Paolo Banchero vs. Scottie Pippen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scottie Pippen and Paolo Banchero, 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.

Paolo Banchero played 3 years in the NBA, 14 less than Scottie Pippen, who played 17. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, 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
	Paolo Banchero	Scottie Pippen
Season	2022-23	1987-88
Team	Orlando Magic	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First 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		%
Paolo Banchero	72	33.8	20.0	1.2	5.7	6.9	3.7	0.8	0.5	2.8	2.2	6.7	15.6	.427	1.2	4.0	.298	5.5	7.4	.738
difference:	+7	+12.9	+12.1	+0.3	+3.4	+3.1	+1.6	+0.4	+0.2	-1.1	-0.5	+3.4	+8.5	+.036	+1.1	+3.7	+.124	+4.2	+5.2	+.162
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		%
Paolo Banchero	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 2
	Paolo Banchero	Scottie Pippen
Season	2023-24	1988-89
Team	Orlando Magic	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Paolo Banchero	80	35.0	22.6	1.0	5.9	6.9	5.4	0.9	0.6	3.1	1.9	8.0	17.6	.455	1.5	4.4	.339	5.1	7.0	.725
difference:	+7	+1.9	+8.2	+0.9	+1.7	+0.8	+1.9	+1.0	+0.2	-0.4	-1.7	+2.3	+5.7	+.021	+1.2	+3.3	+.066	+2.3	+2.9	+.057
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		%
Paolo Banchero	7	37.4	27.0	2.0	6.6	8.6	4.0	1.1	0.6	4.6	2.0	9.7	21.3	.456	2.3	5.7	.400	5.3	7.0	.755
difference:	+10	+1.0	+13.9		+1.0	+1.0	+0.1	+0.3	+0.3	-2.2	-1.7	+4.8	+10.6	+.006	+1.0	+2.4	+.007	+3.4	+4.1	+.115
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
	Paolo Banchero	Scottie Pippen
Season	2024-25	1989-90
Team	Orlando Magic	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Paolo Banchero	46	34.4	25.9	1.1	6.4	7.5	4.8	0.8	0.6	3.0	2.1	9.0	19.8	.452	1.9	5.9	.320	6.1	8.4	.727
difference:	+36	+4.0	+9.4	+0.7	+1.6	+0.8	+0.6	+1.8	+0.6	-0.4	-1.5	+2.1	+5.8	+.037	+1.6	+4.5	+.070	+3.7	+4.8	+.052
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		%
Paolo Banchero	5	39.4	29.4	2.4	6.0	8.4	4.2	0.6	0.8	3.0	3.6	10.8	24.8	.435	2.4	5.4	.444	5.4	8.2	.659
difference:	+10	+1.4	+10.1	+0.2	+1.0	+1.2	+1.3	+1.5	+0.5	-0.3	-0.5	+3.9	+10.8	+.060	+1.7	+3.3	+.121	+0.7	+1.5	+.051
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

Additional Years
* Scottie Pippen played 14 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 17, from 1991 to 2004—Scottie Pippen played in 13 Playoffs and won 6 NBA Championships. In those 14 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Scottie Pippen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 8 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Steals Leader 6 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP