Cooper Flagg Net Worth, Biography, Age, Stats, Duke Years

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1. Cooper Flagg Facts

Category	Details
Full name	Cooper Flagg (no middle name appears in the sources I checked)
Date of birth	December 21, 2006 (age 19; turns 20 on December 21, 2026)
Birthplace	Newport, Maine, USA
Nationality	American
Current team	Dallas Mavericks
Position	Forward (listed as small forward; also used as a primary ball handler)
Jersey number	32
Height / weight	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) / 205 lb (93 kg) (listed)
Draft	2025, Round 1, Pick 1 (first overall)
College	Duke (2024-25, one season)
International team	USA Basketball, gold at the 2022 FIBA Under-17 World Cup
High schools	Nokomis Regional (Maine); Montverde Academy (Florida)
NBA championships	0
NBA MVP awards	0
Major NBA honors	2026 Rookie of the Year; 2026 All-Rookie First Team (unanimous)
Career NBA averages (through 2025-26)	21.0 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 4.5 APG in 70 games
Shoe brand	New Balance

2. Who is Cooper Flagg? (Biogrphy)

Some basketball prospects arrive with hype that the game can’t possibly satisfy. Cooper Flagg is one of the rare ones who has so far matched the hype. In April 2026, at 19 years old, he scored 51 points against the Orlando Magic, which made him the youngest player in NBA history to reach 50. He was also the first teenager ever to do it. That is the signature achievement of his first pro season, and it came after months of other teenage records fell one by one.

This Cooper Flagg biography follows the full arc: a boy from Newport, Maine, a population of just a few thousand, who became the top recruit in the country, then the consensus national player of the year at Duke, then the No. 1 pick of the 2025 draft. In his rookie year he averaged 21.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists and won Rookie of the Year over his former Duke teammate Kon Knueppel. The Mavericks went just 26-56, though, so the story is as much about what comes next as what has happened.

If you searched for Cooper Flagg facts, the quick-reference table above and the bulleted list in Section 14 are the fastest route. For Cooper Flagg stats, jump to Section 6. If you want context on where he sits among his generation, read Sections 10 and 15. The rest of the article puts the numbers in context.

Did You Know? Cooper Flagg was only 18 years and 324 days old when he scored 26 points against Milwaukee on November 10, 2025. That tied LeBron James for the youngest player ever to score 25 or more in an NBA game, down to the exact day.

3. Cooper Flagg Early Life & Background

Born in Newport, Maine

Cooper Flagg was born on December 21, 2006, in Newport, Maine, a small town in the central part of the state. Newport has one high school and a main street that stars on local news whenever its famous son comes home. By most accounts the Flagg family lived in an ordinary two-story home with a basketball hoop in the driveway, which is where plenty of future players start.

A basketball family

Basketball runs deep in the family.

His mother, Kelly (née Bowman), was a standout at Nokomis Regional High School, finishing with 1,257 career points according to a SLAM profile, and later played at the University of Maine, where she became a team captain. She was a tri-captain of the 1998-99 Maine squad that won the program’s only NCAA tournament game, a 60-58 upset of Stanford.
His father, Ralph, played college basketball at Eastern Maine Community College. He is generally described as being around 6 ft 7 in or taller, which helps explain where Cooper’s frame came from.
His brothers are Hunter, the oldest, and Ace, Cooper’s fraternal twin. Ace was born a minute after Cooper and also played at Nokomis and Montverde. He committed to the University of Maine, which means one Flagg twin plays for the school where their mother starred.

Cooper has said, in a SLAM interview, that his parents deliberately pushed him to play against older competition when he was young. The family also made repeated weekday trips for better games and training, which fits what you’d expect from a household where both parents had played.

The Nokomis years

At Nokomis Regional High School he played alongside both of his brothers as a freshman. In 2021-22 he became the first freshman ever named Maine’s Gatorade Player of the Year, averaging 20.5 points, 10 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 3.7 steals and 3.7 blocks per game. In the Class A state final he put up 22 points and 16 rebounds in a 43-27 win over Falmouth, delivering the school’s first state title in the class. A statline like that, with steals and blocks both near four per game, is an early picture of the all-around defender he’d become.

Why the family left Maine

To reach the level of competition a top national prospect needs, the family made a major decision: Cooper and Ace transferred to Montverde Academy in Florida, and the family sold its Newport home and relocated to the Orlando area. Reporting at the time framed it as a basketball decision, not a rejection of Maine. Pride in the home state has stayed visible throughout his career, as you’ll see in his shoe deal and his new logo.

Did You Know? Cooper Flagg received his first Division I scholarship offer (from Bryant) while he was still in eighth grade.

4. Cooper Flagg High School & College/International Career

4.1 Montverde Academy

Sophomore year (2022-23). Flagg joined a national powerhouse and averaged 9.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.0 assists. His role was smaller than it had been in Maine, since Montverde was loaded with elite recruits. He still earned MVP of the 2023 Hoophall Classic with 21 points and five steals in an 85-63 win over La Lumiere.

The summer of 2023. After that season he played for Maine United in the Nike EYBL and averaged 25.4 points, 13 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 6.9 blocks over seven games at the Peach Jam, according to reporting compiled on Wikipedia. That summer he also reclassified from the class of 2025 to the class of 2024, which moved up his college and draft timeline by a full year.

Senior year (2023-24). Flagg averaged 16.4 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.7 blocks as Montverde went 34-0 and won the program’s eighth national title. He collected nearly every national honor on offer:

Gatorade National Player of the Year (announced March 27, 2024)
Naismith Prep Player of the Year
Mr. Basketball USA
McDonald’s All-American

4.2 The commitment to Duke

On October 30, 2023, he committed to Duke over UConn, finishing as the top-rated recruit in the class of 2024 on ESPN, Rivals, 247Sports and On3. The announcement had originally been planned for October 27, but he pushed it back after the Lewiston, Maine shootings so the focus could stay on his home state.

4.3 International basketball

For USA Basketball, Cooper Flagg helped the United States win gold at the 2022 FIBA Under-17 World Cup and made the All-Tournament Team, averaging 9.3 points, 10 rebounds, 2.9 blocks and 2.4 steals. In the final against Spain he posted 10 points, 17 rebounds, 8 steals and 4 blocks in a 79-67 win, nearly a triple-double filled entirely with defensive stats. That summer he was named USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year, the youngest ever to win it. In 2024 he was part of the USA Select Team that practiced against the Olympic squad, and reporting on those sessions described him as holding his own against NBA stars.

4.4 One season at Duke (2024-25)

Flagg enrolled at Duke in June 2024. Here is how his only college season unfolded:

Debut, November 4, 2024: 18 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals in a 96-62 win over Maine, the same school where his twin would later play.
January 11, 2025: 42 points against Notre Dame on 11-of-14 shooting from the field, 4-of-6 from three and 16-of-17 at the line. That set Duke and ACC freshman scoring records.
ACC dominance: Duke went 19-1 in conference play, won the regular-season title, and won the ACC Tournament by beating Louisville 73-62. Flagg missed most of that tournament with a sprained ankle but returned for the NCAA Tournament.
NCAA Tournament: As a No. 1 seed, Duke beat Mount St. Mary’s and Baylor, then edged Arizona 100-93 in the Sweet 16 (Flagg had 30 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists). The Blue Devils beat Alabama 85-65 in the Elite Eight (16 points, 9 rebounds). Houston stunned them 70-67 in the Final Four, where Flagg scored 27 points with 7 rebounds and 3 blocks.

Final college numbers: 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks in 37 games, shooting 48.1% from the field, 38.5% from three and 84.0% at the line.

College honors: national player of the year, consensus first-team All-American, ACC Player of the Year, ACC Rookie of the Year, the Lute Olson, Julius Erving and Wayman Tisdale awards, NABC Freshman of the Year, and ACC Male Athlete of the Year. He joined Zion Williamson, Marvin Bagley III and Jahlil Okafor as the only players to win both ACC Player and Rookie of the Year in the same season.

He also became the first ACC player in 25 years with 500-plus points, 100-plus assists and 30-plus blocks in a regular season, which tells you how broad his production was.

5. Cooper Flagg Draft Night & Rookie Season

5.1 The Cooper Flagg draft story

The 2025 NBA Draft took place June 25-26, 2025, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Dallas had entered the lottery with long odds and still came away with the top pick. When the night came, the Mavericks selected Flagg first overall, which ended months of speculation about whether he would be the consensus No. 1 pick. The rest of the top four were Dylan Harper (San Antonio), VJ Edgecombe (Philadelphia) and Kon Knueppel (Charlotte). All four of them made the All-Rookie First Team, which says a lot about how strong the class was at the top.

He signed his rookie deal on July 2, 2025.

5.2 The debut and a slow start

His NBA regular-season debut came on October 22, 2025, a 125-92 loss to the Spurs. The Mavericks started him at point guard in a primary ball-handler role. He finished with 10 points, 10 rebounds and a steal, a double-double on rough shooting (4-for-13 with three turnovers by one recap).

Early numbers were shaky. Over his first seven games as the starting point guard he averaged 13.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.9 assists on 38% shooting. The Mavericks then moved him to forward, and the improvement was immediate: over his next 15 games he averaged 20 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.7 assists on 51% shooting.

5.3 The records start falling

Here is a month-by-month trail of the record-setting moments, all verified against reporting compiled on Wikipedia and NBA.com:

November 10: 26 points vs. Milwaukee, tying LeBron James as the youngest to score 25+ in a game.
November 28: the youngest player to record 10 assists (18 years, 343 days), beating James by twelve days.
November 29: a then-career-high 35 points against the Clippers in a 114-110 win, the youngest to reach 35. He and James are the only players to hit 30+ before turning 19.
December 15: 42 points in a 140-133 overtime loss to Utah, making him the youngest player to score 40, at 18 years and 359 days. That was 94 days younger than James.
December 25: 27 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists on Christmas Day against Golden State, making him only the third rookie with 25/5/5 in a Christmas game, after Oscar Robertson and Pete Maravich.
January 29, 2026: 49 points and 10 rebounds against Charlotte, a teenage scoring record that topped Cliff Robinson’s 45 from 1980. Knueppel scored 34 for the Hornets in the same game.
February 3: 36 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists against Boston, his third consecutive 30-point game, a first for a teenager.
April 3: 51 points against Orlando (19-of-30 from the field, 6-of-9 from three, 7-of-7 at the line) at 19 years and 103 days, a record for the youngest 50-point scorer,

(continuing) and the first teenager ever with 50. The previous record belonged to Brandon Jennings.

April 5: 45 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists in a 134-128 win over the Lakers. He became the first rookie since Allen Iverson in 1997 with back-to-back 40-point games and passed LeBron for the most 40-point games by a teenager (four).

Did You Know? Between the Charlotte and Boston games, Cooper Flagg strung together games of 49, 34, 36 and 32 points before a foot injury interrupted the run. Only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Kelly Tripucka had previously posted 49-point rookie games on that kind of efficiency, according to an AP report.

5.4 Team context

The Mavericks finished 26-56, 12th in the Western Conference, and missed the postseason. Kyrie Irving was out the entire season recovering from a torn ACL, and Anthony Davis was traded to Washington midseason. Flagg started all 70 games he played and led Dallas in total points (1,473), rebounds (466) and steals (84), while tying teammate Ryan Nembhard for the team lead in assists (316). Bleacher Report noted he joined Michael Jordan as the only rookies since 1973-74 to lead their team in those categories.

5.5 Rookie of the Year

On April 27, 2026, Cooper Flagg was named NBA Rookie of the Year, edging Knueppel with 56 first-place votes to 44 in the media panel’s vote. At 19, he became the second-youngest ROY ever, behind only LeBron James. On May 20 he was a unanimous All-Rookie First Team selection, again alongside Knueppel and Edgecombe (Harper and Cedric Coward rounded out the team). At 19 years and 112 days he is the second-youngest All-Rookie First Teamer, behind only LeBron (19 years and 106 days), and the seventh Maverick to make the team, joining names like Jason Kidd and Luka Dončić.

6. Season-by-Season Stats Breakdown

6.1 The Cooper Flagg stats table

Level	Season	Team	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
High school	2021-22	Nokomis	n/a	n/a	20.5	10.0	6.2	3.7	3.7	n/a	n/a	n/a
High school	2022-23	Montverde	n/a	n/a	9.8	5.2	3.0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
High school	2023-24	Montverde	n/a	n/a	16.4	7.5	3.8	n/a	2.7	n/a	n/a	n/a
College	2024-25	Duke	37	30.7	19.2	7.5	4.2	1.4	1.4	48.1%	38.5%	84.0%
NBA	2025-26	Dallas	70	33.5	21.0	6.7	4.5	1.2	0.9	46.8%	29.5%	82.7%
NBA career			70	33.5	21.0	6.7	4.5	1.2	0.9	46.8%	29.5%	82.7%

6.2 What the advanced numbers say

Basketball-Reference lists the following for his rookie year:

True shooting: 54.8%
PER: 17.9
Usage rate: 26.9%
Assist percentage: 21.5%
Total rebound percentage: 10.5%
Win shares: 3.8
Box plus/minus: +1.4, with a VORP of 2.0

Those numbers describe a high-usage, positive-impact young player on a very bad team. The efficiency (a true-shooting figure a little above league average) is respectable for a teenager carrying that much of the offense. The biggest weakness is clear: 29.5% from three on 3.5 attempts per game.

6.3 Splits that tell the story

Month of April: 29.2 points per game across six games, with 7.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists. He shot 47.4% and made 94.9% of his free throws in that stretch, per ESPN’s game log.
After the All-Star break: 22.6 points over 21 games.
Road games: 20.3 points over 35 games.
In wins vs. losses: 22.4 PPG in Dallas’s 22 wins that he played in, versus 20.4 PPG in losses.

6.4 The role change

The early-season experiment that started him at point guard produced his weakest stretch; moving to a forward role unlocked the version of him who dominated the second half. That flexibility is one of the main reasons the franchise has since rebuilt its front office and coaching staff around him.

7. Cooper Flagg Playoff & Finals Performances

This section needs an honest answer: as of October 2026, Cooper Flagg has not played in an NBA playoff game. The Mavericks’ 26-56 record left them well outside the postseason. There is no NBA Finals résumé to report, and no championship, which is why the Cooper Flagg championships line in the Quick Facts table reads zero.

What exists instead is his NCAA Tournament run with Duke in March 2025, which was his first real taste of high-stakes basketball:

Round	Result	Flagg’s line
First round	Beat Mount St. Mary’s 93-49	Returned from ankle injury
Second round	Beat Baylor	Led an efficient blowout
Sweet 16	Beat Arizona 100-93	30 pts, 6 reb, 7 ast
Elite Eight	Beat Alabama 85-65	16 pts, 9 reb
Final Four	Lost to Houston 70-67	27 pts, 7 reb, 3 blk

Houston came back to beat Duke, and it ended a season that had otherwise been dominant. Flagg’s performance in that game was one of the best in the tournament even in defeat.

For context, the 2026 NBA playoffs were won by the New York Knicks, who beat the San Antonio Spurs 4-1 in the Finals. Jalen Brunson was Finals MVP. The Spurs reached the Finals after a seven-game Western Conference Finals win over Oklahoma City, and Victor Wembanyama was named conference finals MVP. The playoffs gave a clear picture of what a contender looks like, and Dallas is not there yet.

8. Signature Moves & Playing Style

This section is analysis based on game coverage and stat profiles, not a claim from any single source.

8.1 The all-around profile

Cooper Flagg is a 6-foot-9 forward whose game is built on versatility. His rookie-year line of 21 points, nearly 7 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.9 blocks puts him in a small group of young players who contribute in every box-score category.

8.2 Defense and activity

Defense was his calling card from Maine through Duke. His high-school blocks and steals (near four of each in a game as a freshman) and the 17-rebound, 8-steal, 4-block line at the U17 World Cup show a player who creates events on that end. In the NBA his steals (1.2) and blocks (0.9) are good rather than elite, but his rebounding and positional size let him guard several positions.

8.3 Scoring at the rim and at the line

Free throws are a big part of how he scores. He attempted 4.9 per game and made 82.7%, and his free-throw rate (.286) is solid. Several of his biggest games turned on getting to the line, such as 15-of-17 against the Lakers and 7-of-7 against Orlando.

8.4 Playmaking

An assist percentage of 21.5% is high for a forward, and he had 9 assists in the Lakers game. The early-season point-guard experiment taught him how to read defenses, and the new Mavericks staff has talked about wanting him as a hub with more shooters around him.

8.5 The jump shot

The obvious area for growth is three-point shooting. 29.5% on 3.5 attempts is below average, though he shot 38.5% from three at Duke and 42.9% in April, which suggests the ceiling is higher than the rookie-year number. If the three falls, the offense gets much harder to defend.

8.6 Strengths and weaknesses at a glance

Strengths	Areas to improve
Size and positional versatility	Three-point percentage
Rebounding for a wing	Turnovers (2.3 per game)
Free-throw shooting and foul drawing	Consistency against set defenses
Playmaking vision	Efficiency in losses and bad stretches
Steal and block activity	Staying healthy across 82 games

9. Cooper Flagg Major Honors & Achievements

NBA

2026 NBA Rookie of the Year (56 first-place votes vs. 44 for Kon Knueppel)
2026 NBA All-Rookie First Team (unanimous)
Youngest player in NBA history with 40+ points (18 years, 359 days)
Youngest player in NBA history with 50+ points (19 years, 103 days); first teenager to do it
Most points by a teenager in an NBA game (51)
Most 40-point games by a teenager (four, at the time of the April 5 game)
Youngest player with 10 assists in a game
First teenager with three straight 30-point games
Second-youngest Rookie of the Year and second-youngest All-Rookie First Team member, after LeBron James

College

National player of the year and consensus first-team All-American (2025)
ACC Player of the Year, ACC Rookie of the Year, first-team All-ACC, ACC All-Defensive Team, ACC All-Freshman Team
Lute Olson Award, Julius Erving Award, Wayman Tisdale Award, NABC Freshman of the Year
ACC Male Athlete of the Year
Final Four appearance

High school and USA Basketball

Gatorade National Player of the Year, Naismith Prep Player of the Year, Mr. Basketball USA (2024)
McDonald’s All-American (2024)
USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (2022, youngest ever)
2022 FIBA U17 World Cup gold medal and All-Tournament Team
Montverde national champion (2024, 34-0)

What’s not on the list (yet)

No NBA championships, no MVP awards, no All-NBA selections and no All-Star appearances as of October 2026. He is 19, so these are all still open.

Did You Know? Cooper Flagg was the first men’s college basketball player to sign an NIL deal with Gatorade.

10. Rivalries & Head-to-Head Battles

10.1 Kon Knueppel: the Rookie of the Year race

The defining rivalry of the 2025-26 season was friendly but fierce. Kon Knueppel, Flagg’s former Duke teammate, was drafted fourth by Charlotte and put up 18.5 points per game and a league-leading 273 three-pointers, the first rookie in NBA history to lead the league in that category. The ROY vote ended 56-44 in Flagg’s favor.

The highlight was their January 29 meeting, when Flagg scored 49 and Knueppel scored 34 in a Hornets win. Their former college teammate status gave the night extra warmth, though both teams were fighting for different outcomes: Charlotte was surging and Dallas was struggling.

10.2 The rest of the rookie class

VJ Edgecombe (76ers, 16.0 PPG) and Dylan Harper (Spurs, 11.8 PPG) are the other two members of the top-four group. Flagg, Knueppel and Edgecombe were all unanimous All-Rookie First Team picks, and Harper appeared on all 100 ballots. The four will be compared for a decade.

10.3 Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs

Wembanyama is the one established star who frames Flagg’s early career. The Spurs big man had a historic 2025-26 (more in Section 15) and led San Antonio to the NBA Finals. The two met repeatedly, and Flagg’s NBA debut came against San Antonio. On October 24, 2026, the Mavericks host the Spurs in a game NBA.com flagged as a must-see because it puts three consecutive No. 1 overall picks on the floor: Wembanyama (2023), Zaccharie Risacher (2024, now a Maverick) and Flagg (2025).

10.4 Lakers and LeBron

Flagg’s biggest records have come at LeBron James’s expense, because LeBron held most of the “youngest ever” marks. He tied James for the youngest 25-point game, passed him for the youngest 10-assist game, and then passed him for the youngest 35, 40 and 45-plus nights. His 45-point, 9-assist game in a win over the Lakers in April included passing James for most teenage 40-point games.

11. Injuries & Setbacks

Flagg’s injury history so far is manageable for a player his age. Here is the full verified record:

When	What	Impact
March 2025 (Duke)	Sprained ankle in the ACC quarterfinals	Missed the rest of the ACC Tournament; returned for the NCAA Tournament
November 19, 2025	Illness	Missed one game (vs. the Knicks)
January 2026	Left ankle sprain (rolled it against Brooklyn, then again against Denver)	Left the Denver game at halftime; missed the following game
February 2026	Left mid-foot sprain	Missed eight games (last played February 10 at Phoenix; returned March 5 against Orlando)

By March 5 he had missed 12 of Dallas’s 62 games, and he ended the year with 70 games played out of 82. Both the ankle and the foot were left-side injuries, so staying healthy across an entire season is a real priority for Year 2. None of these were reported as structural problems, and I have found no verified reports of a lingering issue heading into the 2026-27 preseason. (This article does not speculate beyond what has been confirmed.)

Other setbacks

Slow start. His first seven games as a point guard were his weakest stretch.
Team losses. The Mavericks went 15-2 the wrong way, losing 15 of 17 at one point in the middle of the season.
Three-point shooting. It has been the most visible skill gap.

12. Off-the-Court Life

12.1 Maine roots

Flagg has kept strong ties to Maine. According to the Boston Globe, before the 2025 draft he asked to go home to watch his former school’s graduation. The family has also shown pride in the state through the New Balance partnership (two of the company’s factories are near Newport) and, most recently, his new signature logo.

12.2 Family

His parents and brothers have been regular presences at his games and public events. Ace plays at Maine, and Hunter attended the University of Maine as well. The family’s athletic history, with a mother who was a team captain on an NCAA-tournament-winning team, is part of the story media tells about him.

12.3 Fandom and hobbies

He grew up a Boston Celtics fan, which gave an extra edge to his 36-point game in Boston in February. In May 2026 he served as an honorary pace car driver at a NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.

12.4 Community

As noted in Section 4, he delayed his Duke announcement in 2023 so attention could stay on the Lewiston tragedy.

12.5 A note on privacy

This article sticks to publicly documented, confirmed information. Some websites speculate about his relationships and personal life; none of that is confirmed by reputable reporting, so I’ve left it out.

13. Cooper Flagg Net Worth, Endorsements Brand

13.1 The Cooper Flagg shoe deal

In August 2024, before his Duke season, he signed with New Balance. According to ESPN’s initial report the deal was “significant,” with no number released. His choice was shaped by the company’s Maine ties. He appeared in a New Balance campaign alongside stars such as Kawhi Leonard and Tyrese Maxey.

The brand relationship is now moving to the next stage: on October 8, 2026, Flagg unveiled his signature “CF” logo at an event in China before Dallas’s preseason games in Macau. Bleacher Report said the letter C is shaped like a pine tree, a nod to Maine’s nickname as the Pine Tree State.

13.2 Other partners

Gatorade: the first men’s college basketball NIL deal with the brand (October 2024).
Fanatics: an exclusive, multi-year deal announced in January 2025. His first rookie card appeared in a Fanatics-produced Bowman University set.
Other NIL partners during his Duke season reportedly included AT&T and Cort Furniture.

