Bradley Beal vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Bradley Beal, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Bradley Beal played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who played 8. Bradley Beal had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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 achievements, 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
Bradley Beal	14	6	2012-13 to 2025-26
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	8	4	2018-19 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bradley Beal	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2012-13	2018-19
Team	Washington Wizards	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	56	31.2	13.9	0.8	3.0	3.8	2.4	0.9	0.5	1.6	2.0	5.0	12.3	.410	1.6	4.2	.386	2.2	2.8	.786
difference:	+26	+4.7	+3.1	+0.1	+0.9	+1.0	+0.9	+0.3		-0.1	-0.1	+0.8	+3.6	+.066	+1.0	+2.5	+.019	+0.3	+0.4	+.014
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		%
Bradley Beal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bradley Beal	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2013-14	2019-20
Team	Washington Wizards	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	73	34.7	17.1	0.7	3.0	3.7	3.3	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.1	6.6	15.7	.419	1.9	4.7	.402	2.0	2.6	.788
difference:	+3		+1.9		+2.2	+2.2		+0.1	+0.5	-0.1	-0.4	+0.2	+1.2	+.052	+0.7	+1.1	+.055	+2.1	+2.5	+.019
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		%
Bradley Beal	11	41.6	19.2	1.4	3.6	5.0	4.5	1.6	0.6	2.1	2.8	6.8	16.1	.424	2.0	4.8	.415	3.5	4.5	.796
difference:	+4	+1.7	+2.9	+1.0	+1.3	+0.3	+0.4	+0.6	+0.2		-0.4	+1.2	+3.2	+.009		+0.2	+.015	+0.4	+1.2	+.161
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
	Bradley Beal	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2014-15	2020-21
Team	Washington Wizards	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	63	33.4	15.3	0.9	2.9	3.8	3.1	1.2	0.3	2.0	2.2	5.8	13.5	.427	1.7	4.1	.409	2.1	2.6	.783
difference:	+28	+0.3	+8.4	+0.4	+1.3	+0.9	+2.8	+0.4	+0.4	-1.0	-0.2	+2.4	+2.6	+.081	+0.3	+0.8	+.009	+3.2	+3.9	+.025
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		%
Bradley Beal	10	41.8	23.4	1.4	4.1	5.5	4.6	1.6	0.7	2.6	1.9	8.1	20.0	.405	2.3	6.3	.365	4.9	5.9	.831
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Bradley Beal	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2015-16	2021-22
Team	Washington Wizards	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	55	31.1	17.4	0.7	2.7	3.4	2.9	1.0	0.2	2.0	2.1	6.5	14.5	.449	1.9	4.9	.387	2.5	3.2	.767
difference:	+1	+3.6	+7.1		+1.6	+1.6	+3.0	+0.3	+0.6	-0.8	-0.4	+2.0	+4.3	+.004	+0.3	+0.4	+.087	+3.4	+4.0	+.043
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
* Neiher Bradley Beal nor Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Bradley Beal	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2016-17	2022-23
Team	Washington Wizards	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	77	34.9	23.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.5	1.1	0.3	2.0	2.2	8.3	17.2	.482	2.9	7.2	.404	3.7	4.4	.825
difference:	+9	+0.6	+8.3	+0.2	+1.6	+1.7	+2.0	+0.5	+0.7	-0.8	-0.6	+2.1	+3.1	+.028	+2.0	+4.7	+.059	+6.1	+6.5	+.080
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		%
Bradley Beal	13	38.8	24.8	1.2	2.2	3.4	2.7	1.6	0.6	2.1	2.9	9.4	19.9	.471	2.2	7.8	.287	3.8	4.7	.820
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Bradley Beal	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2017-18	2023-24
Team	Washington Wizards	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	82	36.3	22.6	0.7	3.7	4.4	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.6	2.0	8.3	18.1	.460	2.4	6.5	.375	3.6	4.5	.791
difference:	+7	+2.3	+7.5	+0.2	+1.0	+1.1	+1.7	+0.8	+0.5	-0.4	-0.5	+2.3	+1.7	+.075	+1.1	+2.9	+.022	+4.0	+4.2	+.083
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		%
Bradley Beal	6	36.0	23.2	0.3	3.0	3.3	2.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	3.2	8.2	18.0	.454	3.5	7.5	.467	3.3	3.8	.870
difference:	+4	+3.9	+7.0	+0.5	+3.4	+3.9	+3.6	+0.1	+1.4	-0.3	-0.1	+2.9	+4.4	+.042	+1.9	+3.8	+.035	+3.1	+4.3	+.080
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
	Bradley Beal	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2018-19	2024-25
Team	Washington Wizards	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	82	36.9	25.6	1.1	3.9	5.0	5.5	1.5	0.7	2.7	2.8	9.3	19.6	.475	2.5	7.3	.351	4.4	5.5	.808
difference:	+6	+2.7	+7.1	+0.2	+0.2		+0.9	+0.2	+0.3	-0.3	-0.6	+2.0	+2.2	+.044	+0.4	+1.6	+.024	+3.5	+3.3	+.090
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	76	34.2	32.7	0.9	4.1	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	2.4	2.2	11.3	21.8	.519	2.1	5.7	.375	7.9	8.8	.898

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	23	37.0	29.9	1.0	4.3	5.3	6.5	1.7	0.9	2.6	2.8	10.1	21.9	.462	1.4	4.9	.283	8.3	9.4	.876


Season 8
	Bradley Beal	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2019-20	2025-26
Team	Washington Wizards	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	57	36.0	30.5	0.9	3.3	4.2	6.1	1.2	0.4	3.4	2.2	10.4	22.9	.455	3.0	8.4	.353	6.8	8.0	.842
difference:	+35	+2.4	+2.3	+0.4	+0.9	+0.5	+0.4	+0.3	+0.3	-1.7	-0.3	+0.4	+3.2	+.093	+0.8	+3.3	+.081	+2.1	+2.1	+.037
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	22	33.6	32.8	0.5	4.2	4.7	6.5	1.5	0.7	1.7	1.9	10.8	19.7	.548	2.2	5.1	.434	8.9	10.1	.879

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bradley Beal nor Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played in the postseason in their season 8


Additional Years
* Bradley Beal played 6 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 2021 to 2026—Bradley Beal played in two Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Bradley Beal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game

Bradley Beal vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Bradley Beal, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years