Karl Malone vs. Scottie Pippen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scottie Pippen and Karl Malone, 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 / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.

Karl Malone played 19 years in the NBA, 2 more than Scottie Pippen, who played 17. Karl Malone had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Karl Malone	19	19	1985-86 to 2003-04
Scottie Pippen	17	16	1987-88 to 2003-04

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Karl Malone	Scottie Pippen
Season	1985-86	1987-88
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Karl Malone	81	30.6	14.9	2.1	6.7	8.9	2.9	1.3	0.5	3.4	3.6	6.2	12.5	.496	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	5.0	.481
difference:	+2	+9.7	+7.0	+0.6	+4.4	+5.1	+0.8	+0.1	+0.2	-1.7	-0.9	+2.9	+5.4	+.033	+0.1	+0.3		+1.1	+2.8	+.095
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		%
Karl Malone	4	36.0	21.8	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	4.5	9.5	18.0	.528	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	6.5	.423
difference:	+6	+6.6	+11.8	+0.9	+3.2	+2.3	+1.4	+1.2	+0.8	-1.1	-1.2	+4.9	+8.1	+.063	+0.3	+0.6		+2.3	+5.8	+.291
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 2
	Karl Malone	Scottie Pippen
Season	1986-87	1988-89
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Karl Malone	82	34.8	21.7	3.4	7.0	10.4	1.9	1.3	0.7	2.9	3.9	8.9	17.3	.512	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	6.6	.598
difference:	+9	+1.7	+7.3	+1.5	+2.8	+4.3	+1.6	+0.6	+0.1	-0.2	-0.3	+3.2	+5.4	+.036	+0.3	+1.0	+.273	+1.1	+2.5	+.070
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		%
Karl Malone	5	40.0	20.0	3.0	6.6	9.6	1.2	2.2	0.8	3.4	4.0	7.4	17.6	.420	0.0	0.0	-	5.2	7.2	.722
difference:	+12	+3.6	+6.9	+1.0	+1.0	+2.0	+2.7	+0.8	+0.1	-1.0	-0.3	+2.5	+6.9	+.042	+1.3	+3.3		+3.3	+4.3	+.082
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
	Karl Malone	Scottie Pippen
Season	1987-88	1989-90
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Karl Malone	82	39.0	27.7	3.4	8.6	12.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	4.0	3.6	10.5	20.1	.520	0.0	0.1	.000	6.7	9.6	.700
difference:		+0.6	+11.2	+1.6	+3.8	+5.3	+3.0	+1.2	+0.6	-0.6		+3.6	+6.1	+.031	+0.3	+1.3	+.250	+4.3	+6.0	+.025
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		%
Karl Malone	11	44.9	29.7	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.5	1.2	0.6	3.5	3.2	11.2	23.2	.482	0.0	0.1	.000	7.4	10.2	.723
difference:	+4	+4.1	+10.4	+0.8	+3.8	+4.6	+4.0	+0.9	+0.7	-0.2	-0.9	+4.3	+9.2	+.013	+0.7	+2.0	+.323	+2.7	+3.5	+.013
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
	Karl Malone	Scottie Pippen
Season	1988-89	1990-91
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Karl Malone	80	39.1	29.1	3.2	7.4	10.7	2.7	1.8	0.9	3.6	3.6	10.1	19.5	.519	0.1	0.2	.313	8.8	11.5	.766
difference:	+2	+2.3	+11.3	+1.2	+2.1	+3.4	+3.5	+0.6	+0.2	-0.8	-0.3	+2.8	+5.4	+.001	+0.2	+0.6	+.004	+5.9	+7.4	+.060
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		%
Karl Malone	3	45.3	30.7	7.3	9.0	16.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	4.3	5.3	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	8.7	10.7	.813
difference:	+14	+3.9	+9.1	+5.1	+2.3	+7.4	+4.5	+1.5	+0.8	-1.1	-1.9	+2.6	+5.4	+.004	+0.2	+1.0		+4.0	+4.8	+.021
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
	Karl Malone	Scottie Pippen
Season	1989-90	1991-92
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Karl Malone	82	38.1	31.0	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	3.7	3.2	11.1	19.8	.562	0.2	0.5	.372	8.5	11.1	.762
difference:		+0.5	+10.0	+0.5	+2.9	+3.4	+4.2	+0.4	+0.5	-0.6	-0.2	+2.7	+3.2	+.056		+0.5	+.172	+4.5	+5.8	+.002
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		%
Karl Malone	5	40.6	25.2	3.2	7.0	10.2	2.2	2.2	1.0	2.4	4.4	9.2	21.0	.438	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	9.0	.756
difference:	+17	+0.3	+5.7	+0.5	+0.9	+1.4	+4.5	+0.3	+0.1	-0.8	-1.1	+2.3	+6.2	+.030	+0.3	+0.9	+.250	+1.4	+2.0	+.005
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
	Karl Malone	Scottie Pippen
Season	1990-91	1992-93
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Karl Malone	82	40.3	29.0	2.9	8.9	11.8	3.3	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.3	10.3	19.6	.527	0.0	0.2	.286	8.3	10.8	.770
difference:	+1	+1.7	+10.4	+0.4	+3.7	+4.1	+3.0	+1.0	+0.1		-0.6	+2.5	+3.2	+.054	+0.3	+0.9	+.049	+5.4	+6.5	+.107
