Scotty Pippen Jr. vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns 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, 7 less than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 10. Scotty Pippen Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Karl-Anthony Towns had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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.
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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: | +76 | +26.7 | +16.0 | +2.5 | +7.4 | +9.8 | +1.7 | +0.4 | +1.5 | -1.9 | -2.5 | +6.9 | +12.1 | +.209 | +0.2 | +0.6 | +.008 | +1.9 | +1.9 | +.255 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns |
82 |
32.0 |
18.3 |
2.8 |
7.7 |
10.5 |
2.0 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
3.0 |
7.6 |
14.1 |
.542 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
.341 |
2.7 |
3.4 |
.811 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Scotty Pippen Jr. nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 1 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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: | +61 | +11.9 | +12.2 | +2.6 | +6.6 | +9.1 | +2.0 | +1.0 | +0.8 | -0.1 | | +5.0 | +8.3 | +.049 | +0.2 | | +.050 | +2.3 | +2.6 | +.087 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns |
82 |
37.0 |
25.1 |
3.6 |
8.7 |
12.3 |
2.7 |
0.7 |
1.3 |
2.6 |
2.9 |
9.8 |
18.0 |
.542 |
1.2 |
3.4 |
.367 |
4.3 |
5.2 |
.832 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Scotty Pippen Jr. nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 2 |
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3rd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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: | +3 | +14.3 | +11.4 | +2.1 | +6.9 | +9.0 | +2.0 | +0.5 | +1.0 | -0.2 | -0.9 | +4.2 | +6.8 | +.065 | +0.4 | +0.7 | +.024 | +2.7 | +2.7 | +.145 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns |
82 |
35.6 |
21.3 |
2.9 |
9.4 |
12.3 |
2.4 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
1.9 |
3.5 |
7.8 |
14.3 |
.545 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
.421 |
4.2 |
4.9 |
.858 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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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: | +1 | +1.7 | +3.1 | +2.0 | +5.9 | +7.9 | +1.3 | +0.6 | +0.7 | -1.1 | -2.0 | +0.1 | +2.5 | +.088 | +1.9 | +4.8 | +.084 | +1.4 | +0.2 | +.261 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns |
5 |
34.0 |
15.2 |
3.0 |
10.4 |
13.4 |
2.2 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
5.6 |
12.0 |
.467 |
0.6 |
2.2 |
.273 |
3.4 |
4.6 |
.739 |
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Additional Years |
* Karl-Anthony Towns played 7 seasons more than Scotty Pippen Jr. in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 4 to 10, from 2019 to 2025—Karl-Anthony Towns played in 4 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Scotty Pippen Jr., Karl-Anthony Towns got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  2 All-NBA Third Team
4 All-Star Game
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