Mikal Bridges vs. Scottie Pippen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scottie Pippen and Mikal Bridges, 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.

Mikal Bridges played 7 years in the NBA, 10 less than Scottie Pippen, who played 17. Mikal Bridges 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
	Mikal Bridges	Scottie Pippen
Season	2020-21	1989-90
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Mikal Bridges	72	32.6	13.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	2.1	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.6	5.0	9.3	.543	1.9	4.4	.425	1.5	1.8	.840
difference:	+10	+5.8	+3.0	+0.7	+1.6	+2.4	+3.3	+1.5	+0.3	-2.6	-2.0	+1.9	+4.7	+.054	+1.6	+3.0	+.175	+0.9	+1.8	+.165
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		%
Mikal Bridges	22	32.1	11.1	0.9	3.4	4.3	1.6	1.0	0.7	0.7	1.9	4.2	8.6	.484	1.6	4.3	.368	1.1	1.3	.893
difference:	+7	+8.7	+8.2	+1.3	+1.6	+2.9	+3.9	+1.1	+0.6	-2.6	-2.2	+2.7	+5.4	+.011	+0.9	+2.2	+.045	+3.6	+5.4	+.183
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
	Mikal Bridges	Scottie Pippen
Season	2021-22	1990-91
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Mikal Bridges	82	34.8	14.2	0.9	3.3	4.2	2.3	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.8	5.6	10.5	.534	1.4	3.8	.369	1.6	1.9	.834
difference:		+2.0	+3.6	+1.1	+2.0	+3.1	+3.9	+1.2	+0.7	-2.0	-1.5	+1.7	+3.6	+.014	+1.1	+3.0	+.060	+1.3	+2.2	+.128
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		%
Mikal Bridges	13	38.5	13.3	0.9	3.8	4.7	2.8	1.1	1.0	0.8	2.4	5.1	10.6	.478	1.0	2.5	.394	2.2	2.3	.933
difference:	+4	+2.9	+8.3	+1.3	+2.9	+4.2	+3.0	+1.4	+0.1	-2.4	-1.0	+3.3	+6.0	+.026	+0.8	+1.5	+.159	+2.5	+3.6	+.141
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
	Mikal Bridges	Scottie Pippen
Season	2022-23	1991-92
Team	Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
Mikal Bridges	83	35.7	20.1	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.3	1.1	0.7	1.5	1.9	7.1	15.3	.468	2.0	5.3	.382	3.8	4.3	.895
difference:	+1	+2.9	+0.9	+1.3	+2.0	+3.3	+3.7	+0.8	+0.4	-1.6	-1.1	+1.3	+1.3	+.038	+1.8	+4.3	+.182	+0.2	+1.0	+.135
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		%
Mikal Bridges	4	39.3	23.5	0.5	4.8	5.3	4.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	1.3	8.3	19.3	.429	2.5	6.3	.400	4.5	5.8	.783
difference:	+18	+1.6	+4.0	+2.2	+1.3	+3.5	+2.7	+1.4	+0.6	-1.2	-2.0	+1.4	+4.5	+.039	+2.2	+5.2	+.150	+0.9	+1.2	+.022
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
	Mikal Bridges	Scottie Pippen
Season	2023-24	1992-93
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mikal Bridges	82	34.8	19.6	0.8	3.7	4.5	3.6	1.0	0.4	2.0	1.4	6.9	15.8	.436	2.7	7.2	.372	3.1	3.9	.814
difference:	+1	+3.8	+1.0	+1.7	+1.5	+3.2	+2.7	+1.1	+0.5	-1.0	-1.3	+0.9	+0.6	+.037	+2.4	+6.1	+.135	+0.2	+0.4	+.151
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		%
Mikal Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mikal Bridges	Scottie Pippen
Season	2024-25	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	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		%
Mikal Bridges	82	37.0	17.6	0.9	2.3	3.2	3.7	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.5	7.2	14.4	.500	2.0	5.6	.354	1.2	1.4	.814
difference:	+10	+1.3	+4.4	+1.5	+4.0	+5.5	+1.9	+2.0	+0.3	-1.6	-1.7	+1.5	+3.4	+.009	+1.1	+2.9	+.034	+2.6	+4.3	+.154
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		%
Mikal Bridges	18	39.2	15.6	1.1	3.4	4.5	2.9	1.7	0.9	2.1	2.2	6.7	14.6	.456	1.6	4.7	.333	0.7	0.9	.750
difference:	+8	+0.8	+7.2	+0.6	+3.2	+3.8	+1.7	+0.7	+0.2	-1.6	-1.1	+1.8	+5.0	+.022	+0.4	+0.2	+.066	+3.9	+4.3	+.135
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 Mikal Bridges 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 Mikal Bridges, 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