Michael Jordan vs. Paul Pierce Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Pierce and Michael Jordan, 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 / Scoring / 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.

Michael Jordan played 15 years in the NBA, 4 less than Paul Pierce, who played 19. Michael Jordan had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Paul Pierce had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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
Michael Jordan	15	13	1984-85 to 2002-03
Paul Pierce	19	14	1998-99 to 2016-17

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


Rookie Season
	Michael Jordan	Paul Pierce
Season	1984-85	1998-99
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Michael Jordan	82	38.3	28.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	3.5	3.5	10.2	19.8	.515	0.1	0.6	.173	7.7	9.1	.845
difference:	+34	+4.3	+11.7	+0.4	+0.5	+0.1	+3.5	+0.7	+0.2	-1.1	-0.6	+4.3	+6.3	+.076	+1.7	+3.7	+.239	+4.8	+5.0	+.132
Paul Pierce	48	34.0	16.5	2.4	4.0	6.4	2.4	1.7	1.0	2.4	2.9	5.9	13.5	.439	1.8	4.3	.412	2.9	4.1	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	4	42.8	29.3	1.8	4.0	5.8	8.5	2.8	1.0	3.8	3.8	8.5	19.5	.436	0.3	2.0	.125	12.0	14.5	.828
Paul Pierce	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Michael Jordan	Paul Pierce
Season	1985-86	1999-00
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Michael Jordan	18	25.1	22.7	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.9	2.1	1.2	2.5	2.6	8.3	18.2	.457	0.2	1.0	.167	5.8	6.9	.840
difference:	+55	+10.3	+3.2	+0.2	+2.0	+1.8	+0.1		+0.4	-0.1	-0.6	+1.6	+3.1	+.015	+1.1	+2.8	+.176	+0.9	+0.7	+.042
Paul Pierce	73	35.4	19.5	1.1	4.3	5.4	3.0	2.1	0.8	2.4	3.2	6.7	15.1	.442	1.3	3.8	.343	4.9	6.2	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	3	45.0	43.7	1.7	4.7	6.3	5.7	2.3	1.3	4.7	4.3	16.0	31.7	.505	0.3	0.3	1.000	11.3	13.0	.872
Paul Pierce	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Michael Jordan	Paul Pierce
Season	1986-87	2000-01
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Michael Jordan	82	40.0	37.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	4.6	2.9	1.5	3.3	2.9	13.4	27.8	.482	0.1	0.8	.182	10.2	11.9	.857
difference:		+2.0	+11.8	+0.9	+2.0	+1.2	+1.5	+1.2	+0.7	-0.1	-0.2	+5.0	+9.3	+.028	+1.7	+3.9	+.201	+3.5	+2.9	+.112
Paul Pierce	82	38.0	25.3	1.1	5.2	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.8	3.2	3.1	8.4	18.5	.454	1.8	4.7	.383	6.7	9.0	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	3	42.7	35.7	2.3	4.7	7.0	6.0	2.0	2.3	2.7	3.7	11.7	28.0	.417	0.7	1.7	.400	11.7	13.0	.897
Paul Pierce	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Michael Jordan	Paul Pierce
Season	1987-88	2001-02
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Michael Jordan	82	40.4	35.0	1.7	3.8	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	3.1	3.3	13.0	24.4	.535	0.1	0.6	.132	8.8	10.5	.841
difference:		+0.1	+8.9	+0.7	+2.1	+1.4	+2.7	+1.3	+0.6	-0.2	-0.4	+4.4	+4.9	+.093	+2.5	+5.7	+.272	+2.5	+2.7	+.032
Paul Pierce	82	40.3	26.1	1.0	5.9	6.9	3.2	1.9	1.0	2.9	2.9	8.6	19.5	.442	2.6	6.3	.404	6.3	7.8	.809

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	10	42.7	36.3	2.3	4.8	7.1	4.7	2.4	1.1	3.9	3.8	13.8	26.0	.531	0.1	0.3	.333	8.6	9.9	.869
difference:	+6	+0.7	+11.7	+0.6	+2.1	+1.5	+0.6	+0.7	+0.2	-0.1	-0.5	+6.2	+7.1	+.128	+1.8	+6.2	+.045	+1.1	+0.1	+.105
Paul Pierce	16	42.0	24.6	1.7	6.9	8.6	4.1	1.7	1.3	3.8	3.3	7.6	18.9	.403	1.9	6.5	.288	7.5	9.8	.764


Season 5
	Michael Jordan	Paul Pierce
Season	1988-89	2002-03
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Michael Jordan	81	40.2	32.5	1.8	6.2	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	3.6	3.0	11.9	22.2	.538	0.3	1.2	.276	8.3	9.8	.850
difference:	+2	+1.0	+6.6	+0.5	+0.2	+0.7	+3.6	+1.1			-0.1	+3.5	+2.0	+.122	+1.2	+3.7	+.026	+0.7	+0.3	+.048
Paul Pierce	79	39.2	25.9	1.3	6.0	7.3	4.4	1.8	0.8	3.6	2.9	8.4	20.2	.416	1.5	4.9	.302	7.6	9.5	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	17	42.2	34.8	1.5	5.5	7.0	7.6	2.5	0.8	4.0	3.8	11.7	22.9	.510	0.6	2.1	.286	10.8	13.5	.799
difference:	+7	+2.3	+7.7	+0.4	+2.4	+2.0	+0.9	+0.4		-0.4		+4.0	+3.6	+.111	+1.0	+2.4	+.070	+0.7	+1.8	+.064
Paul Pierce	10	44.5	27.1	1.1	7.9	9.0	6.7	2.1	0.8	4.4	3.8	7.7	19.3	.399	1.6	4.5	.356	10.1	11.7	.863


Season 6
	Michael Jordan	Paul Pierce
Season	1989-90	2003-04
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Michael Jordan	82	39.0	33.6	1.7	5.1	6.9	6.3	2.8	0.7	3.0	2.9	12.6	24.0	.526	1.1	3.0	.376	7.2	8.5	.848
difference:	+2	+0.3	+10.6	+0.8	+0.6	+0.4	+1.2	+1.2		-0.8		+5.1	+5.3	+.124	+0.3	+1.8	+.077	+0.7	+0.6	+.029
Paul Pierce	80	38.7	23.0	0.9	5.7	6.5	5.1	1.6	0.7	3.8	2.9	7.5	18.7	.402	1.4	4.8	.299	6.5	7.9	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	16	42.1	36.7	1.5	5.7	7.2	6.8	2.8	0.9	3.5	3.4	13.7	26.6	.514	1.0	3.1	.320	8.3	9.9	.836
difference:	+12	+1.3	+15.9		+1.6	+1.6	+4.3	+1.5	+0.1	-2.8	-0.4	+7.2	+7.6	+.172	+0.3	+1.2	+.026	+1.8	+2.1	+.003
Paul Pierce	4	40.8	20.8	1.5	7.3	8.8	2.5	1.3	1.0	6.3	3.0	6.5	19.0	.342	1.3	4.3	.294	6.5	7.8	.839


Season 7
	Michael Jordan	Paul Pierce
Season	1990-91	2004-05
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Michael Jordan	82	37.0	31.5	1.4	4.6	6.0	5.5	2.7	1.0	2.5	2.8	12.1	22.4	.539	0.4	1.1	.312	7.0	8.2	.851
difference:		+0.9	+9.9	+0.4	+1.0	+0.6	+1.3	+1.1	+0.5	-0.3	-0.3	+5.3	+7.5	+.084	+0.9	+2.5	+.058	+0.3	+0.1	+.029
Paul Pierce	82	36.1	21.6	1.0	5.6	6.6	4.2	1.6	0.5	2.8	3.1	6.8	14.9	.455	1.3	3.6	.370	6.7	8.1	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	17	40.5	31.1	1.1	5.3	6.4	8.4	2.4	1.4	2.5	3.1	11.6	22.1	.524	0.6	1.5	.385	7.4	8.7	.845
difference:	+10	+0.8	+8.2	+0.1	+1.4	+1.3	+3.8	+0.5		-0.2	-0.5	+4.9	+8.8	+.019	+0.4	+2.4	+.126	+1.0	+1.0	+.023
Paul Pierce	7	39.7	22.9	1.0	6.7	7.7	4.6	1.9	1.4	2.7	2.6	6.7	13.3	.505	1.0	3.9	.259	8.4	9.7	.868


Season 8
	Michael Jordan	Paul Pierce
Season	1991-92	2005-06
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Michael Jordan	80	38.8	30.1	1.1	5.3	6.4	6.1	2.3	0.9	2.5	2.5	11.8	22.7	.519	0.3	1.3	.270	6.1	7.4	.832
difference:	+1	+0.2	+3.3	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	+1.4	+0.9	+0.5	-1.0	-0.3	+3.1	+4.2	+.048	+1.1	+2.7	+.084	+1.8	+2.9	+.060
Paul Pierce	79	39.0	26.8	1.0	5.7	6.7	4.7	1.4	0.4	3.5	2.8	8.7	18.5	.471	1.4	4.0	.354	7.9	10.3	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	22	41.8	34.5	1.7	4.5	6.2	5.8	2.0	0.7	3.7	2.8	13.2	26.4	.499	0.8	2.0	.386	7.4	8.6	.857
Paul Pierce	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Michael Jordan	Paul Pierce
Season	1992-93	2006-07
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Michael Jordan	78	39.3	32.6	1.7	5.0	6.7	5.5	2.8	0.8	2.7	2.4	12.7	25.7	.495	1.0	2.9	.352	6.1	7.3	.837
difference:	+31	+2.3	+7.6	+0.9	+0.1	+0.8	+1.4	+1.8	+0.5	-0.5	-0.2	+4.8	+7.6	+.056	+1.3	+3.0	+.037	+0.7	+1.3	+.041
Paul Pierce	47	37.0	25.0	0.8	5.1	5.9	4.1	1.0	0.3	3.2	2.6	7.9	18.1	.439	2.3	5.9	.389	6.8	8.6	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	19	41.2	35.1	1.7	5.1	6.7	6.0	2.1	0.9	2.4	3.1	13.2	27.8	.475	1.5	3.8	.389	7.2	8.9	.805
Paul Pierce	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Michael Jordan didn't play in 1993-94.


Season 10
	Michael Jordan	Paul Pierce
Season	1994-95	2007-08
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Michael Jordan	17	39.3	26.9	1.5	5.4	6.9	5.3	1.8	0.8	2.1	2.8	9.8	23.8	.411	0.9	1.9	.500	6.4	8.0	.801
difference:	+63	+3.4	+7.3	+0.8	+0.9	+1.8	+0.8	+0.5	+0.3	-0.7	-0.3	+3.4	+10.1	+.053	+0.9	+2.7	+.108	+1.3	+1.9	+.042
Paul Pierce	80	35.9	19.6	0.7	4.5	5.1	4.5	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.5	6.4	13.7	.464	1.8	4.6	.392	5.1	6.1	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	10	42.0	31.5	2.0	4.5	6.5	4.5	2.3	1.4	4.1	3.0	12.0	24.8	.484	1.1	3.0	.367	6.4	7.9	.810
difference:	+16	+3.9	+11.8	+1.2	+0.3	+1.5	+0.1	+1.2	+1.1	-0.9	-0.5	+5.7	+10.6	+.043	+0.6	+1.6	+.006	+0.9	+1.1	+.008
Paul Pierce	26	38.1	19.7	0.8	4.2	5.0	4.6	1.1	0.3	3.2	3.5	6.3	14.2	.441	1.7	4.6	.361	5.5	6.8	.802


Season 11
	Michael Jordan	Paul Pierce
Season	1995-96	2008-09
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Michael Jordan	82	37.7	30.4	1.8	4.8	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	2.4	2.4	11.2	22.6	.495	1.4	3.2	.427	6.7	8.0	.834
difference:	+1	+0.2	+9.9	+1.1	+0.2	+1.0	+0.7	+1.2	+0.2	-0.4	-0.3	+4.5	+8.0	+.038	+0.1	+0.6	+.036	+1.0	+1.2	+.004
Paul Pierce	81	37.5	20.5	0.7	5.0	5.6	3.6	1.0	0.3	2.8	2.7	6.7	14.6	.457	1.5	3.8	.391	5.7	6.8	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	18	40.7	30.7	1.7	3.2	4.9	4.1	1.8	0.3	2.3	2.7	10.4	22.6	.459	1.4	3.4	.403	8.5	10.4	.818
difference:	+4	+1.0	+9.7	+1.4	+2.3	+0.9	+1.0	+0.7	+0.1	-0.1	-0.4	+3.6	+6.8	+.029		+0.7	+.070	+2.4	+3.2	+.024
Paul Pierce	14	39.7	21.0	0.3	5.5	5.8	3.1	1.1	0.4	2.4	3.1	6.8	15.8	.430	1.4	4.1	.333	6.1	7.2	.842


Season 12
	Michael Jordan	Paul Pierce
Season	1996-97	2009-10
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Michael Jordan	82	37.9	29.6	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.5	2.0	1.9	11.2	23.1	.486	1.4	3.6	.374	5.9	7.0	.833
difference:	+11	+3.9	+11.3	+0.9	+0.7	+1.5	+1.2	+0.5	+0.1	-0.3	-0.9	+5.4	+10.9	+.014	+0.1	+0.1	+.040	+0.7	+0.9	+.019
Paul Pierce	71	34.0	18.3	0.5	3.8	4.4	3.1	1.2	0.4	2.3	2.8	5.8	12.2	.472	1.5	3.7	.414	5.2	6.1	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	19	42.3	31.1	2.2	5.7	7.9	4.8	1.6	0.9	2.6	2.4	11.9	26.2	.456	0.7	3.5	.194	6.5	7.8	.831
difference:	+5	+3.5	+12.3	+1.4	+0.6	+1.9	+1.4	+0.6	+0.3	-0.1	-0.9	+5.8	+12.2	+.018	+1.0	+0.8	+.198	+1.6	+1.9	+.007
Paul Pierce	24	38.8	18.8	0.8	5.1	6.0	3.4	1.0	0.6	2.7	3.3	6.1	14.0	.438	1.7	4.3	.392	4.9	5.9	.824


Season 13
	Michael Jordan	Paul Pierce
Season	1997-98	2010-11
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Michael Jordan	82	38.8	28.7	1.6	4.2	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	2.3	1.8	10.7	23.1	.465	0.4	1.5	.238	6.9	8.8	.784
difference:	+2	+4.1	+9.8	+1.2	+0.8	+0.4	+0.2	+0.7	+0.1	-0.2	-1.1	+4.4	+10.3	+.032	+1.0	+2.2	+.136	+2.1	+3.2	+.076
Paul Pierce	80	34.7	18.9	0.4	5.0	5.4	3.3	1.0	0.6	2.1	2.9	6.3	12.8	.497	1.4	3.7	.374	4.8	5.6	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	21	41.5	32.4	1.6	3.5	5.1	3.5	1.5	0.6	2.1	2.2	11.6	25.0	.462	0.6	2.0	.302	8.6	10.6	.812
difference:	+12	+3.4	+11.6	+1.0	+0.9	+0.1	+0.7	+0.2	+0.2	-0.6	-1.1	+4.0	+8.6	+.003	+1.7	+3.2	+.145	+5.3	+6.8	+.070
Paul Pierce	9	38.1	20.8	0.6	4.4	5.0	2.8	1.3	0.4	2.7	3.3	7.6	16.4	.459	2.3	5.2	.447	3.3	3.8	.882

Note: Michael Jordan didn't play in 1998-99, 1999-00 and 2000-01.


Season 14
	Michael Jordan	Paul Pierce
Season	2001-02	2011-12
Team	Washington Wizards	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Michael Jordan	60	34.9	22.9	0.8	4.8	5.7	5.2	1.4	0.4	2.7	2.0	9.2	22.1	.416	0.2	0.9	.189	4.4	5.6	.790
difference:	+1	+0.9	+3.5	+0.2	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+0.3		-0.1	-0.4	+2.7	+7.5	+.027	+1.4	+3.6	+.177	+0.4		+.062
Paul Pierce	61	34.0	19.4	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.5	1.1	0.4	2.8	2.4	6.5	14.6	.443	1.6	4.5	.366	4.8	5.6	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pierce	20	38.9	18.9	0.7	5.4	6.1	3.1	1.5	0.9	2.8	3.4	6.0	15.6	.386	1.4	4.4	.310	5.5	6.2	.894


Season 15
	Michael Jordan	Paul Pierce
Season	2002-03	2012-13
Team	Washington Wizards	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Michael Jordan	82	37.0	20.0	0.9	5.2	6.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	2.1	2.1	8.3	18.6	.445	0.2	0.7	.291	3.2	4.0	.821
difference:	+5	+3.6	+1.4	+0.3	+0.5	+0.2	+1.0	+0.4	+0.1	-0.7	-0.6	+2.1	+4.4	+.009	+1.7	+4.3	+.089	+1.1	+1.5	+.034
Paul Pierce	77	33.4	18.6	0.6	5.7	6.3	4.8	1.1	0.4	2.8	2.7	6.2	14.2	.436	1.9	5.0	.380	4.3	5.5	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Pierce	6	42.5	19.2	0.7	5.0	5.7	5.3	0.8	0.5	5.3	3.5	6.5	17.7	.368	1.8	6.8	.268	4.3	4.8	.897

Additional Years

* Paul Pierce played 4 seasons more than Michael Jordan in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 16 to 19, from 2014 to 2017—Paul Pierce played in 4 Playoffs.

Michael Jordan vs. Paul Pierce Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Pierce and Michael Jordan, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

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Season 2

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Season 3

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 7

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Season 8

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Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

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Season 13

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Season 14

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Season 15

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