1.56 2.54 7.8
1983-84 82 9 29.1 .497 .314 .838 .6 2.5 3.2 5.9 1.38 .82 1.80 3.26 9.0
1984-85 82 20 26.7 .465 .285 .865 .7 2.4 3.1 5.2 1.13 .60 1.90 2.54 8.6
1985-86 82 15 27.7 .452 .387 .865 .5 2.4 3.0 5.7 1.09 .52 1.84 2.90 9.2
1986-87 82 2 27.5 .438 .385 .851 .7 2.4 3.1 4.5 .95 .52 1.24 2.43 10.5
1987-88 61 8 29.4 .392 .320 .858 .8 2.9 3.7 4.7 1.08 .43 1.66 2.23 8.7
1988-89 80 13 24.3 .431 .381 .871 .4 2.0 2.4 3.9 .90 .40 1.18 2.33 7.3
1989-90 80 10 23.1 .387 .318 .883 .7 2.1 2.8 2.7 .84 .45 1.14 2.58 6.4
Averages 872 94 27.1 .469 .340 .833 .8 2.3 3.2 4.2 1.18 .60 1.64 2.67 8.9

REGULAR SEASON TOTALS   /   Stat Abbreviations
Season G MIN FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1978-79 3 7 3 6     0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
1979-80 81 1,973 303 578 5 20 111 143 101 128 229 221 86 38 142 215 722
1980-81 81 2,625 321 654 4 19 117 149 121 215 336 332 133 78 164 249 763
1981-82 76 2,197 383 741 2 17 139 171 84 185 269 230 120 61 151 216 907
1982-83 82 2,148 266 497 5 21 102 130 82 192 274 315 115 50 128 208 639
1983-84 82 2,387 273 549 38 121 155 185 53 209 262 482 113 67 148 267 739
1984-85 82 2,189 276 593 35 123 115 133 56 199 255 429 93 49 156 208 702
1985-86 82 2,269 274 606 63 163 147 170 44 200 244 466 89 43 151 238 758
1986-87 82 2,253 322 736 89 231 126 148 58 196 254 373 78 43 102 199 859
1987-88 61 1,793 189 482 57 178 97 113 50 178 228 289 66 26 101 136 532
1988-89 80 1,943 213 494 80 210 81 93 33 158 191 314 72 32 94 186 587
1989-90 80 1,851 191 493 50 157 83 94 59 168 227 215 67 36 91 206 515
Totals 872 23,635 3,014 6,429 428 1,260 1,273 1,529 741 2,028 2,769 3,666 1,033 523 1,429 2,329 7,729

REGULAR SEASON ADVANCED   /   Stat Abbreviations
Season G MIN USG% eFG% TS% 3PR FTR ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% PER
1978-79 3 7 40.0   .500   .000 .0 .0 .0 .0 6.5 .0 14.3  
1979-80 81 1,973 15.9 .529 .563 .035 .247 6.1 6.5 6.3 13.5 2.0 1.0 18.1 14.4
1980-81 81 2,625 13.5 .494 .530 .029 .228 5.3 8.4 6.9 15.2 2.4 1.6 18.6 13.8
1981-82 76 2,197 17.5 .518 .556 .023 .231 4.3 8.8 6.7 12.9 2.5 1.5 15.6 16.3
1982-83 82 2,148 12.5 .540 .577 .042 .262 4.4 9.5 7.1 16.7 2.5 1.2 18.8 15.3
1983-84 82 2,387 13.1 .532 .586 .220 .337 2.7 9.2 6.2 23.5 2.2 1.5 19.0 16.5
1984-85 82 2,189 14.9 .495 .539 .207 .224 3.2 9.5 6.6 22.4 2.0 1.2 19.3 15.1
1985-86 82 2,269 14.8 .504 .557 .269 .281 2.3 9.6 6.1 24.3 1.8 1.0 18.2 15.6
1986-87 82 2,253 16.3 .498 .536 .314 .201 3.1 9.0 6.3 20.6 1.6 1.1 11.3 16.2
1987-88 61 1,793 14.7 .451 .500 .369 .234 3.3 10.7 7.2 20.2 1.8 .8 16.0 13.0
1988-89 80 1,943 13.4 .512 .549 .425 .188 2.0 8.5 5.5 20.3 1.8 .9 14.9 13.6
1989-90 80 1,851 14.4 .438 .482 .318 .191 3.8 10.0 7.0 15.3 1.8 1.1 14.6 10.6

