Scotty Pippen Jr. vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Scotty Pippen Jr., 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.

Scotty Pippen Jr. played 3 years in the NBA, 10 less than Bill Russell, who played 13. Scotty Pippen Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Bill Russell had his rookie season in 1956-57. 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
	Scotty Pippen Jr.	Bill Russell
Season	2022-23	1956-57
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+42	+30.0	+12.4			+18.9	+1.5				-2.5	+5.1	+11.5	+.094				+2.4	+4.9	+.064
Bill Russell	48	35.3	14.7	-	-	19.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	5.8	13.5	.427	-	-	-	3.2	6.4	.492
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Pippen Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	10	40.9	13.9	-	-	24.4	3.2	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	14.8	.365	-	-	-	3.1	6.1	.508

Season 2
	Scotty Pippen Jr.	Bill Russell
Season	2023-24	1957-58
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+48	+13.2	+3.7			+19.5	+1.8				-0.3	+1.8	+5.3	+.051				+1.3	+3.8	+.226
Bill Russell	69	38.3	16.6	-	-	22.7	2.9	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	15.0	.442	-	-	-	3.3	6.4	.519
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scotty Pippen Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	9	39.4	15.1	-	-	24.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	5.3	14.8	.361	-	-	-	4.4	7.3	.606

Season 3
	Scotty Pippen Jr.	Bill Russell
Season	2024-25	1958-59
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
difference:	+9	+21.3	+6.8			+19.7	+1.2				-0.3	+2.9	+6.7	+.023				+2.2	+3.9	+.115
Bill Russell	70	42.6	16.7	-	-	23.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.3	6.5	14.2	.457	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.598
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+7	+12.8	+2.8			+22.2	+0.1				-2.3	+0.4		+.030				+1.1	+1.3	+.388
Bill Russell	11	45.1	15.5	-	-	27.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	14.5	.409	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.612

Additional Years
* Bill Russell played 10 seasons more than Scotty Pippen Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 13, from 1960 to 1969—Bill Russell played in 10 Playoffs and won 9 NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Scotty Pippen Jr., Bill Russell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 7 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 2 Rebounds Leader 10 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP