Josh Giddey vs. Scottie Pippen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scottie Pippen and Josh Giddey, 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.

Josh Giddey played 5 years in the NBA, 12 less than Scottie Pippen, who played 17. Josh Giddey had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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.

Rookie Season
	Josh Giddey	Scottie Pippen
Season	2021-22	1987-88
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Josh Giddey	54	31.5	12.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	3.2	1.6	5.2	12.4	.419	1.0	3.9	.263	1.0	1.5	.709
difference:	+25	+10.6	+4.6	+0.3	+3.7	+4.0	+4.3	+0.3	+0.3	-1.5	-1.1	+1.9	+5.3	+.044	+0.9	+3.6	+.089	+0.3	+0.7	+.133
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 3
	Josh Giddey	Scottie Pippen
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Josh Giddey	80	25.1	12.3	1.4	5.0	6.4	4.8	0.7	0.6	2.1	1.4	5.0	10.6	.475	1.0	3.0	.337	1.3	1.6	.806
difference:	+2	+13.3	+4.2	+0.4	+0.2	+0.3	+0.6	+1.9	+0.6	-1.3	-2.2	+1.9	+3.4	+.014	+0.7	+1.6	+.087	+1.1	+2.0	+.131
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		%
Josh Giddey	10	18.1	8.7	0.7	2.9	3.6	2.1	0.2	0.4	1.2	0.9	3.4	7.5	.453	1.2	3.4	.353	0.7	0.8	.875
difference:	+5	+22.7	+10.6	+1.5	+2.1	+3.6	+3.4	+1.9	+0.9	-2.1	-3.2	+3.5	+6.5	+.042	+0.5	+1.3	+.030	+4.0	+5.9	+.165
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
	Josh Giddey	Scottie Pippen
Season	2024-25	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		%
Josh Giddey	70	30.2	14.6	1.8	6.3	8.1	7.2	1.2	0.6	2.9	1.7	5.3	11.4	.465	1.5	4.0	.378	2.5	3.2	.781
difference:	+12	+6.6	+3.2	+0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+1.0	+1.2	+0.5	-0.1	-1.6	+2.0	+2.7	+.055	+1.2	+3.2	+.069	+0.4	+0.9	+.075
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		%
Josh Giddey	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
	Josh Giddey	Scottie Pippen
Season	2025-26	1991-92
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Josh Giddey	3	31.3	19.3	1.0	7.7	8.7	6.3	0.7	0.7	3.7	2.3	6.3	14.7	.432	1.7	4.0	.417	5.0	7.0	.714
difference:	+79	+7.3	+1.7	+1.3	+2.3	+1.0	+0.7	+1.2	+0.4	-0.6	-0.7	+2.1	+1.9	+.074	+1.5	+3.0	+.217	+1.0	+1.7	+.046
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		%
Josh Giddey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Scottie Pippen played 12 seasons more than Josh Giddey in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 17, from 1993 to 2004—Scottie Pippen played in 11 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships. In those 12 extra years over Josh Giddey, Scottie Pippen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 7 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Steals Leader 5 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP