Donovan Clingan vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Donovan Clingan, 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 / 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.

Donovan Clingan played 2 years in the NBA, 6 less than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who played 8. Donovan Clingan had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, 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
Donovan Clingan 2 0 2024-25 to 2025-26
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 8 4 2018-19 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Donovan Clingan Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season 2024-252018-19
Team Portland Trail BlazersLos Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie Second TeamAchievement All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs Did Not PlayClippers 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 TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Donovan Clingan 67 19.8 6.5 3.2 4.6 7.9 1.1 0.5 1.6 1.1 2.8 2.7 5.0 .539 0.2 0.7 .286 0.9 1.6 .596
difference:+15+6.7+4.3+2.5+2.5+5.1+2.2+0.7+1.1-0.6-0.7+1.5+3.7+.063+0.4+1.0+.081+1.0+0.8+.204
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 TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Donovan Clingan 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
Donovan Clingan Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season 2025-262019-20
Team Portland Trail BlazersOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayThunder 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 TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Donovan Clingan 21 25.2 10.0 4.6 5.6 10.2 1.7 0.6 1.4 0.8 2.5 3.9 8.0 .482 0.7 2.8 .241 1.6 2.0 .810
difference:+49+9.5+9.0+3.9+0.4+4.3+1.6+0.5+0.7-1.1-0.8+2.9+6.5+.011+0.5+0.8+.106+2.5+3.1+.003
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 TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Donovan Clingan DNP------ --- ----------
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

Additional Years

* Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played 6 seasons more than Donovan Clingan in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 3 to 8, from 2021 to 2026—Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

In those 6 extra years over Donovan Clingan, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 Finals MVP
Achievement 1 Season MVP
Achievement 3 All-NBA First Team
Achievement 1 Scoring Leader
Achievement 1 Steals Leader
Achievement 1 Cup All-Tournament Team
Achievement 3 All-Star Game
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