Rick Barry vs. Scotty Pippen Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scotty Pippen Jr. and Rick Barry, 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.

Rick Barry played 10 years in the NBA, 7 more than Scotty Pippen Jr., who played 3. Rick Barry had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, 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.

Rookie Season
	Rick Barry	Scotty Pippen Jr.
Season	1965-66	2022-23
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Rick Barry	80	37.4	25.7	-	-	10.6	2.2	-	-	-	3.7	9.3	21.2	.439	-	-	-	7.1	8.3	.862
difference:	+74	+32.1	+23.4			+9.9	+1.9				-3.2	+8.6	+19.2	+.106				+6.3	+6.8	+.306
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 Rick Barry nor Scotty Pippen Jr. played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Rick Barry	Scotty Pippen Jr.
Season	1966-67	2023-24
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Rick Barry	78	40.7	35.6	-	-	9.2	3.6	-	-	-	3.3	13.0	28.7	.451	-	-	-	9.7	10.9	.884
difference:	+57	+15.6	+22.7			+6.0	+1.1				-0.4	+8.2	+19.0	+.042				+7.7	+8.3	+.139
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	15	40.9	34.7	-	-	7.5	3.9	-	-	-	3.3	13.1	32.6	.403	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.809
Scotty Pippen Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Rick Barry didn't play in 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71 and 1971-72.

Season 3
	Rick Barry	Scotty Pippen Jr.
Season	1972-73	2024-25
Team	Golden State Warriors	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals	Grizzlies 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	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	82	37.5	22.3	-	-	8.9	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	9.0	19.9	.452	-	-	-	4.4	4.8	.902
difference:	+3	+16.2	+12.4			+5.6	+0.5				-0.4	+5.4	+12.4	+.028				+2.9	+2.6	+.189
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	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rick Barry	11	26.5	16.4	-	-	4.9	2.2	-	-	-	3.7	5.9	14.9	.396	-	-	-	4.5	5.0	.909
difference:	+7	+5.8	+1.9			+0.6	+1.3				-1.1	+0.4	+0.4	+.017				+0.3	+0.2	+.091
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
* Rick Barry played 7 seasons more than Scotty Pippen Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 10, from 1974 to 1980—Rick Barry played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Scotty Pippen Jr., Rick Barry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 1 Steals Leader 5 All-Star Game