Scottie Pippen vs. P.J. Washington Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Washington 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, 11 more than P.J. Washington, who played 6. Scottie Pippen had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while P.J. Washington had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Scottie Pippen	P.J. Washington
Season	1987-88	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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:	+21	+9.4	+4.3	+0.5	+2.1	+1.6		+0.3	+0.1	-0.1		+1.3	+3.1	+.008	+1.4	+3.7	+.200	+0.2	+0.1	+.071
P.J. Washington	58	30.3	12.2	1.0	4.4	5.4	2.1	0.9	0.8	1.6	2.7	4.6	10.2	.455	1.5	4.0	.374	1.5	2.3	.647
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
P.J. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Scottie Pippen	P.J. Washington
Season	1989-90	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+17	+11.2	+6.2	+0.5	+0.9	+1.5	+3.1	+1.7	+0.3	-2.1	-1.3	+3.1	+5.8	+.019	+1.4	+3.2	+.115	+1.5	+2.4	+.041
P.J. Washington	65	27.2	10.3	1.3	3.9	5.2	2.3	0.9	0.9	1.3	2.3	3.8	8.2	.470	1.7	4.6	.365	0.9	1.2	.716
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
P.J. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Scottie Pippen	P.J. Washington
Season	1990-91	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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	+4.2	+2.1	+1.0	+1.4	+2.4	+3.8	+1.5		-1.3	-0.7	+1.4	+0.7	+.076	+1.7	+5.1	+.039	+1.2	+1.7	+.024
P.J. Washington	73	32.6	15.7	1.0	3.9	4.9	2.4	0.9	1.1	1.5	2.6	5.9	13.4	.444	2.0	5.9	.348	1.7	2.4	.730
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
P.J. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Scottie Pippen	P.J. Washington
Season	1991-92	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Charlotte Hornets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+9	+8.2	+8.1	+1.1	+0.9	+2.1	+5.1	+0.9	+0.3	-1.8	-0.7	+3.6	+5.5	+.070	+1.6	+4.7	+.120	+2.6	+3.3	+.077
P.J. Washington	73	30.4	12.9	1.2	4.5	5.6	1.9	1.0	0.8	1.3	2.3	4.8	11.1	.436	1.8	5.7	.320	1.4	2.0	.683
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
difference:		+5.2	+6.5	+1.2	+1.0	+2.2	+5.3	+1.2	+0.3	-1.7	-0.3	+2.4	+4.2	+.041	+1.8	+5.0	+.098	+3.6	+4.5	+.052
P.J. Washington	22	35.7	13.0	1.5	5.1	6.6	1.4	0.7	0.8	1.5	3.0	4.5	10.6	.427	2.1	6.1	.348	1.8	2.5	.709

Season 6
	Scottie Pippen	P.J. Washington
Season	1992-93	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+24	+6.4	+3.9	+1.1	+1.1	+0.1	+4.0	+1.0	+0.2	-0.9	-0.4	+2.5	+4.7	+.020	+1.3	+3.1	+.144	+0.4	+0.8	+.059
P.J. Washington	57	32.2	14.7	1.4	6.3	7.8	2.3	1.1	1.1	2.1	2.3	5.3	11.7	.453	1.6	4.2	.381	2.5	3.5	.722
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
P.J. Washington	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Scottie Pippen played 11 seasons more than P.J. Washington in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 17, from 1994 to 2004—Scottie Pippen played in 10 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 11 extra years over P.J. Washington, Scottie Pippen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Steals Leader 4 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP