Scottie Pippen vs. Cody Zeller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cody Zeller and Scottie Pippen, 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.

Scottie Pippen played 17 years in the NBA, 6 more than Cody Zeller, who played 11. Scottie Pippen had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Cody Zeller had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
Scottie Pippen	17	16	1987-88 to 2003-04
Cody Zeller	11	3	2013-14 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Scottie Pippen	Cody Zeller
Season	1987-88	2013-14
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Bobcats 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		%
Scottie Pippen	79	20.9	7.9	1.5	2.3	3.8	2.1	1.2	0.7	1.7	2.7	3.3	7.1	.463	0.1	0.3	.174	1.3	2.2	.576
Cody Zeller	82	17.3	6.0	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.1	0.5	0.5	1.1	2.1	2.1	4.9	.426	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.4	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	10	29.4	10.0	2.4	2.8	5.2	2.4	0.8	0.8	2.6	3.3	4.6	9.9	.465	0.3	0.6	.500	0.5	0.7	.714
Cody Zeller	4	13.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	2.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	0.5	0.8	0.8	2.3	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 2
	Scottie Pippen	Cody Zeller
Season	1988-89	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Scottie Pippen	73	33.1	14.4	1.9	4.2	6.1	3.5	1.9	0.8	2.7	3.6	5.7	11.9	.476	0.3	1.1	.273	2.8	4.1	.668
Cody Zeller	62	24.0	7.6	1.6	4.3	5.8	1.6	0.5	0.8	1.0	2.5	2.8	6.0	.461	0.0	0.0	1.000	2.0	2.6	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	17	36.4	13.1	2.0	5.6	7.6	3.9	1.4	0.9	2.4	3.7	4.9	10.7	.462	1.3	3.3	.393	1.9	2.9	.640
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Scottie Pippen	Cody Zeller
Season	1989-90	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Hornets 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		%
Scottie Pippen	82	38.4	16.5	1.8	4.8	6.7	5.4	2.6	1.2	3.4	3.6	6.9	14.0	.489	0.3	1.4	.250	2.4	3.6	.675
Cody Zeller	73	24.3	8.7	1.9	4.3	6.2	1.0	0.8	0.9	0.9	2.8	3.2	6.0	.529	0.0	0.1	.100	2.4	3.2	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	15	40.8	19.3	2.2	5.0	7.2	5.5	2.1	1.3	3.3	4.1	6.9	14.0	.495	0.7	2.1	.323	4.7	6.7	.710
Cody Zeller	7	19.6	8.4	1.3	4.0	5.3	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.0	2.9	3.0	5.4	.553	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.0	.810


Season 4
	Scottie Pippen	Cody Zeller
Season	1990-91	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second 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		%
Scottie Pippen	82	36.8	17.8	2.0	5.3	7.3	6.2	2.4	1.1	2.8	3.3	7.3	14.1	.520	0.3	0.8	.309	2.9	4.1	.706
Cody Zeller	62	27.8	10.3	2.2	4.4	6.5	1.6	1.0	0.9	1.0	3.0	4.1	7.1	.571	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.2	.679

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	17	41.4	21.6	2.2	6.7	8.9	5.8	2.5	1.1	3.2	3.4	8.4	16.6	.504	0.2	1.0	.235	4.7	5.9	.792
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Scottie Pippen	Cody Zeller
Season	1991-92	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Scottie Pippen	82	38.6	21.0	2.3	5.4	7.7	7.0	1.9	1.1	3.1	3.0	8.4	16.6	.506	0.2	1.0	.200	4.0	5.3	.760
Cody Zeller	33	19.0	7.1	2.0	3.3	5.4	0.9	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.5	2.6	4.7	.545	0.1	0.1	.667	1.8	2.6	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	22	40.9	19.5	2.7	6.1	8.8	6.7	1.9	1.1	3.2	3.3	6.9	14.8	.468	0.3	1.1	.250	5.4	7.0	.761
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Scottie Pippen	Cody Zeller
Season	1992-93	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Scottie Pippen	81	38.6	18.6	2.5	5.2	7.7	6.3	2.1	0.9	3.0	2.7	7.8	16.4	.473	0.3	1.1	.237	2.9	4.3	.663
Cody Zeller	49	25.4	10.1	2.2	4.6	6.8	2.1	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.3	3.9	7.0	.551	0.1	0.4	.273	2.3	2.9	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	19	41.5	20.1	1.9	5.0	6.9	5.6	2.2	0.7	3.7	3.3	8.0	17.2	.465	0.2	0.9	.176	3.9	6.1	.638
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Scottie Pippen	Cody Zeller
Season	1993-94	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Scottie Pippen	72	38.3	22.0	2.4	6.3	8.7	5.6	2.9	0.8	3.2	3.2	8.7	17.8	.491	0.9	2.7	.320	3.8	5.7	.660
Cody Zeller	58	23.1	11.1	2.8	4.3	7.1	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.3	2.4	4.3	8.3	.524	0.3	1.3	.240	2.1	3.1	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	10	38.4	22.8	1.7	6.6	8.3	4.6	2.4	0.7	3.7	3.3	8.5	19.6	.434	1.2	4.5	.267	4.6	5.2	.885
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Scottie Pippen	Cody Zeller
Season	1994-95	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Scottie Pippen	79	38.2	21.4	2.2	5.9	8.1	5.2	2.9	1.1	3.4	3.0	8.0	16.7	.480	1.4	4.0	.345	4.0	5.6	.716
Cody Zeller	48	20.9	9.4	2.5	4.4	6.8	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.1	2.5	3.8	6.8	.559	0.1	0.6	.143	1.8	2.5	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	10	39.6	17.8	2.4	6.2	8.6	5.8	1.4	1.0	2.7	4.0	5.8	13.1	.443	1.4	3.8	.368	4.8	7.1	.676
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Scottie Pippen	Cody Zeller
Season	1995-96	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Scottie Pippen	77	36.7	19.4	2.0	4.5	6.4	5.9	1.7	0.7	2.7	2.6	7.3	15.8	.463	1.9	5.2	.374	2.9	4.2	.679
Cody Zeller	27	13.1	5.2	1.9	2.8	4.6	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.7	2.1	1.9	3.3	.567	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.8	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	18	41.2	16.9	3.4	5.1	8.5	5.9	2.6	0.9	2.3	2.8	6.2	15.9	.390	1.7	5.8	.286	2.8	4.4	.638
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Scottie Pippen	Cody Zeller
Season	1996-97	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat 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		%
Scottie Pippen	82	37.7	20.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	5.7	1.9	0.5	2.6	2.6	7.9	16.7	.474	1.9	5.2	.368	2.5	3.5	.701
Cody Zeller	15	14.5	6.5	1.7	2.6	4.3	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.9	2.2	2.5	3.9	.627	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.3	.686

