Devin Booker vs. Alex English Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex English and Devin Booker, 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.

Devin Booker played 10 years in the NBA, 5 less than Alex English, who played 15. Devin Booker had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Alex English had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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.

Rookie Season
	Devin Booker	Alex English
Season	2015-16	1976-77
Team	Phoenix Suns	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Devin Booker	76	27.7	13.8	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.6	0.6	0.3	2.1	3.0	4.8	11.4	.423	1.3	3.8	.343	2.8	3.4	.840
difference:	+16	+16.9	+8.6	+0.7	+0.4	+0.3	+2.2	+0.3			-1.7	+2.6	+6.8	+.054				+2.0	+2.4	+.073
Alex English	60	10.8	5.2	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	-	1.3	2.2	4.6	.477	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.767
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Devin Booker nor Alex English played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Devin Booker	Alex English
Season	2019-20	1980-81
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Devin Booker	70	35.9	26.6	0.4	3.8	4.2	6.5	0.7	0.3	3.8	3.0	9.0	18.3	.489	2.0	5.7	.354	6.7	7.3	.919
difference:	+11	+2.3	+2.8	+3.0	+0.8	+3.8	+2.9	+0.6	+0.9	-0.8	-0.1	+0.5	+0.9	+.005	+2.0	+5.6	+.246	+1.9	+1.6	+.069
Alex English	81	38.2	23.8	3.4	4.6	8.0	3.6	1.3	1.2	3.0	3.1	9.5	19.2	.494	0.0	0.1	.600	4.8	5.7	.850
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Devin Booker nor Alex English played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Devin Booker	Alex English
Season	2020-21	1981-82
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Devin Booker	67	33.9	25.6	0.5	3.7	4.2	4.3	0.8	0.2	3.1	2.7	9.3	19.2	.484	1.9	5.5	.340	5.1	5.9	.867
difference:	+15	+2.9	+0.2	+2.1	+0.5	+2.6	+1.0	+0.3	+1.3	-0.1	-0.5	+1.1	+0.3	+.067	+1.9	+5.4	+.340	+0.6	+0.5	+.027
Alex English	82	36.8	25.4	2.6	4.2	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	3.2	3.2	10.4	18.9	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.4	.840
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	22	40.4	27.3	0.7	5.0	5.6	4.5	0.8	0.2	3.7	3.5	9.6	21.5	.447	2.0	6.2	.321	6.0	6.7	.905
difference:	+19	+1.1	+8.0	+2.0		+2.1	+1.2	+0.2	+0.8	-2.4	-1.5	+0.9	+3.2	+.026	+2.0	+6.2		+4.0	+4.4	+.048
Alex English	3	39.3	19.3	2.7	5.0	7.7	5.7	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.7	18.3	.473	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857

Season 7
	Devin Booker	Alex English
Season	2021-22	1982-83
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Devin Booker	68	34.5	26.8	0.7	4.4	5.0	4.8	1.1	0.4	2.4	2.6	9.7	20.9	.466	2.7	7.0	.383	4.6	5.3	.868
difference:	+14	+1.9	+1.6	+2.5	+0.3	+2.3		+0.3	+1.1	-0.8	-0.3	+2.0	+1.7	+.050	+2.7	+6.9	+.216	+0.4	+0.7	+.039
Alex English	82	36.4	28.4	3.2	4.1	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	3.2	2.9	11.7	22.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.167	5.0	6.0	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	10	36.6	23.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	4.4	0.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	7.9	17.5	.451	2.8	6.5	.431	4.7	5.3	.887
difference:	+3	+2.0	+2.6	+1.9	+0.4	+1.5	+1.6	+0.1	+0.6	-0.2	-0.5	+1.7	+3.9	+.004	+2.8	+6.2	+.431	+2.0	+2.3
Alex English	7	38.6	25.9	2.9	3.4	6.3	6.0	0.6	1.0	3.0	3.0	9.6	21.4	.447	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	7.6	.887

Season 8
	Devin Booker	Alex English
Season	2022-23	1983-84
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Devin Booker	53	34.6	27.8	0.9	3.7	4.5	5.5	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.0	9.9	20.1	.494	2.1	6.0	.351	5.8	6.8	.855
difference:	+29	+0.4	+1.4	+1.7	+0.7	+1.2	+0.5		+0.9		-0.1	+1.2	+0.8	+.035	+2.1	+5.9	+.208	+1.5	+1.6	+.031
Alex English	82	35.0	26.4	2.6	3.0	5.7	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.7	3.1	11.1	20.9	.529	0.0	0.1	.143	4.3	5.2	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	11	41.7	33.7	1.1	3.7	4.8	7.2	1.7	0.8	2.9	3.4	12.8	21.9	.585	2.8	5.5	.508	5.3	6.1	.866
difference:	+6	+1.1	+4.7	+2.1	+1.1	+3.2	+1.6	+1.1	+0.4	-1.5		+0.8	+1.5	+.003	+2.8	+5.3	+.508	+0.3	+0.5	+.027
Alex English	5	40.6	29.0	3.2	4.8	8.0	5.6	0.6	0.4	1.4	3.4	12.0	20.4	.588	0.0	0.2	.000	5.0	5.6	.893

Season 9
	Devin Booker	Alex English
Season	2023-24	1984-85
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	68	36.0	27.1	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.9	0.9	0.4	2.6	3.0	9.4	19.2	.492	2.2	6.1	.364	6.0	6.7	.886
difference:	+13	+0.1	+0.8	+1.7	+0.6	+1.2	+2.7	+0.3	+0.2	-0.5	-0.2	+2.2	+3.2	+.026	+2.2	+6.0	+.164	+1.3	+1.0	+.057
Alex English	81	36.1	27.9	2.5	3.1	5.7	4.2	1.2	0.6	3.1	3.2	11.6	22.4	.518	0.0	0.1	.200	4.7	5.7	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	4	41.5	27.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.0	1.8	0.3	2.8	4.5	8.0	16.3	.492	1.8	5.0	.350	9.8	10.3	.951
difference:	+10	+3.2	+2.7	+2.3	+1.0	+3.3	+1.5	+0.6	+0.1	-0.7	-1.6	+3.6	+5.4	+.044	+1.8	+4.9	+.350	+2.9	+2.5	+.061
Alex English	14	38.3	30.2	2.6	4.0	6.6	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.1	2.9	11.6	21.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	6.9	7.8	.890

Season 10
	Devin Booker	Alex English
Season	2024-25	1985-86
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	75	37.3	25.6	1.0	3.1	4.1	7.1	0.9	0.2	2.9	2.6	8.7	18.9	.461	2.4	7.3	.332	5.8	6.4	.894
difference:	+6		+4.2	+1.4	+0.5	+0.9	+3.1		+0.2	-0.2	-0.3	+3.0	+4.4	+.043	+2.4	+7.2	+.132	+0.5	+0.9	+.032
Alex English	81	37.3	29.8	2.4	2.6	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	3.1	2.9	11.7	23.3	.504	0.0	0.1	.200	6.3	7.3	.862
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex English	10	39.4	27.3	1.8	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.4	0.4	2.8	2.9	10.6	22.9	.463	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	7.1	.859

Additional Years
* Alex English played 5 seasons more than Devin Booker in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 15, from 1987 to 1991—Alex English played in 4 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Devin Booker, Alex English got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game