Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Derrick McKey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick McKey and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, 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.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played 6 years in the NBA, 9 less than Derrick McKey, who played 15. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Derrick McKey had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	6	3	2018-19 to 2023-24
Derrick McKey	15	13	1987-88 to 2001-02

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Derrick McKey
Season	2018-19	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Derrick McKey	82	20.8	8.5	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.3	0.9	0.8	1.3	2.9	3.1	6.3	.491	0.1	0.4	.367	2.1	2.7	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Derrick McKey	5	21.8	12.0	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.6	0.6	1.0	1.0	2.4	4.8	7.6	.632	0.4	1.2	.333	2.0	3.4	.588


Season 2
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Derrick McKey
Season	2019-20	1988-89
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Derrick McKey	82	34.2	15.9	2.0	3.6	5.7	2.7	1.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.9	11.8	.502	0.4	1.1	.337	3.7	4.6	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Derrick McKey	8	35.8	13.3	2.6	3.9	6.5	2.3	0.8	1.9	2.9	4.1	5.5	11.1	.494	0.1	1.1	.111	2.1	2.6	.810


Season 3
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Derrick McKey
Season	2020-21	1989-90
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Seattle Supersonics
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		%
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
Derrick McKey	80	34.4	15.7	2.1	4.0	6.1	2.3	1.1	1.0	2.4	3.1	5.9	11.9	.493	0.0	0.3	.130	3.9	5.0	.782

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


Season 4
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Derrick McKey
Season	2021-22	1990-91
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Derrick McKey	73	34.3	15.3	2.4	3.4	5.8	2.3	1.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	6.0	11.6	.517	0.1	0.3	.211	3.2	3.8	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	4	28.5	9.5	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.5	3.3	4.0	7.0	.571	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	2.8	.545


Season 5
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Derrick McKey
Season	2022-23	1991-92
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Derrick McKey	52	33.8	14.9	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.3	1.2	0.9	2.2	2.7	5.5	11.6	.472	0.4	1.0	.380	3.6	4.3	.847

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	9	35.0	16.3	1.9	3.0	4.9	2.7	0.8	1.3	2.4	4.1	5.8	11.0	.525	0.6	1.8	.313	4.2	5.0	.844


Season 6
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Derrick McKey
Season	2023-24	1992-93
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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
Derrick McKey	77	31.7	13.4	1.6	2.7	4.2	2.6	1.4	0.8	2.0	2.7	5.0	10.1	.496	0.5	1.5	.357	2.9	3.9	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Derrick McKey	19	34.1	11.3	2.7	2.5	5.2	3.7	0.6	0.9	1.9	2.7	4.4	8.3	.525	0.1	0.3	.400	2.4	3.6	.667


Season 7
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Derrick McKey
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	76	34.4	12.0	1.7	3.6	5.3	4.3	1.5	0.6	3.0	3.3	4.7	9.3	.500	0.1	0.4	.290	2.5	3.3	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	16	36.7	9.7	2.0	4.1	6.1	4.2	1.6	0.6	2.5	3.7	3.6	8.9	.408	0.5	1.5	.333	1.9	2.9	.660


Season 8
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Derrick McKey
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	81	34.6	13.3	1.5	3.3	4.9	3.4	1.5	0.6	2.1	3.2	5.1	10.3	.493	0.4	1.1	.360	2.7	3.7	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	17	34.8	12.8	1.7	3.1	4.8	3.8	1.0	0.6	2.1	3.8	4.5	10.2	.437	0.6	2.1	.314	3.2	3.6	.871


Season 9
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Derrick McKey
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	75	32.5	11.7	1.6	3.2	4.8	3.5	1.1	0.6	1.9	3.3	4.6	9.5	.486	0.2	0.9	.250	2.3	2.9	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	5	36.0	12.8	1.6	5.0	6.6	2.0	1.4	0.2	2.8	4.0	4.8	11.4	.421	1.0	2.4	.417	2.2	2.6	.846


Season 10
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Derrick McKey
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
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		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	50	29.0	8.0	1.6	3.2	4.8	2.7	0.9	0.6	1.7	2.8	3.0	7.6	.391	0.3	1.2	.259	1.8	2.5	.724

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


Season 11
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Derrick McKey
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	57	23.1	6.3	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.5	1.0	0.5	1.4	2.7	2.6	5.7	.459	0.1	0.3	.235	1.0	1.4	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	15	18.9	4.5	0.5	2.1	2.7	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.7	3.3	1.5	4.6	.333	0.2	0.7	.300	1.2	1.5	.783


Season 12
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Derrick McKey
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	13	18.8	4.6	1.4	1.8	3.2	1.0	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.8	1.8	4.0	.442	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.3	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	13	18.8	3.6	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.5	0.9	0.3	0.8	3.1	1.2	3.1	.375	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	2.0	.654


Season 13
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Derrick McKey
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers Lost NBA 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		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	32	19.8	4.3	0.9	3.3	4.2	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.6	2.5	1.3	3.4	.398	0.3	0.7	.435	1.3	1.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	23	15.3	2.0	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.0	0.7	1.4	.469	0.0	0.3	.167	0.7	0.9	.800


Season 14
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Derrick McKey
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	66	15.0	2.2	0.7	1.9	2.7	1.1	0.7	0.2	0.7	2.1	0.9	2.1	.441	0.1	0.3	.200	0.3	0.4	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	4	8.8	1.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.8	0.5	1.3	.400	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 15
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Derrick McKey
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers 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		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	41	19.1	2.9	1.2	1.9	3.1	1.1	1.0	0.1	0.5	2.2	1.3	3.0	.426	0.1	0.3	.417	0.2	0.3	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick McKey	4	10.0	2.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	1.3	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Derrick McKey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick McKey and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, 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