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		%
Karl Malone	9	42.6	29.7	2.6	10.8	13.3	3.2	1.0	1.2	2.9	3.9	10.6	23.2	.455	0.0	0.9	.000	8.6	10.1	.846
difference:	+10	+1.1	+9.6	+0.7	+5.8	+6.4	+2.4	+1.2	+0.5	-0.8	-0.6	+2.6	+6.0	+.010	+0.2		+.176	+4.7	+4.0	+.208
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
	Karl Malone	Scottie Pippen
Season	1991-92	1993-94
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Karl Malone	81	37.7	28.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.0	1.3	0.6	3.1	2.8	9.9	18.7	.526	0.0	0.2	.176	8.3	10.7	.778
difference:	+9	+0.6	+6.0	+0.4	+2.1	+2.5	+2.6	+1.6	+0.2	-0.1	-0.4	+1.2	+0.9	+.035	+0.9	+2.5	+.144	+4.5	+5.0	+.118
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		%
Karl Malone	16	43.0	29.1	2.7	8.6	11.3	2.6	1.4	1.2	2.9	3.6	9.3	17.8	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	10.6	13.1	.805
difference:	+6	+4.6	+6.3	+1.0	+2.0	+3.0	+2.0	+1.0	+0.5	-0.8	-0.3	+0.8	+1.8	+.087	+1.2	+4.4	+.267	+6.0	+7.9	+.080
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
	Karl Malone	Scottie Pippen
Season	1992-93	1994-95
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Karl Malone	82	37.8	27.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.8	1.5	1.0	2.9	3.2	9.7	17.6	.552	0.0	0.2	.200	7.5	10.2	.740
difference:	+3	+0.4	+5.6	+0.6	+2.5	+3.1	+1.4	+1.4	+0.1	-0.5	-0.2	+1.7	+0.9	+.072	+1.4	+3.8	+.145	+3.5	+4.6	+.024
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		%
Karl Malone	5	43.2	24.0	2.4	8.0	10.4	2.0	1.2	0.4	4.0	4.2	8.8	19.4	.454	0.2	0.4	.500	6.2	7.6	.816
difference:	+5	+3.6	+6.2		+1.8	+1.8	+3.8	+0.2	+0.6	-1.3	-0.2	+3.0	+6.3	+.011	+1.2	+3.4	+.132	+1.4	+0.5	+.140
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
	Karl Malone	Scottie Pippen
Season	1993-94	1995-96
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Karl Malone	82	40.6	25.2	2.9	8.6	11.5	4.0	1.5	1.5	2.9	3.3	9.4	18.9	.497	0.1	0.4	.250	6.2	9.0	.694
difference:	+5	+3.9	+5.8	+0.9	+4.1	+5.1	+1.9	+0.2	+0.8	-0.2	-0.7	+2.1	+3.1	+.034	+1.8	+4.8	+.124	+3.3	+4.8	+.015
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		%
Karl Malone	16	43.9	27.1	3.3	9.1	12.4	3.4	1.4	0.8	2.1	3.7	9.9	21.1	.467	0.0	0.3	.000	7.4	10.0	.738
difference:	+2	+2.7	+10.2	+0.1	+4.0	+3.9	+2.5	+1.2	+0.1	-0.2	-0.9	+3.7	+5.2	+.077	+1.7	+5.5	+.286	+4.6	+5.6	+.100
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
	Karl Malone	Scottie Pippen
Season	1994-95	1996-97
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Karl Malone	82	38.1	26.7	1.9	8.7	10.6	3.5	1.6	1.0	2.9	3.3	10.1	18.9	.536	0.1	0.5	.268	6.3	8.5	.742
difference:		+0.4	+6.5	+0.1	+4.2	+4.1	+2.2	+0.3	+0.5	-0.3	-0.7	+2.2	+2.2	+.062	+1.8	+4.7	+.100	+3.8	+5.0	+.041
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		%
Karl Malone	5	43.2	30.2	3.0	10.2	13.2	3.8	1.4	0.4	2.8	3.6	9.6	20.6	.466	0.2	0.6	.333	10.8	15.6	.692
difference:	+14	+3.6	+11.0	+1.1	+5.3	+6.4		+0.1	+0.5	-0.1	-1.0	+2.8	+4.3	+.049	+1.9	+5.3	+.012	+7.2	+11.1	+.099
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
	Karl Malone	Scottie Pippen
Season	1995-96	1997-98
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Karl Malone	82	38.0	25.7	2.1	7.7	9.8	4.2	1.7	0.7	2.4	3.0	9.6	18.5	.519	0.2	0.5	.400	6.2	8.6	.723
difference:	+38	+0.5	+6.6	+0.9	+3.7	+4.6	+1.6	+0.1	+0.3	-0.1	-0.4	+2.4	+2.5	+.072	+1.2	+3.9	+.082	+2.8	+4.2	+.054
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		%
Karl Malone	18	40.3	26.5	2.6	7.7	10.3	4.4	1.9	0.6	2.5	3.4	10.4	22.3	.469	0.0	0.2	.000	5.6	9.8	.574
difference:	+3	+0.4	+9.7	+0.3	+2.9	+3.2	+0.8	+0.2	+0.4	-0.1	-0.3	+4.6	+8.3	+.054	+0.9	+3.6	+.228	+1.3	+3.4	+.105
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
	Karl Malone	Scottie Pippen
Season	1996-97	1998-99
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA 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		%
Karl Malone	82	36.6	27.4	2.4	7.5	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	2.8	2.6	10.5	19.2	.550	0.0	0.2	.000	6.4	8.4	.755
difference:	+32	+3.6	+12.9	+1.1	+2.3	+3.4	+1.4	+0.6	+0.1	-0.4	-0.2	+5.3	+7.1	+.118	+1.4	+4.0	+.340	+3.8	+4.7	+.034
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		%
Karl Malone	20	40.8	26.0	3.0	8.4	11.4	2.9	1.4	0.8	2.7	3.0	9.4	21.5	.435	0.1	0.1	.500	7.2	10.0	.720
difference:	+16	+2.2	+7.7	+2.0	+1.6	+0.4	+2.6	+0.4		-0.6	-0.3	+3.6	+4.0	+.106	+1.4	+5.4	+.227	+1.9	+3.5	+.088
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


Season 13
	Karl Malone	Scottie Pippen
Season	1997-98	1999-00
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	81	37.4	27.0	2.3	8.0	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	3.0	2.9	9.6	18.2	.530	0.0	0.1	.333	7.8	10.2	.761
difference:	+1	+3.9	+14.5	+0.9	+3.1	+4.0	+1.1	+0.2	+0.4	-0.5	-0.4	+4.9	+7.7	+.079	+1.0	+3.1	+.006	+5.8	+7.5	+.044
Scottie Pippen	82	33.5	12.5	1.4	4.9	6.3	5.0	1.4	0.5	2.5	2.5	4.7	10.5	.451	1.0	3.2	.327	2.0	2.7	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	20	39.8	26.3	2.4	8.5	10.9	3.4	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.5	9.9	21.0	.471	0.0	0.2	.000	6.5	8.3	.788
difference:	+4	+1.4	+11.4	+1.0	+2.7	+3.8	+0.9	+0.9	+0.6	-0.7	-0.4	+4.7	+8.6	+.052	+1.3	+4.2	+.300	+3.2	+3.9	+.045
Scottie Pippen	16	38.4	14.9	1.4	5.8	7.1	4.3	2.0	0.4	2.3	3.1	5.2	12.4	.419	1.3	4.4	.300	3.3	4.4	.743


Season 14
	Karl Malone	Scottie Pippen
Season	1998-99	2000-01
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	49	37.4	23.8	2.2	7.3	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	3.3	2.7	8.0	16.3	.493	0.0	0.0	-	7.7	9.8	.788
difference:	+15	+4.1	+12.5	+1.1	+3.2	+4.2	+0.5	+0.2	+0.1	-0.9	-0.2	+3.8	+7.0	+.042	+1.0	+2.9		+5.8	+7.3	+.049
Scottie Pippen	64	33.3	11.3	1.1	4.1	5.2	4.6	1.5	0.5	2.4	2.5	4.2	9.3	.451	1.0	2.9	.344	1.9	2.5	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	11	41.0	21.8	3.3	8.0	11.3	4.7	1.2	0.7	3.6	3.4	7.8	18.7	.417	0.0	0.1	.000	6.2	7.8	.791
difference:	+8	+2.0	+8.1	+2.6	+3.0	+5.6	+2.4	+1.5		-0.4	-1.3	+2.5	+6.0	+.004	+1.0	+5.6	+.176	+4.2	+4.8	+.124
Scottie Pippen	3	39.0	13.7	0.7	5.0	5.7	2.3	2.7	0.7	4.0	4.7	5.3	12.7	.421	1.0	5.7	.176	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 15
	Karl Malone	Scottie Pippen
Season	1999-00	2001-02
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	82	35.9	25.5	2.1	7.4	9.5	3.7	1.0	0.9	2.8	2.8	9.2	18.0	.509	0.0	0.1	.250	7.2	9.0	.797
difference:	+20	+3.7	+14.9	+0.9	+3.5	+4.3	+2.2	+0.6	+0.3		-0.2	+5.2	+8.3	+.098	+0.9	+2.8	+.055	+5.4	+6.6	+.023
Scottie Pippen	62	32.2	10.6	1.2	3.9	5.2	5.9	1.6	0.6	2.8	2.6	4.0	9.7	.411	0.9	2.9	.305	1.8	2.4	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	10	38.6	27.2	1.9	7.0	8.9	3.1	0.7	0.7	2.7	3.1	10.3	19.8	.520	0.2	0.2	1.000	6.4	7.9	.810
difference:	+7	+5.6	+10.9	+0.8	+0.3	+0.4	+2.6	+0.6		-0.6	-1.6	+4.3	+6.8	+.058	+1.8	+3.5	+.455	+4.1	+5.2	+.065
Scottie Pippen	3	33.0	16.3	2.7	6.7	9.3	5.7	1.3	0.7	3.3	4.7	6.0	13.0	.462	2.0	3.7	.545	2.3	2.7	.875


Season 16
	Karl Malone	Scottie Pippen
Season	2000-01	2002-03
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	81	35.7	23.2	1.4	6.9	8.3	4.5	1.1	0.8	3.0	2.7	8.3	16.6	.498	0.0	0.1	.400	6.6	8.3	.793
difference:	+17	+5.8	+12.4	+0.5	+3.4	+4.0		+0.5	+0.4	-0.4	-0.4	+4.2	+7.3	+.054	+0.6	+2.0	+.114	+4.7	+6.0	+.025
Scottie Pippen	64	29.9	10.8	0.9	3.5	4.3	4.5	1.6	0.4	2.6	2.3	4.1	9.3	.444	0.6	2.1	.286	1.9	2.3	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	5	40.0	27.6	1.8	7.0	8.8	3.4	1.0	0.8	3.8	2.6	9.8	24.2	.405	0.2	0.4	.500	7.8	9.8	.796
difference:	+1	+21.5	+21.8	+1.3	+4.7	+6.0	+0.1	+1.0	+0.8	-2.0	-0.6	+7.5	+18.7	+.004	+0.6	+1.9	+.167	+7.3	+9.3	+.204
Scottie Pippen	4	18.5	5.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.3	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.0	2.3	5.5	.409	0.8	2.3	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 17
	Karl Malone	Scottie Pippen
Season	2001-02	2003-04
Team	Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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17th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	80	38.0	22.4	1.8	6.8	8.6	4.3	1.9	0.7	3.3	2.9	7.9	17.5	.454	0.1	0.3	.360	6.4	8.0	.797
difference:	+57	+20.1	+16.5	+0.9	+4.7	+5.6	+2.1	+1.0	+0.3	-2.0	-1.2	+5.6	+11.4	+.075	+0.5	+1.8	+.089	+5.7	+6.8	+.167
Scottie Pippen	23	17.9	5.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	2.2	0.9	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.3	6.1	.379	0.6	2.1	.271	0.7	1.2	.630

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl Malone	4	40.8	20.0	0.8	6.8	7.5	4.5	1.3	0.8	2.8	2.8	7.5	18.3	.411	0.0	0.3	.000	5.0	7.0	.714
Scottie Pippen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Karl Malone played 2 seasons more than Scottie Pippen in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 18 to 19, from 2003 to 2004—Karl Malone played in two Playoffs.

Karl Malone vs. Scottie Pippen Season by Season Comparison

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

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years