Michael Jordan vs. Metta World Peace: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Metta World Peace and Michael Jordan to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Michael Jordan is among the NBA's all-time leaders in points and also has one of the highest career averages in league history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by Metta World Peace.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Michael Jordan has better scoring stats than Metta World Peace in averages and totals, both in the regular season and Playoffs. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 15 NBA regular seasons played, Michael Jordan averages 16.9 points more than Metta World Peace in his 17 seasons (30.1 points against 13.2), and he also scored a total of 19,234 points more (32,292 vs. 13,058).

Points Per Game			Seasons
Michael Jordan	30.1	+16.9	15
Metta World Peace	13.2		17

Total Points			Seasons
Michael Jordan	32,292	+19,234	15
Metta World Peace	13,058		17

Scoring Titles
Michael Jordan	10	+10
Metta World Peace	0

Points by Thresholds

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

= NBA Scoring Leader

= NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	28.2	+16.2	1985	82
Metta World Peace	12.0		2000	72

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	22.7	+10.8	1986	18
Metta World Peace	11.9		2001	76

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	37.1	+23.9	1987	82
Metta World Peace	13.2		2002	55

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	35.0	+19.5	1988	82
Metta World Peace	15.5		2003	69

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	32.5	+14.2	1989	81
Metta World Peace	18.3		2004	73

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	33.6	+9.0	1990	82
Metta World Peace	24.6		2005	7

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	31.5	+13.9	1991	82
Metta World Peace	17.6		2006	56

Season 8	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	30.1	+11.3	1992	80
Metta World Peace	18.8		2007	70

Season 9	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	32.6	+12.1	1993	78
Metta World Peace	20.5		2008	57

Season 10	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	26.9	+9.8	1995	17
Metta World Peace	17.1		2009	69

Season 11	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	30.4	+19.4	1996	82
Metta World Peace	11.0		2010	77

Season 12	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	29.6	+21.1	1997	82
Metta World Peace	8.5		2011	82

Season 13	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	28.7	+21.0	1998	82
Metta World Peace	7.7		2012	64

Season 14	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	22.9	+10.5	2002	60
Metta World Peace	12.4		2013	75

Season 15	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	20.0	+15.2	2003	82
Metta World Peace	4.8		2014	29

Metta World Peace's additional seasons:

* Metta World Peace played 2 seasons more than Michael Jordan in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 16 to 17, from 2016 to 2017—he averaged 3.9 points in a total of 60 regular season games.

Playoffs

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	29.3	+29.3	1985	4
Metta World Peace	-	DNP	2000	0

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	43.7	+43.7	1986	3
Metta World Peace	-	DNP	2001	0

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	35.7	+23.9	1987	3
Metta World Peace	11.8		2002	5

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	36.3	+17.3	1988	10
Metta World Peace	19.0		2003	6

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	34.8	+16.4	1989	17
Metta World Peace	18.4		2004	15

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	36.7	+36.7	1990	16
Metta World Peace	-	DNP	2005	0

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	31.1	+13.7	1991	17
Metta World Peace	17.4		2006	5

Season 8	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	34.5	+34.5	1992	22
Metta World Peace	-	DNP	2007	0

Season 9	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	35.1	+35.1	1993	19
Metta World Peace	-	DNP	2008	0

Season 10	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	31.5	+15.9	1995	10
Metta World Peace	15.6		2009	13

Season 11	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	30.7	+19.5	1996	18
Metta World Peace	11.2		2010	23

Season 12	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	31.1	+20.5	1997	19
Metta World Peace	10.6		2011	9

Season 13	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	32.4	+20.7	1998	21
Metta World Peace	11.7		2012	6

Season 14	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	-	DNP	2002	0
Metta World Peace	6.0	+6.0	2013	3

Season 15	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	-	DNP	2003	0
Metta World Peace	-	DNP	2014	0

Metta World Peace's additional Playoffs:

* During his 2 additional NBA seasons, Metta World Peace didn't play in the postseason.