Josh Giddey vs. Scotty Pippen Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scotty Pippen Jr. 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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, 2 more than Scotty Pippen Jr., who played 3. Josh Giddey had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Josh Giddey 5 1 2021-22 to 2025-26
Scotty Pippen Jr. 3 1 2022-23 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Josh Giddey Scotty Pippen Jr.
Season 2021-222022-23
Team Oklahoma City ThunderLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie Second Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+48+26.2+10.2+1.5+5.7+7.1+6.1+0.6+0.2-2.9-1.1+4.5+10.4+.086+0.8+3.4+.070+0.2+.153
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
* Neiher Josh Giddey nor Scotty Pippen Jr. played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
Josh Giddey Scotty Pippen Jr.
Season 2022-232023-24
Team Oklahoma City ThunderMemphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Josh Giddey 76 31.2 16.6 1.9 5.9 7.9 6.2 0.8 0.4 2.8 1.9 7.1 14.7 .482 1.0 3.1 .325 1.4 1.9 .731
difference:+55+6.1+3.7+0.9+3.8+4.7+1.5+0.9+0.1-0.1-1.0+2.3+5.0+.011+0.4+0.3+.092+0.6+0.7+.014
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
* Neiher Josh Giddey nor Scotty Pippen Jr. played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
Josh Giddey Scotty Pippen Jr.
Season 2023-242024-25
Team Oklahoma City ThunderMemphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Thunder Lost West Conf SemisGrizzlies 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 TOPF 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:+1+3.8+2.4+0.6+2.5+3.1+0.4+0.6+0.2-0.4-1.2+1.4+3.1+.005+0.1+0.2+.060+0.2+0.6+.093
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 TOPF 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:+6+14.2+9.6+0.3+1.6+1.9+1.4+0.8+0.1-2.3-3.9+2.1+7.0+.074+1.3+3.6+.004+4.1+4.0+.125
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

* Josh Giddey played 2 seasons more than Scotty Pippen Jr. in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 4 to 5, from 2025 to 2026—Josh Giddey didn't play in the postseason.

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