PLAYOFFS AVERAGES
Season G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% ORB DRB TRB APG SPG BPG TOV PF PPG
1979-80 16 29.0 .407 .000 .861 1.8 1.9 3.7 3.6 1.50 .69 1.81 3.38 9.1
1980-81 3 34.0 .550 .000 .714 .7 2.7 3.3 2.3 2.00 .00 2.33 2.33 10.7
1981-82 14 27.4 .565 .500 .735 1.4 3.0 4.4 4.4 1.71 .79 2.07 3.36 11.9
1982-83 15 30.2 .465 .143 .829 .8 3.1 3.9 .3 1.73 .40 1.53 3.60 9.4
1983-84 21 34.4 .461 .333 .806 1.0 3.0 3.9 5.7 1.14 .95 1.38 3.81 11.3
1984-85 19 0 26.4 .563 .308 .923 .6 3.4 4.0 4.9 1.11 .47 1.89 2.42 10.4
1985-86 14 0 30.1 .470 .463 .818 1.1 2.1 3.3 4.9 1.29 .29 1.50 1.71 9.7
1986-87 18 0 29.0 .484 .486 .852 .4 2.8 3.3 5.0 1.39 .78 2.06 2.56 13.0
1987-88 24 0 24.5 .412 .403 .741 .6 1.8 2.4 2.8 .79 .38 .88 2.38 6.4
1988-89 15 4 27.6 .416 .382 .833 .6 2.1 2.7 4.7 .60 .53 1.13 2.53 7.7
1989-90 9 0 19.2 .286 .250 .000 1.2 1.4 2.7 2.8 .78 .44 .78 2.33 2.6
Averages 168 4 28.2 .468 .392 .825 .9 2.5 3.4 3.9 1.21 .57 1.52 2.82 9.4

PLAYOFFS TOTALS
Season G MIN FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1979-80 16 464 57 140 0 2 31 36 28 31 59 58 24 11 29 54 145
1980-81 3 102 11 20 0 3 10 14 2 8 10 7 6 0 7 7 32
1981-82 14 383 70 124 1 2 25 34 19 42 61 62 24 11 29 47 166
1982-83 15 453 53 114 1 7 34 41 12 47 59 4 26 6 23 54 141
1983-84 21 723 88 191 12 36 50 62 20 62 82 119 24 20 29 80 238
1984-85 19 501 71 126 8 26 48 52 12 64 76 93 21 9 36 46 198
1985-86 14 421 54 115 19 41 9 11 16 30 46 68 18 4 21 24 136
1986-87 18 522 77 159 34 70 46 54 8 51 59 90 25 14 37 46 234
1987-88 24 588 54 131 25 62 20 27 15 43 58 66 19 9 21 57 153
1988-89 15 414 37 89 21 55 20 24 9 31 40 71 9 8 17 38 115
1989-90 9 173 10 35 3 12 0 0 11 13 24 25 7 4 7 21 23
Totals 168 4,744 582 1,244 124 316 293 355 152 422 574 663 203 96 256 474 1,581

PLAYOFFS ADVANCED
Season G MIN USG% eFG% TS% 3PR FTR ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% PER
1979-80 16 464 15.7 .407 .465 .014 .257 6.6 7.1 6.8 15.6 2.4 1.3 15.7 12.5
1980-81 3 102 13.7 .550 .612 .150 .700 2.1 6.8 4.7 9.6 2.9 .0 21.1 12.2
1981-82 14 383 17.2 .569 .597 .016 .274 5.6 11.0 8.4 20.2 2.9 1.5 17.3 20.4
1982-83 15 453 14.0 .469 .534 .061 .360 3.0 11.2 7.2 1.1 2.7 .7 14.8 9.8
1983-84 21 723 14.2 .492 .545 .188 .325 3.3 9.0 6.4 19.3 1.6 1.5 11.7 15.5
1984-85 19 501 14.3 .595 .665 .206 .413 2.9 12.8 8.3 20.5 1.9 .9 19.5 19.8
1985-86 14 421 13.9 .552 .567 .357 .096 4.8 8.1 6.5 18.8 2.1 .5 14.9 15.7
1986-87 18 522 17.4 .591 .640 .440 .340 1.9 9.9 6.3 22.0 2.3 1.5 16.8 20.0
1987-88 24 588 12.4 .508 .535 .473 .206 3.1 8.3 5.8 14.8 1.7 .9 12.8 11.0
1988-89 15 414 12.2 .534 .578 .618 .270 2.7 8.0 5.6 23.1 1.1 1.1 14.6 13.5
1989-90 9 173 10.7 .329 .329 .343 .000 7.9 8.6 8.2 18.5 2.1 1.5 16.7 7.6

GAME APPEARANCES
Michael played in 872 out of a possible 984 regular season games. (88.6%)
Michael played in 168 out of a possible 176 playoff games. (95.5%)

Michael’s Laker Honors And Awards
NBA Champion (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)
Defensive Player of the Year (1987)
1st Team All-NBA Defense (1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988)
2nd Team All-NBA Defense (1981, 1983, 1986)

Other Lakers To Wear Michael’s Number
#21 Slick Leonard, Bobby Smith, Jim King, Archie Clark, Johnny Egan, Flynn Robinson, Walt Wesley, Mack Calvin, Cliff Meely, Johnny Neumann, Ruben Patterson, Kareem Rush, Ronny Turiaf, Josh Powell, Chris Duhon, Ed Davis, Travis Wear, Zach Norvell Jr., J.R. Smith, Darren Collison

* denotes player’s All-Star season.
M denotes player selected as All-Star Game Most Valuable Player.

A blank All-Star row indicates player was selected, but did not participate in game.

Numbers in red indicate league leader.

Total Rebounds were not officially tracked until 1950-1951 season.
Minutes were not officially tracked until 1951-1952 season.
Offensive and Defensive Rebounds, Steals, and Blocks were not officially tracked until 1973-1974 season.
Turnovers were not officially tracked until 1977-1978 season.
3-Point Field Goals instituted for 1979-1980 season.

Please note that our PER calculation is based on some estimated figures, and may differ slightly from other web sites.

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