Tim Hardaway vs. Scotty Pippen Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scotty Pippen Jr. and Tim Hardaway, 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.

Tim Hardaway played 13 years in the NBA, 10 more than Scotty Pippen Jr., who played 3. Tim Hardaway had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Scotty Pippen Jr. had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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
	Tim Hardaway	Scotty Pippen Jr.
Season	1989-90	2022-23
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tim Hardaway	79	33.7	14.7	0.7	3.2	3.9	8.7	2.1	0.2	3.3	2.9	5.9	12.5	.471	0.3	1.1	.274	2.7	3.5	.764
difference:	+73	+28.4	+12.4	+0.4	+2.9	+3.2	+8.4	+1.8		-3.0	-2.4	+5.2	+10.5	+.138	+0.1	+0.6	+.059	+1.9	+2.0	+.208
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Hardaway nor Scotty Pippen Jr. played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Tim Hardaway	Scotty Pippen Jr.
Season	1990-91	2023-24
Team	Golden State Warriors	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tim Hardaway	82	39.2	22.9	1.1	3.0	4.0	9.7	2.6	0.1	3.3	2.8	9.0	18.9	.476	1.2	3.1	.385	3.7	4.6	.803
difference:	+61	+14.1	+10.0	+0.1	+0.9	+0.8	+5.0	+0.9	+0.4	-0.6	-0.1	+4.2	+9.2	+.017	+0.2	+0.3	+.032	+1.7	+2.0	+.058
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	9	44.0	25.2	0.6	3.1	3.7	11.2	3.1	0.8	2.8	2.4	10.0	20.6	.486	1.9	5.3	.354	3.3	4.2	.789
Scotty Pippen Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tim Hardaway	Scotty Pippen Jr.
Season	1991-92	2024-25
Team	Golden State Warriors	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tim Hardaway	81	41.1	23.4	1.0	2.8	3.8	10.0	2.0	0.2	3.3	2.6	9.1	19.7	.461	1.6	4.6	.338	3.7	4.8	.766
difference:	+2	+19.8	+13.5	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+5.6	+0.7	+0.2	-1.6		+5.5	+12.2	+.019	+0.5	+1.8	+.059	+2.2	+2.6	+.053
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway	4	44.0	24.5	1.5	2.3	3.8	7.3	3.3	0.0	3.5	3.5	8.0	20.0	.400	2.5	7.3	.345	6.0	9.3	.649
difference:		+11.7	+6.2	+0.5	+2.2	+1.7	+3.8	+2.3	+0.3		-1.3	+2.5	+5.5	+.021		+0.3	+.012	+1.2	+4.5	+.351
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

Additional Years
* Tim Hardaway played 10 seasons more than Scotty Pippen Jr. in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 13, from 1993 to 2003—Tim Hardaway played in 7 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Scotty Pippen Jr., Tim Hardaway got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Star Game