Scottie Pippen vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet 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.

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Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings

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, 8 more than Fred VanVleet, who played 9. Scottie Pippen had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Fred VanVleet had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Scottie Pippen	17	16	1987-88 to 2003-04
Fred VanVleet	9	6	2016-17 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Scottie Pippen	Fred VanVleet
Season	1987-88	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Raptors 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		%
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
difference:	+42	+13.0	+5.0	+1.4	+1.3	+2.7	+1.2	+0.8	+0.6	-1.3	-1.7	+2.2	+4.1	+.112	+0.2	+0.5	+.205	+0.8	+1.6	+.242
Fred VanVleet	37	7.9	2.9	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.0	1.1	3.0	.351	0.3	0.8	.379	0.5	0.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+3	+25.3	+8.0	+2.4	+2.7	+5.1	+1.8	+0.7	+0.8	-2.5	-2.9	+3.7	+8.6	+.202		+0.1	+.100	+0.5	+0.7
Fred VanVleet	7	4.1	2.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.3	.667	0.3	0.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Scottie Pippen	Fred VanVleet
Season	1988-89	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+3	+13.1	+5.8	+1.6	+2.1	+3.7	+0.3	+1.0	+0.5	-1.7	-1.9	+2.6	+4.7	+.050	+1.1	+2.3	+.141	+1.7	+2.8	+.164
Fred VanVleet	76	20.0	8.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.2	0.9	0.3	1.0	1.7	3.1	7.2	.426	1.4	3.4	.414	1.1	1.3	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+11	+17.4	+6.3	+2.0	+3.9	+5.9	+1.7	+1.4	+0.9	-1.7	-2.4	+2.7	+4.2	+.129		+1.4	+.107	+0.7	+1.6	+.235
Fred VanVleet	6	19.0	6.8	0.0	1.7	1.7	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	2.2	6.5	.333	1.3	4.7	.286	1.2	1.3	.875


Season 3
	Scottie Pippen	Fred VanVleet
Season	1989-90	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	NBA 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:	+18	+10.9	+5.5	+1.5	+2.5	+4.1	+0.6	+1.7	+0.9	-2.1	-1.9	+3.1	+4.6	+.079	+1.5	+3.2	+.128	+0.9	+1.8	+.168
Fred VanVleet	64	27.5	11.0	0.3	2.3	2.6	4.8	0.9	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.8	9.4	.410	1.8	4.6	.378	1.5	1.8	.843

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:	+9	+16.1	+11.3	+1.9	+3.6	+5.5	+2.9	+1.3	+1.0	-2.4	-2.1	+4.2	+7.1	+.103	+0.9	+2.0	+.065	+3.7	+5.4	+.064
Fred VanVleet	24	24.7	8.0	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.0	2.7	6.9	.392	1.6	4.1	.388	1.0	1.3	.774


Season 4
	Scottie Pippen	Fred VanVleet
Season	1990-91	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+28	+1.1	+0.2	+1.7	+1.9	+3.5	+0.4	+0.5	+0.8	-0.6	-0.9	+1.4	+0.2	+.107	+2.4	+6.1	+.081	+0.2	+0.4	+.142
Fred VanVleet	54	35.7	17.6	0.3	3.4	3.8	6.6	1.9	0.3	2.2	2.4	5.9	14.3	.413	2.7	6.9	.390	3.1	3.7	.848

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:	+6	+2.3	+2.0	+1.7	+2.8	+4.5	+1.1	+0.9	+0.5	-1.2	-0.9	+1.5	+0.7	+.104	+3.7	+9.0	+.156	+2.8	+3.6	+.048
Fred VanVleet	11	39.1	19.6	0.5	3.9	4.4	6.9	1.6	0.6	2.0	2.5	6.9	17.3	.400	3.9	10.0	.391	1.9	2.3	.840


Season 5
	Scottie Pippen	Fred VanVleet
Season	1991-92	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
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:	+30	+2.1	+1.4	+1.7	+1.8	+3.5	+0.7	+0.2	+0.4	-1.3	-0.7	+1.9	+0.1	+.117	+3.1	+8.2	+.166	+0.7	+1.6	+.125
Fred VanVleet	52	36.5	19.6	0.6	3.6	4.2	6.3	1.7	0.7	1.8	2.3	6.5	16.7	.389	3.3	9.2	.366	3.3	3.7	.885

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
Fred VanVleet	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Scottie Pippen	Fred VanVleet
Season	1992-93	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+16	+0.7	+1.7	+1.8	+1.4	+3.3	+0.4	+0.4	+0.4	-0.4	-0.2	+1.0	+0.5	+.070	+3.4	+8.8	+.140	+0.1	+0.9	+.211
Fred VanVleet	65	37.9	20.3	0.7	3.8	4.4	6.7	1.7	0.5	2.6	2.5	6.8	16.9	.403	3.7	9.9	.377	3.0	3.4	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+15	+6.5	+6.3	+1.4	+2.5	+3.9	+0.7	+0.4	+0.3	-2.7	-0.3	+3.2	+3.7	+.113	+2.8	+8.1	+.157	+2.6	+4.6	+.195
Fred VanVleet	4	35.0	13.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	6.3	1.8	1.0	1.0	3.0	4.8	13.5	.352	3.0	9.0	.333	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 7
	Scottie Pippen	Fred VanVleet
Season	1993-94	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+3	+1.6	+2.7	+2.0	+2.7	+4.6	+1.6	+1.1	+0.2	-1.2	-0.4	+2.4	+1.7	+.098	+2.1	+6.1	+.022	+0.1	+1.6	+.238
Fred VanVleet	69	36.7	19.3	0.4	3.6	4.1	7.2	1.8	0.6	2.0	2.8	6.3	16.1	.393	3.0	8.8	.342	3.7	4.1	.898

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Fred VanVleet	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Scottie Pippen	Fred VanVleet
Season	1994-95	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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8th 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	79	38.2	21.4	2.2	5.9	8.1	5.2	2.9	1.1	3.4	3.0	8.0	16.7	.480	1.4	4.0	.345	4.0	5.6	.716
difference:	+6	+1.4	+4.0	+1.7	+2.5	+4.3	+2.9	+1.5	+0.3	-1.7	-0.5	+2.2	+2.8	+.064	+1.7	+4.0	+.042	+1.3	+2.5	+.144
Fred VanVleet	73	36.8	17.4	0.5	3.4	3.8	8.1	1.4	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.8	13.9	.416	3.1	8.0	.387	2.7	3.1	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	10	39.6	17.8	2.4	6.2	8.6	5.8	1.4	1.0	2.7	4.0	5.8	13.1	.443	1.4	3.8	.368	4.8	7.1	.676
Fred VanVleet	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Scottie Pippen	Fred VanVleet
Season	1995-96	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th 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	77	36.7	19.4	2.0	4.5	6.4	5.9	1.7	0.7	2.7	2.6	7.3	15.8	.463	1.9	5.2	.374	2.9	4.2	.679
difference:	+17	+1.5	+5.3	+1.5	+1.3	+2.7	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	-1.2	-0.3	+2.5	+3.1	+.085	+0.8	+2.5	+.029	+1.0	+1.9	+.131
Fred VanVleet	60	35.2	14.1	0.5	3.2	3.7	5.6	1.6	0.4	1.5	2.3	4.8	12.7	.378	2.7	7.7	.345	1.9	2.3	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scottie Pippen	18	41.2	16.9	3.4	5.1	8.5	5.9	2.6	0.9	2.3	2.8	6.2	15.9	.390	1.7	5.8	.286	2.8	4.4	.638
difference:	+11	+1.2	+1.8	+3.0	+1.4	+4.4	+1.5	+1.6	+0.6	-0.4	-0.5	+0.5	+2.6	+.040	+2.2	+3.1	+.149	+0.6	+1.0	+.362
Fred VanVleet	7	40.0	18.7	0.4	3.7	4.1	4.4	1.0	0.3	1.9	2.3	5.7	13.3	.430	3.9	8.9	.435	3.4	3.4	1.000


Additional Years
* Scottie Pippen played 8 seasons more than Fred VanVleet in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 17, from 1997 to 2004—Scottie Pippen played in 7 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Fred VanVleet, Scottie Pippen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game

Scottie Pippen vs. Fred VanVleet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred VanVleet 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years