Artis Gilmore vs. Scottie Pippen Season by Season Comparison

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

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.

Artis Gilmore played 12 years in the NBA, 5 less than Scottie Pippen, who played 17. Artis Gilmore had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Scottie Pippen had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Season 2
	Artis Gilmore	Scottie Pippen
Season	1977-78	1988-89
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	82	37.4	22.9	3.9	9.2	13.1	3.2	0.5	2.2	4.5	3.2	8.6	15.4	.559	-	-	-	5.7	8.2	.704
difference:	+9	+4.3	+8.5	+2.0	+5.0	+7.0	+0.3	+1.4	+1.4	-1.8	-0.4	+2.9	+3.5	+.083				+2.9	+4.1	+.036
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 3
	Artis Gilmore	Scottie Pippen
Season	1978-79	1989-90
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	82	39.8	23.7	3.6	9.1	12.7	3.3	0.6	1.9	3.8	3.4	9.2	16.0	.575	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.739
difference:		+1.4	+7.2	+1.8	+4.3	+6.0	+2.1	+2.0	+0.7	-0.4	-0.2	+2.3	+2.0	+.086				+2.9	+3.6	+.064
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 4
	Artis Gilmore	Scottie Pippen
Season	1979-80	1990-91
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	48	32.7	17.8	2.3	6.8	9.0	2.8	0.6	1.2	2.8	3.5	6.4	10.7	.595	0.0	0.0	-	5.1	7.2	.712
difference:	+34	+4.1		+0.3	+1.5	+1.7	+3.4	+1.8	+0.1		-0.2	+0.9	+3.4	+.075	+0.3	+0.8		+2.2	+3.1	+.006
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 5
	Artis Gilmore	Scottie Pippen
Season	1980-81	1991-92
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	82	34.5	17.9	2.7	7.4	10.1	2.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	3.6	6.7	10.0	.670	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.5	.705
difference:		+4.1	+3.1	+0.4	+2.0	+2.4	+4.9	+1.3	+1.3	-0.2	-0.6	+1.7	+6.6	+.164	+0.2	+1.0		+0.6	+1.2	+.055
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	6	41.2	18.0	4.0	7.2	11.2	2.0	1.0	2.8	2.8	2.5	5.8	10.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	9.2	.691
difference:	+16	+0.3	+1.5	+1.3	+1.1	+2.4	+4.7	+0.9	+1.7	-0.4	-0.8	+1.1	+4.8	+.115	+0.3	+1.1		+0.9	+2.2	+.070
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

Season 6
	Artis Gilmore	Scottie Pippen
Season	1981-82	1992-93
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.5	2.7	7.5	10.2	1.7	0.6	2.7	2.8	3.5	6.7	10.2	.652	0.0	0.0	-	5.2	6.7	.768
difference:	+1	+4.5	+0.1	+0.2	+2.3	+2.5	+4.6	+1.5	+1.8	-0.2	-0.8	+1.1	+6.2	+.179	+0.3	+1.1		+2.3	+2.4	+.105
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 7
	Artis Gilmore	Scottie Pippen
Season	1982-83	1993-94
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	82	34.1	18.0	3.6	8.4	12.0	1.5	0.5	2.3	3.1	3.3	6.8	10.8	.626	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.0	.740
difference:	+10	+4.2	+4.0	+1.2	+2.1	+3.3	+4.1	+2.4	+1.5	-0.1	-0.1	+1.9	+7.0	+.135	+0.9	+2.6	+.320	+0.7	+0.3	+.080
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	11	36.5	16.7	3.4	9.5	12.9	1.6	0.8	3.1	2.5	4.2	6.9	12.0	.576	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.2	.696
difference:	+1	+1.9	+6.1	+1.7	+2.9	+4.6	+3.0	+1.6	+2.4	-1.2	-0.9	+1.6	+7.6	+.142	+1.2	+4.5		+1.7	+1.0	+.189
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

Season 8
	Artis Gilmore	Scottie Pippen
Season	1983-84	1994-95
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	64	31.8	15.3	3.3	7.0	10.3	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.3	3.6	5.5	8.7	.631	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.1	.718
difference:	+15	+6.4	+6.1	+1.1	+1.1	+2.2	+4.1	+2.3	+1.0	-1.1	-0.6	+2.5	+8.0	+.151	+1.4	+4.0		+0.4	+0.5	+.002
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 9
	Artis Gilmore	Scottie Pippen
Season	1984-85	1995-96
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	81	34.0	19.1	2.9	7.6	10.4	1.6	0.5	2.1	3.0	3.8	6.6	10.5	.623	0.0	0.0	-	6.0	8.0	.749
difference:	+4	+2.7	+0.3	+0.9	+3.1	+4.0	+4.3	+1.2	+1.4	-0.3	-1.2	+0.7	+5.3	+.160	+1.9	+5.2		+3.1	+3.8	+.070
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	5	37.0	17.8	2.0	8.0	10.0	1.4	0.4	1.4	4.6	3.6	5.8	10.4	.558	0.0	0.0	-	6.2	9.0	.689
difference:	+13	+4.2	+0.9	+1.4	+2.9	+1.5	+4.5	+2.2	+0.5	-2.3	-0.8	+0.4	+5.5	+.168	+1.7	+5.8		+3.4	+4.6	+.051
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

Season 10
	Artis Gilmore	Scottie Pippen
Season	1985-86	1996-97
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	71	33.7	16.7	2.3	6.1	8.5	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.6	3.4	6.0	9.6	.618	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.8	.701
difference:	+11	+4.0	+3.5	+0.3	+1.6	+2.0	+4.3	+1.4	+1.0		-0.8	+1.9	+7.1	+.144	+1.9	+5.2		+2.3	+3.3
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	3	35.7	13.3	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	2.3	0.3	3.3	3.7	5.3	8.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.7	.571
difference:	+16	+3.9	+5.9	+0.4	+1.2	+0.8	+2.8	+0.8	+0.6	-0.4	-1.1	+1.5	+8.3	+.250	+2.1	+5.9		+0.9	+0.2	+.220
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

Season 11
	Artis Gilmore	Scottie Pippen
Season	1986-87	1997-98
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	82	29.3	11.4	2.3	4.8	7.1	1.8	0.5	1.2	2.2	2.9	4.2	7.1	.597	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.3	.680
difference:	+38	+8.2	+7.7	+1.1	+0.8	+1.9	+4.0	+1.3	+0.2	-0.3	-0.3	+3.0	+8.9	+.150	+1.4	+4.4		+0.4	+0.1	+.097
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 12
	Artis Gilmore	Scottie Pippen
Season	1987-88	1998-99
Team	Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	71	12.6	3.7	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.9	2.1	1.4	2.5	.547	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.8	.523
difference:	+21	+27.6	+10.8	+0.3	+3.2	+3.5	+5.6	+1.8	+0.3	-2.3	-0.3	+3.8	+9.6	+.115	+1.4	+4.2		+1.7	+1.9	+.198
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Artis Gilmore	14	6.1	1.1	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
difference:	+10	+36.9	+17.2	+4.7	+5.7	+10.4	+5.4	+1.8	+0.5	-3.0	-2.3	+5.5	+16.9	+.171	+1.5	+5.5		+4.8	+5.5	+.308
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

Additional Years
* Scottie Pippen played 5 seasons more than Artis Gilmore in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 17, from 2000 to 2004—Scottie Pippen played in 4 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Artis Gilmore, Scottie Pippen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team