Alexis Ajinca vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Alexis Ajinca, 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.

Alexis Ajinca played 7 years in the NBA, 1 more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who played 6. Alexis Ajinca had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Alexis Ajinca	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2008-09	2018-19
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alexis Ajinca	31	5.9	2.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.1	0.8	2.2	.362	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.714
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	82	26.5	10.8	0.7	2.1	2.8	3.3	1.2	0.5	1.7	2.1	4.2	8.7	.476	0.6	1.7	.367	1.9	2.4	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alexis Ajinca	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	6	28.8	13.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	3.2	1.0	0.8	0.8	2.8	4.7	10.0	.467	1.5	3.0	.500	2.8	3.3	.850

Note: Alexis Ajinca didn't play in 2011-12 and 2012-13.

Season 5
	Alexis Ajinca	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alexis Ajinca	68	14.1	6.5	1.5	3.1	4.6	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.2	2.7	4.8	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.5	.818
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	68	35.5	31.4	0.9	4.0	4.8	5.5	1.6	1.0	2.8	2.8	10.4	20.3	.510	0.9	2.5	.345	9.8	10.9	.905
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alexis Ajinca	3	3.3	2.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Alexis Ajinca	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alexis Ajinca	59	14.6	6.0	1.3	3.3	4.6	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.9	2.3	2.5	5.3	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.1	.839
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	75	34.0	30.1	0.9	4.7	5.5	6.2	2.0	0.9	2.2	2.5	10.6	19.8	.535	1.3	3.6	.353	7.6	8.7	.874
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alexis Ajinca	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	7	38.9	28.9	1.0	6.9	7.9	6.1	1.3	1.7	2.7	3.0	10.1	21.4	.473	1.4	3.9	.370	7.1	8.9	.806