Bucky Bockhorn vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Bucky Bockhorn, 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.

Bucky Bockhorn played 7 years in the NBA, 1 more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who played 6. Bucky Bockhorn had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, 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
	Bucky Bockhorn	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1958-59	2018-19
Team	Cincinnati Royals	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		%
Bucky Bockhorn	71	31.7	10.2	-	-	6.5	2.9	-	-	-	3.0	4.1	10.9	.381	-	-	-	1.9	2.8	.704
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		%
Bucky Bockhorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bucky Bockhorn	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1962-63	2022-23
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Bucky Bockhorn	80	32.7	11.7	-	-	4.0	3.3	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	11.9	.393	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.756
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		%
Bucky Bockhorn	12	33.9	11.3	-	-	3.8	3.3	-	-	-	3.7	4.7	11.3	.415	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	.742
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Bucky Bockhorn	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1963-64	2023-24
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Bucky Bockhorn	70	23.9	8.3	-	-	2.9	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	3.5	8.4	.412	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.762
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		%
Bucky Bockhorn	10	30.1	9.7	-	-	3.9	3.9	-	-	-	4.0	4.1	10.8	.380	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.750
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