There are some stupid arguments being made throughout social in the Jordan/Lebron debate, and facebook's algorythm must've figured that I really like those arguments, because it shows me a bunch of them. There is one that shows the points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks for Michael Jordan, and Scottie Pippen for the Bulls' playoff runs for their championship seasons. The simplistic way of looking at things might lead some to believe that Scottie Pippen was close to as good as Michael Jordan, since he got more rebounds, assists, steals and blocks, while only trailing in points , though scored a lot more points in those runs. Here's a better statistical look at how they compared in those championship years, and while Pippen's advantages tend to be small, Jordan's advantages are much more significant. The PER, and BPM numbers are accurate estimates, based on their PER, and BPM for each playoff run, and weighing them based on minutes played.
FG-FGA FT-FTA 3p-3pa Pts Oreb-Dreb-Reb Ast Stl Blk To PF Min
Michael Jordan 1395-2916 880-1064 106-314 3776 193-526-719 622 218 91 305 315 4801
Scottie Pippen 809-1824 482-672 100-355 2200 280-628-908 642 244 101 343 358 4723
Jordan Pippen
fg% 47.8 44.4
ft% 82.7 71.7
3p% 33.8 28..2
efg% 49.7 47.1
ts% 55.8 51.9
ppg 32.6 19.0
rpg 6.2 7.8
apg 5.4 5.5
spg 1.9 2.1
bpg 0.8 0.9
topg 2.6 3.0
to% 8.3 13.9
PER 28.4 19.3
BPM 10.8 5.6
WS 26.7 15.6
ws/48 .267 .159
PER, BPM, and WS per 48 all give Jordan significant advantages over Pippen, and seem to verify what you should have already known. While Scottie Pippen was a great player, he wasn't on the level of Michael Jordan. Don't believe me? You can go basketball reference and do the math for yourself
