Scottie Pippen vs. Austin Reaves Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Austin Reaves 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, 13 more than Austin Reaves, who played 4. Scottie Pippen had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Austin Reaves 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	Austin Reaves
Season	1989-90	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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		%
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:		+6.3	+0.6	+1.1	+1.2	+2.4	+0.1	+1.8	+0.9	-1.3	-1.7	+1.3	+2.5	+.003	+1.6	+3.7	+.117	+0.4	+0.3	+.178
Austin Reaves	82	32.1	15.9	0.7	3.6	4.3	5.5	0.8	0.3	2.1	1.9	5.6	11.5	.486	1.9	5.1	.367	2.8	3.3	.853
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
difference:	+10	+6.0	+2.5	+1.2	+2.2	+3.4	+1.9	+0.7	+0.7	-2.5	-2.5	+0.9	+1.4	+.019	+0.7	+3.1	+.054	+1.3	+2.9	+.185
Austin Reaves	5	34.8	16.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.6	6.0	12.6	.476	1.4	5.2	.269	3.4	3.8	.895

Season 4
	Scottie Pippen	Austin Reaves
Season	1990-91	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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:	+9	+1.9	+2.4	+1.2	+1.6	+2.8	+0.4	+1.3	+0.8	-0.4	-1.2	+0.8	+0.1	+.060	+2.4	+6.5	+.068	+1.5	+0.9	+.171
Austin Reaves	73	34.9	20.2	0.8	3.7	4.5	5.8	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.1	6.5	14.2	.460	2.7	7.3	.377	4.4	5.0	.877
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:	+12	+2.2	+5.4	+1.4	+2.1	+3.5	+2.2	+2.3	+0.5	-0.4	-0.2	+2.4	+2.0	+.093	+2.8	+8.4	+.084	+3.5	+4.5	+.065
Austin Reaves	5	39.2	16.2	0.8	4.6	5.4	3.6	0.2	0.6	2.8	3.6	6.0	14.6	.411	3.0	9.4	.319	1.2	1.4	.857

Additional Years
* Scottie Pippen played 13 seasons more than Austin Reaves in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 17, from 1992 to 2004—Scottie Pippen played in 12 Playoffs and won 5 NBA Championships. In those 13 extra years over Austin Reaves, 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 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Steals Leader 6 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP