Scottie Pippen vs. Alperen Sengun Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alperen Sengun and Scottie Pippen, 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.

Scottie Pippen played 17 years in the NBA, 12 more than Alperen Sengun, who played 5. Scottie Pippen had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Alperen Sengun had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	Scottie Pippen	Alperen Sengun
Season	1989-90	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

more >>

3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+19	+5.9	+4.6	+1.1	+1.6	+2.6	+0.4	+1.4	+0.5	-0.8	-0.3	+1.5	+1.6	+.048	+0.2	+0.4	+.047	+1.5	+2.0	+.018
Alperen Sengun	63	32.5	21.1	2.9	6.4	9.3	5.0	1.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	8.4	15.6	.537	0.5	1.8	.297	3.9	5.6	.693
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alperen Sengun	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Scottie Pippen	Alperen Sengun
Season	1990-91	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+6	+5.3	+1.3	+1.4	+1.6	+3.0	+1.3	+1.3	+0.3	-0.2	-0.5	+0.2	+0.9	+.024		+0.4	+.076	+1.0	+1.5	+.014
Alperen Sengun	76	31.5	19.1	3.4	6.9	10.3	4.9	1.1	0.8	2.6	2.8	7.5	15.0	.496	0.3	1.2	.233	3.9	5.6	.692
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+10	+4.8	+0.7	+0.8	+2.2	+3.0	+0.5	+0.6	+0.7	-1.1	-0.3		+2.1	+.054	+0.2	+0.1	+.140	+1.1	+0.2	+.167
Alperen Sengun	7	36.6	20.9	3.0	8.9	11.9	5.3	1.9	0.4	2.1	3.7	8.4	18.7	.450	0.4	1.1	.375	3.6	5.7	.625

Season 5
	Scottie Pippen	Alperen Sengun
Season	1991-92	2025-26
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

more >>

5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+75	+1.9	+1.4	+0.2	+2.3	+2.2	+0.3	+0.3	+0.2	-0.5	-0.1	+1.1	+1.2	+.034	+1.1	+2.0	+.229	+2.6	+3.6	+.018
Alperen Sengun	7	36.7	22.4	2.1	7.7	9.9	7.3	1.6	0.9	3.6	2.9	7.3	15.4	.472	1.3	3.0	.429	6.6	8.9	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alperen Sengun	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Scottie Pippen played 12 seasons more than Alperen Sengun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 17, from 1993 to 2004—Scottie Pippen played in 11 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships. In those 12 extra years over Alperen Sengun, Scottie Pippen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 7 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Steals Leader 5 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP