Michael Cage vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Michael Cage, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Michael Cage played 15 years in the NBA, 9 more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who played 6. Michael Cage had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Michael Cage	15	7	1984-85 to 1999-00
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	6	3	2018-19 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Michael Cage	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1984-85	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	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		%
Michael Cage	75	21.5	7.1	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.7	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.2	2.9	5.3	.543	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.737
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		%
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 2
	Michael Cage	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1985-86	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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		%
Michael Cage	78	20.1	6.7	2.2	3.2	5.3	1.0	0.8	0.4	1.4	2.3	2.6	5.5	.479	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.2	.649
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	70	34.7	19.0	0.7	5.2	5.9	3.3	1.1	0.7	1.9	1.7	6.8	14.5	.471	1.2	3.6	.347	4.1	5.1	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	7	39.9	16.3	0.4	4.9	5.3	4.1	1.0	0.4	2.1	2.4	5.6	12.9	.433	2.0	5.0	.400	3.1	3.3	.957


Season 3
	Michael Cage	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1986-87	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Michael Cage	80	36.5	15.7	4.4	7.1	11.5	1.6	1.2	0.8	2.1	2.8	5.7	11.0	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	4.3	5.8	.730
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	35	33.7	23.7	0.5	4.2	4.7	5.9	0.8	0.7	3.0	2.0	8.2	16.1	.508	2.0	4.9	.418	5.3	6.5	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Michael Cage	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1987-88	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Michael Cage	72	36.9	14.5	5.2	7.9	13.0	1.5	1.3	0.8	2.2	2.7	5.0	10.6	.470	0.0	0.0	.000	4.5	6.6	.688
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	56	34.7	24.5	0.7	4.3	5.0	5.9	1.3	0.8	2.8	2.5	8.5	18.8	.453	1.6	5.3	.300	5.9	7.2	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Michael Cage	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1988-89	2022-23
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Michael Cage	80	31.7	10.3	3.5	6.1	9.6	1.6	1.2	0.7	1.6	2.3	3.9	7.9	.498	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.3	.743
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		%
Michael Cage	8	21.9	7.1	2.8	3.0	5.8	0.6	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.8	3.0	5.0	.600	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	2.8	.409
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Michael Cage	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1989-90	2023-24
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	82	31.6	9.7	3.7	6.3	10.0	0.9	1.0	0.5	1.1	2.8	4.0	7.9	.504	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.6	.698
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		%
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	10	39.9	30.2	0.8	6.4	7.2	6.4	1.3	1.7	2.2	3.1	11.1	22.4	.496	1.6	3.7	.432	6.4	8.1	.790


Season 7
	Michael Cage	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Michael Cage	82	26.1	6.4	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.1	1.0	0.7	1.0	2.4	2.8	5.4	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.625
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	5	16.0	5.0	1.8	2.4	4.2	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.6	2.4	1.2	2.8	.429	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.4	.765
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Michael Cage	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	82	30.0	8.8	3.2	5.6	8.9	1.1	1.2	0.7	1.0	2.9	3.7	6.6	.566	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.1	.620
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	9	21.9	4.3	2.0	3.7	5.7	0.4	0.7	0.9	0.9	2.4	2.1	3.8	.559	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Michael Cage	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	82	26.3	6.1	3.3	4.8	8.0	0.8	0.9	0.6	0.7	2.2	2.7	5.1	.526	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.6	.469
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	19	19.9	4.8	2.5	3.4	5.8	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.8	2.3	2.2	4.2	.525	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.9	.389
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Michael Cage	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Michael Cage	82	20.8	4.6	2.0	3.4	5.4	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.6	2.2	2.1	3.8	.545	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.9	.486
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	5	18.6	2.8	2.0	3.4	5.4	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.6	3.0	1.2	3.2	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.2	.333
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Michael Cage	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Michael Cage	82	24.9	5.0	2.5	4.4	6.9	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	1.8	2.2	4.1	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.1	.602
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	4	20.3	4.0	2.0	2.5	4.5	0.8	0.5	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.0	4.5	.444	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.5	.000
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Michael Cage	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Michael Cage	82	32.1	6.0	3.5	5.4	8.9	0.6	1.1	1.0	0.7	2.6	2.7	4.8	.556	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.1	.543
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	3	33.7	6.3	4.3	5.0	9.3	0.7	0.7	1.7	0.0	1.7	2.7	4.7	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.600
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Michael Cage	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Michael Cage	82	15.2	1.8	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.2	1.4	0.8	1.7	.468	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.5	.463
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Michael Cage	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1997-98	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Michael Cage	79	15.2	1.3	1.5	2.4	3.9	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.3	1.3	0.5	1.1	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.5	.556
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Michael Cage didn't play in 1998-99.


Season 15
	Michael Cage	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1999-00	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Michael Cage	20	12.1	1.4	1.7	2.4	4.1	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.5	0.6	1.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Michael Cage vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Michael Cage, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15