Elgin Baylor vs. Scotty Pippen Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scotty Pippen Jr. and Elgin Baylor, 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.

Elgin Baylor played 14 years in the NBA, 11 more than Scotty Pippen Jr., who played 3. Elgin Baylor had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, while Scotty Pippen Jr. had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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.

Rookie Season
	Elgin Baylor	Scotty Pippen Jr.
Season	1958-59	2022-23
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	70	40.8	24.9	-	-	15.0	4.1	-	-	-	3.9	8.6	21.2	.408	-	-	-	7.6	9.8	.777
difference:	+64	+35.5	+22.6			+14.3	+3.8				-3.4	+7.9	+19.2	+.075				+6.8	+8.3	+.221
Scotty Pippen Jr.	6	5.3	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.7	2.0	.333	0.2	0.5	.333	0.8	1.5	.556
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	13	42.8	25.5	-	-	12.0	3.3	-	-	-	4.0	9.4	23.3	.403	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.770
Scotty Pippen Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Elgin Baylor	Scotty Pippen Jr.
Season	1959-60	2023-24
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Elgin Baylor	70	41.0	29.6	-	-	16.4	3.5	-	-	-	3.3	10.8	25.4	.424	-	-	-	8.1	11.0	.732
difference:	+49	+15.9	+16.7			+13.2	+1.2				-0.4	+6.0	+15.7	+.069				+6.1	+8.4	+.013
Scotty Pippen Jr.	21	25.1	12.9	1.0	2.1	3.2	4.7	1.7	0.5	2.7	2.9	4.8	9.7	.493	1.4	3.4	.417	2.0	2.6	.745
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	9	45.3	33.4	-	-	14.1	3.4	-	-	-	4.2	12.3	26.0	.474	-	-	-	8.8	10.4	.840
Scotty Pippen Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Elgin Baylor	Scotty Pippen Jr.
Season	1960-61	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Elgin Baylor	73	42.9	34.8	-	-	19.8	5.1	-	-	-	3.8	12.8	29.7	.430	-	-	-	9.3	11.8	.783
difference:	+6	+21.6	+24.9			+16.5	+0.7				-1.2	+9.2	+22.2	+.050				+7.8	+9.6	+.070
Scotty Pippen Jr.	79	21.3	9.9	0.8	2.5	3.3	4.4	1.3	0.4	1.7	2.6	3.6	7.5	.480	1.1	2.8	.397	1.5	2.2	.713
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elgin Baylor	12	45.0	38.1	-	-	15.3	4.6	-	-	-	3.7	14.2	30.2	.470	-	-	-	9.8	11.8	.824
difference:	+8	+12.7	+19.8			+9.8	+1.1				-1.1	+8.7	+15.7	+.091				+5.0	+7.0	+.176
Scotty Pippen Jr.	4	32.3	18.3	1.0	4.5	5.5	3.5	1.0	0.3	3.5	4.8	5.5	14.5	.379	2.5	7.0	.357	4.8	4.8	1.000

Additional Years
* Elgin Baylor played 11 seasons more than Scotty Pippen Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 1962 to 1972—Elgin Baylor played in 9 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Scotty Pippen Jr., Elgin Baylor got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	7 All-NBA First Team 8 All-Star Game