Michael Jordan vs. Payton Pritchard: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Payton Pritchard 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 Payton Pritchard.

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 Payton Pritchard 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 20.9 points more than Payton Pritchard in his 6 seasons (30.1 points against 9.2), and he also scored a total of 29,019 points more (32,292 vs. 3,273).

Points Per Game			Seasons
Michael Jordan	30.1	+20.9	15
Payton Pritchard	9.2		6

Total Points			Seasons
Michael Jordan	32,292	+29,019	15
Payton Pritchard	3,273		6

Scoring Titles
Michael Jordan	10	+10
Payton Pritchard	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	+20.5	1985	82
Payton Pritchard	7.7		2021	66

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	22.7	+16.5	1986	18
Payton Pritchard	6.2		2022	71

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	37.1	+31.5	1987	82
Payton Pritchard	5.6		2023	48

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	35.0	+25.4	1988	82
Payton Pritchard	9.6		2024	82

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	32.5	+18.2	1989	81
Payton Pritchard	14.3		2025	80

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	33.6	+18.6	1990	82
Payton Pritchard	15.0		2026	8

Michael Jordan's additional seasons:

* Michael Jordan played 9 seasons more than Payton Pritchard in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 7 to 15, from 1991 to 2003—he averaged 28.3 points in a total of 645 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 32.6 ppg and his lowest 20. In those 9 extra years over Payton Pritchard, Michael Jordan won 6 scoring titles.

Playoffs

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	29.3	+25.9	1985	4
Payton Pritchard	3.4		2021	5

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	43.7	+38.9	1986	3
Payton Pritchard	4.8		2022	24

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	35.7	+32.5	1987	3
Payton Pritchard	3.2		2023	10

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	36.3	+29.9	1988	10
Payton Pritchard	6.4		2024	19

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	34.8	+22.9	1989	17
Payton Pritchard	11.9		2025	11

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Michael Jordan	36.7	+36.7	1990	16
Payton Pritchard	-	DNP *	2026	0
* season in progress

Michael Jordan's additional Playoffs:

* During his 9 additional NBA seasons, Michael Jordan played in 7 Playoffs and won 6 NBA Championships. In those postseasons he averaged 32.5 points in a total of 126 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 35.1 ppg and his lowest 30.7.