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	19	39.6	19.2	1.9	4.9	6.8	3.8	1.5	0.9	2.9	2.6	6.8	16.3	.417	2.1	5.9	.345	3.6	4.5	.791
Cody Zeller	21	8.3	2.2	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.3	1.0	1.7	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.400


Season 11
	Scottie Pippen	Cody Zeller
Season	1997-98	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
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		%
Scottie Pippen	44	37.5	19.1	1.2	4.0	5.2	5.8	1.8	1.0	2.5	2.6	7.2	16.0	.447	1.4	4.4	.318	3.4	4.4	.777
Cody Zeller	43	7.4	1.8	1.1	1.5	2.6	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.0	0.6	1.4	.419	0.0	0.1	.333	0.5	0.9	.605

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	21	39.9	16.8	2.3	4.8	7.1	5.2	2.1	1.0	2.4	3.1	5.8	14.0	.415	0.9	3.8	.228	4.3	6.4	.679
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Scottie Pippen	Cody Zeller
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Scottie Pippen	50	40.2	14.5	1.3	5.2	6.5	5.9	2.0	0.7	3.2	2.4	5.2	12.1	.432	1.4	4.2	.340	2.6	3.7	.721
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	4	43.0	18.3	5.0	6.8	11.8	5.5	1.8	0.8	3.3	3.3	5.8	17.5	.329	1.5	5.5	.273	5.3	6.5	.808
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Scottie Pippen	Cody Zeller
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Scottie Pippen	82	33.5	12.5	1.4	4.9	6.3	5.0	1.4	0.5	2.5	2.5	4.7	10.5	.451	1.0	3.2	.327	2.0	2.7	.717
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	16	38.4	14.9	1.4	5.8	7.1	4.3	2.0	0.4	2.3	3.1	5.2	12.4	.419	1.3	4.4	.300	3.3	4.4	.743
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Scottie Pippen	Cody Zeller
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Scottie Pippen	64	33.3	11.3	1.1	4.1	5.2	4.6	1.5	0.5	2.4	2.5	4.2	9.3	.451	1.0	2.9	.344	1.9	2.5	.739
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	3	39.0	13.7	0.7	5.0	5.7	2.3	2.7	0.7	4.0	4.7	5.3	12.7	.421	1.0	5.7	.176	2.0	3.0	.667
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Scottie Pippen	Cody Zeller
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Scottie Pippen	62	32.2	10.6	1.2	3.9	5.2	5.9	1.6	0.6	2.8	2.6	4.0	9.7	.411	0.9	2.9	.305	1.8	2.4	.774
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	3	33.0	16.3	2.7	6.7	9.3	5.7	1.3	0.7	3.3	4.7	6.0	13.0	.462	2.0	3.7	.545	2.3	2.7	.875
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Scottie Pippen	Cody Zeller
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Scottie Pippen	64	29.9	10.8	0.9	3.5	4.3	4.5	1.6	0.4	2.6	2.3	4.1	9.3	.444	0.6	2.1	.286	1.9	2.3	.818
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	4	18.5	5.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.3	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.0	2.3	5.5	.409	0.8	2.3	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Scottie Pippen	Cody Zeller
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Scottie Pippen	23	17.9	5.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	2.2	0.9	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.3	6.1	.379	0.6	2.1	.271	0.7	1.2	.630
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cody Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Scottie Pippen vs. Cody Zeller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cody Zeller and Scottie Pippen, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17