Devin Booker vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 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, 3 more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who played 7. Devin Booker had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, 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.

Rookie Season
	Devin Booker	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	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		%
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:	+6	+1.2	+3.0	+0.3		+0.3	+0.7	+0.6	+0.2	-0.4	-0.9	+0.6	+2.7	+.053	+0.7	+2.1	+.024	+0.9	+1.0	+.040
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		%
Devin Booker	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 5
	Devin Booker	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	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:	+2	+0.4	+4.8	+0.5	+0.2	+0.6	+1.0	+0.9	+0.7	-1.0	-0.2	+1.4	+2.0	+.021	+1.1	+3.2	+.009	+3.1	+3.6	+.014
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
* Neiher Devin Booker nor Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Devin Booker	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2020-21	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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:	+8	+0.1	+4.5	+0.4	+1.0	+1.3	+1.9	+1.2	+0.7	-0.9	-0.2	+1.3	+0.6	+.051	+0.6	+1.9	+.013	+2.5	+2.8	+.007
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		%
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:	+12	+0.5	+2.9	+0.1	+1.4	+1.6	+1.9	+0.5	+1.5	-1.5	-0.4	+1.5	+0.9	+.049	+0.4	+2.5	+.111	+0.4	+1.4	+.115
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
	Devin Booker	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2021-22	2024-25
Team	Phoenix Suns	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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:	+8	+0.3	+5.9	+0.2	+0.3		+1.6	+0.6	+0.6		-0.4	+1.6	+0.9	+.053	+0.6	+1.3	+.008	+3.3	+3.5	+.030
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		%
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:	+13	+0.4	+6.6		+0.5	+0.5	+2.1	+1.2	+0.5	-0.6	-0.3	+2.2	+4.4	+.011	+1.4	+1.6	+.148	+3.6	+4.1	+.011
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

Additional Years
* Devin Booker played 3 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 10, from 2023 to 2025—Devin Booker played in two Playoffs. In those 3 extra years over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Devin Booker got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game