13.3 What the money numbers actually are

A widely repeated claim, from journalist Howard Bryant, put his NIL total at $28 million: $13 million with New Balance and $15 million with Fanatics. CBS Sports and other outlets noted it’s unclear whether those are annual or total values over multiple years, and neither company has confirmed figures. On3’s valuation, by comparison, put his 2024-25 annual NIL value around $4.3 to $4.8 million.

13.4 The Cooper Flagg contract

As the No. 1 pick he signed a four-year rookie-scale contract. Spotrac projected the total at about $62.7 million, with a first-year salary around $13.8 million. Those were pre-draft projections, and I could not find a confirmed final figure in the sources I checked, so treat them as estimates.

13.5 Net worth

There is no authoritative, verified net worth figure for Cooper Flagg. Sites that list one rely on estimates that vary widely, many from low-quality pages that haven’t been updated since before his NBA career. A sound way to think about it: he has a rookie-scale NBA salary, reported multi-year endorsement agreements with major brands, and a very high ceiling for future earnings, including a possible extension after his rookie contract.

Did You Know? Flagg’s first-year projected salary (around $13.8 million) was projected to be a similar order of magnitude as the reported value of his NIL contracts from a single Duke season, according to Bleacher Report’s coverage.

14. Cooper Flagg Facts for Fans

He is a twin. His fraternal twin brother Ace was born a minute after him, and Ace plays for the University of Maine.
His mom helped Maine win an NCAA tournament game. Kelly Flagg was a tri-captain of the 1998-99 team that beat Stanford 60-58.
He was a Celtics fan growing up in New England.
He reclassified, moving from the class of 2025 to the class of 2024, and skipped a year of high school.
He went 34-0 in his senior season at Montverde.
He committed to Duke on October 30, 2023, after delaying the announcement in the wake of the Lewiston shootings.
He led Duke to a Final Four in his only college season and was named national player of the year.
He wears number 32 with the Mavericks.
His first NBA game (October 22, 2025) was a 10-point, 10-rebound double-double in a loss to the Spurs.
He is the youngest player ever to score 40 points (18 years, 359 days) and 50 points (19 years, 103 days).
He was the first teenager to score 50 in an NBA game.
He won Rookie of the Year by a 56-44 first-place vote margin over Kon Knueppel.
He started all 70 games he played as a rookie.
His logo is a pine tree. The “CF” mark unveiled in October 2026 nods to Maine’s state tree.
He was an honorary pace car driver at Texas Motor Speedway in May 2026.
He is the second-youngest ROY ever, behind LeBron James.

15. Comparison with Peers

The most useful comparisons for Flagg are the players closest to his age and draft class. Wembanyama is the established star of the generation; Knueppel is his closest rookie-year rival.

Player	Career PPG	NBA championships	All-NBA selections
Cooper Flagg (Mavericks)	21.0 (one season)	0	0
Victor Wembanyama (Spurs)	roughly 23 (approximate; 25.0 in 2025-26)	0 (lost 2026 Finals)	1 (First Team, 2026)
Kon Knueppel (Hornets)	18.5 (one season)	0	0

Note: Wembanyama’s career PPG is my approximation from season averages and should be checked against Basketball-Reference before you cite it.

Reading the table

Wembanyama is the benchmark. In 2025-26 he averaged 25.0 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.08 blocks, won unanimous Defensive Player of the Year (the youngest ever), made the All-NBA First Team with 99 of 100 first-place votes, and was the Western Conference Finals MVP. He is a defensive anchor, whereas Flagg is a wing, so their games are very different.
Knueppel was a shooting specialist who led the league in made threes, while Flagg was the more complete creator.
On production relative to age, Flagg’s first season compares well with anyone in the class, though none of the three has a title yet.

16. Cooper Flagg Legacy & Impact on Basketball

16.1 What he has already changed

In one season, Cooper Flagg rewrote a long list of “youngest ever” records and became the face of a franchise that wanted a fresh start. His arrival coincided with a total organizational overhaul. Masai Ujiri became president of basketball operations (starting May 4, 2026), Jason Kidd and the club parted ways in May, and Dusty May, who had just won an NCAA title at Michigan, took over as head coach. NBA.com and ESPN both describe the new structure as built around Flagg.

16.2 The Maine factor

Flagg is among the most prominent NBA players ever from Maine. His success has put a spotlight on a state that rarely produces national basketball stars, and the Maine pride in his brand (the New Balance partnership, the pine-tree logo) keeps that connection visible.

16.3 The NIL era

His Duke season, with multiple reported brand deals before he played a college game, is a case study in the modern economics of college basketball. Whether those numbers hold up to scrutiny, his marketability changed how many people think about elite prospects.

16.4 What legacy requires next

Records and awards are nice, but a legacy in the NBA usually means winning. For Flagg, that means helping Dallas move from a 26-win team to a playoff team, then a contender. The 2026 Finals, won by a Knicks team that took years to build, is a reminder of how long that can take.

17. What’s Next: Current Season & Career Outlook

17.1 Where things stand (October 9, 2026)

Preseason: Dallas opens with two games against the Houston Rockets in Macau, China (the first on October 9).
Regular season: The Mavericks open October 21 at Houston. On October 24 they host the Spurs.
Flagg’s status: Reporting from late September and early October described him as healthy and practicing, embracing a larger leadership role, and talking up the new culture.

17.2 The new-look Mavericks

Front office: Masai Ujiri (president) and Mike Schmitz (general manager).
Coach: Dusty May, 49, who left Michigan after winning the national title. He has emphasized pace, offensive rebounding and ball movement.
Roster changes: Dallas traded for Zaccharie Risacher and Aldama and drafted Morez Johnson Jr. in the lottery, plus Sergio De Larrea at No. 25. P.J. Washington remains. ESPN described the roster as better built around Flagg’s all-around game, and “nearly half the roster” is new, per team coverage.
Kyrie Irving: He opened camp with no restrictions, about 18 months after his ACL tear, but he and Flagg have never played a regular-season game together. Reporting indicates he’s expected to be the second option, though ESPN noted that a trade at some point is possible.

17.3 What to watch in Year 2

The three-point shot. Even a modest improvement would help spacing.
Health. Playing closer to 82 games than 70.
The Irving fit. Two creators sharing the ball.
All-Star consideration. ESPN’s preview suggested that an All-Star leap could push Dallas toward the play-in tournament.
Wins. Going from 26 wins to something meaningfully better.

17.4 Long-term outlook

At 19 with a Rookie of the Year trophy, a new coach built for his skills and a new front office, the setup for Flagg is better than it was a year ago. None of this guarantees success, and the Western Conference is crowded with experienced teams. Check back as the season unfolds.

18. Frequently Asked Questions About Cooper Flagg

Q1.Who is Cooper Flagg?

Cooper Flagg is an American forward for the Dallas Mavericks, born December 21, 2006 in Newport, Maine. He was the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft and the 2026 Rookie of the Year.

Q2.How old is Cooper Flagg?

He is 19 as of October 2026 and turns 20 on December 21, 2026.

Q3.What are Cooper Flagg stats for his rookie season?

In 70 games he averaged 21.0 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.9 blocks in 33.5 minutes, shooting 46.8% overall, 29.5% from three and 82.7% from the line.

Q4.What number does Cooper Flagg wear?

32.

Q5.Where did Cooper Flagg play college basketball?

At Duke in 2024-25, where he averaged 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists and won national player of the year honors.

Q6.Has Cooper Flagg won an NBA championship?

No. The Mavericks went 26-56 in 2025-26 and missed the playoffs, so he has zero NBA championships and zero playoff games.

Q7.What is the Cooper Flagg contract?

He signed a four-year rookie-scale deal on July 2, 2025. Spotrac projected about $62.7 million total before the draft; confirm exact terms with a salary tracker.

Q8.What shoe brand does Cooper Flagg wear?

New Balance. He signed in August 2024 and unveiled a signature “CF” logo in October 2026.

Q9.What records does Cooper Flagg hold?

He is the youngest player with a 40-point game and the youngest with a 50-point game (and the first teenager to reach 50). He also holds the teenage scoring record of 51 points.

Q10.Who is Cooper’s twin brother?

Ace Flagg, who plays basketball at the University of Maine.