Jalen Brunson vs. Scottie Pippen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scottie Pippen and Jalen Brunson, 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.

Jalen Brunson played 7 years in the NBA, 10 less than Scottie Pippen, who played 17. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, 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 3
	Jalen Brunson	Scottie Pippen
Season	2020-21	1989-90
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jalen Brunson	68	25.0	12.6	0.4	3.0	3.4	3.5	0.5	0.0	1.2	1.6	4.8	9.2	.523	1.2	2.9	.405	1.8	2.2	.795
difference:	+14	+13.4	+3.9	+1.4	+1.8	+3.3	+1.9	+2.1	+1.2	-2.2	-2.0	+2.1	+4.8	+.034	+0.9	+1.5	+.155	+0.6	+1.4	+.120
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		%
Jalen Brunson	7	16.3	8.0	0.9	1.7	2.6	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.9	2.9	6.3	.455	0.9	1.9	.462	1.4	1.9	.769
difference:	+8	+24.5	+11.3	+1.3	+3.3	+4.6	+4.1	+2.1	+1.3	-2.7	-3.2	+4.0	+7.7	+.040	+0.2	+0.2	+.139	+3.3	+4.8	+.059
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
	Jalen Brunson	Scottie Pippen
Season	2021-22	1990-91
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Jalen Brunson	79	31.9	16.3	0.5	3.4	3.9	4.8	0.8	0.0	1.6	1.9	6.4	12.8	.502	1.2	3.2	.373	2.3	2.7	.840
difference:	+3	+4.9	+1.5	+1.5	+1.9	+3.4	+1.4	+1.6	+1.1	-1.2	-1.4	+0.9	+1.3	+.018	+0.9	+2.4	+.064	+0.6	+1.4	+.134
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		%
Jalen Brunson	18	34.9	21.6	0.8	3.8	4.6	3.7	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.1	8.1	17.3	.466	1.4	4.2	.347	4.0	5.0	.800
difference:	+1	+6.5		+1.4	+2.9	+4.3	+2.1	+1.7	+1.0	-2.1	-1.3	+0.3	+0.7	+.038	+1.2	+3.2	+.112	+0.7	+0.9	+.008
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
	Jalen Brunson	Scottie Pippen
Season	2022-23	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Jalen Brunson	68	35.0	24.0	0.6	3.0	3.5	6.2	0.9	0.2	2.1	2.2	8.6	17.6	.491	2.0	4.7	.416	4.8	5.8	.829
difference:	+14	+3.6	+3.0	+1.7	+2.4	+4.2	+0.8	+1.0	+0.9	-1.0	-0.8	+0.2	+1.0	+.015	+1.8	+3.7	+.216	+0.8	+0.5	+.069
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		%
Jalen Brunson	11	40.3	27.8	0.8	4.1	4.9	5.6	1.5	0.1	2.1	2.4	9.9	20.9	.474	2.4	7.3	.325	5.6	6.2	.912
difference:	+11	+0.6	+8.3	+1.9	+2.0	+3.9	+1.1	+0.4	+1.0	-1.1	-0.9	+3.0	+6.1	+.006	+2.1	+6.2	+.075	+0.2	+0.8	+.151
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
	Jalen Brunson	Scottie Pippen
Season	2023-24	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jalen Brunson	77	35.4	28.7	0.6	3.1	3.6	6.7	0.9	0.2	2.4	1.9	10.3	21.4	.479	2.7	6.8	.401	5.5	6.5	.847
difference:	+4	+3.2	+10.1	+1.9	+2.1	+4.1	+0.4	+1.2	+0.7	-0.6	-0.8	+2.5	+5.0	+.006	+2.4	+5.7	+.164	+2.6	+2.2	+.184
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		%
Jalen Brunson	13	39.8	32.4	0.6	2.7	3.3	7.5	0.8	0.2	2.7	2.0	11.6	26.2	.444	2.0	6.5	.310	7.2	9.2	.775
difference:	+6	+1.7	+12.3	+1.3	+2.3	+3.6	+1.9	+1.4	+0.5	-1.0	-1.3	+3.6	+9.0	+.021	+1.8	+5.6	+.134	+3.3	+3.1	+.137
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
	Jalen Brunson	Scottie Pippen
Season	2024-25	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Jalen Brunson	65	35.4	26.0	0.4	2.5	2.9	7.3	0.9	0.1	2.5	2.1	9.0	18.5	.488	2.3	6.1	.383	5.7	6.9	.821
difference:	+7	+2.9	+4.0	+2.0	+3.8	+5.8	+1.7	+2.0	+0.7	-0.7	-1.1	+0.3	+0.7	+.003	+1.4	+3.4	+.063	+1.9	+1.2	+.161
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		%
Jalen Brunson	18	37.8	29.4	0.7	2.8	3.4	7.0	0.4	0.3	3.1	3.3	10.1	21.8	.461	2.7	7.4	.358	6.7	7.8	.851
difference:	+8	+0.6	+6.6	+1.0	+3.8	+4.9	+2.4	+2.0	+0.4	-0.6		+1.6	+2.2	+.027	+1.5	+2.9	+.091	+2.1	+2.6	+.034
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

Additional Years
* Scottie Pippen played 10 seasons more than Jalen Brunson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 17, from 1995 to 2004—Scottie Pippen played in 9 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Jalen Brunson, Scottie Pippen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Steals Leader 3 All-Star Game