Bryn Forbes vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Bryn Forbes, 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.

Bryn Forbes played 7 years in the NBA, 1 more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who played 6. Bryn Forbes had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, 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
	Bryn Forbes	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2016-17	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Bryn Forbes	36	7.9	2.6	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.6	1.0	2.8	.364	0.5	1.5	.321	0.1	0.2	.833
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		%
Bryn Forbes	6	12.2	3.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.0	3.5	.286	0.3	1.5	.222	1.0	1.0	1.000
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

Season 5
	Bryn Forbes	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2020-21	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bryn Forbes	70	19.3	10.0	0.2	1.4	1.6	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.1	3.6	7.6	.473	2.2	4.9	.452	0.7	0.9	.770
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		%
Bryn Forbes	20	13.7	6.6	0.1	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.8	2.3	5.6	.411	1.7	4.5	.371	0.3	0.4	.750
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Season 6
	Bryn Forbes	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2021-22	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Bryn Forbes	75	17.1	8.8	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.3	3.1	7.2	.429	1.6	3.9	.414	1.1	1.2	.908
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		%
Bryn Forbes	5	15.2	4.0	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.4	1.2	3.0	.400	0.8	2.2	.364	0.8	1.0	.800
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	9	39.6	29.6	0.9	6.8	7.7	6.2	1.4	1.7	2.4	3.1	10.8	22.1	.487	1.3	3.6	.375	6.7	8.2	.811