Is Alonzo Mourning Better Than Scottie Pippen? NBA Stats Decide

This is as close as it gets. Alonzo Mourning and Scottie Pippen split the statistical categories evenly — 4 apiece — making this one of the most genuinely contested C comparisons in NBA history. When the numbers are this balanced, the debate comes down to which statistics matter most to you.

Scottie Pippen's Assists Per Game of 5.2 compared to Alonzo Mourning's 1.1 represents a 372.7% advantage — dramatically better than their counterpart in this critical category. Alonzo Mourning falls 38.9% below the career average of 1.8 in this category while Scottie Pippen exceeds it. It is the single most decisive number in this comparison and the clearest statistical argument for Scottie Pippen's edge.

The most competitive category in this matchup is Free Throw %, where Alonzo Mourning posts 69.2% against Scottie Pippen's 70.4% — a gap of just 1.7%. Scottie Pippen can point to this as evidence that the overall comparison is closer than the final 4-4 tally suggests. In any debate, Free Throw % is the statistical ammunition for the Scottie Pippen side.

Centers have evolved dramatically across NBA eras — from dominant low-post scorers to modern stretch bigs. Career statistics must be evaluated with positional evolution and era context in mind.

With categories split evenly, this comparison ultimately comes down to which statistics matter most to you. Scottie Pippen claims the tiebreaker through Assists Per Game advantage — a 372.7% edge — but reasonable people can, and do, argue both sides of this NBA debate.