Jamal Crawford vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jamal Crawford, 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.

Jamal Crawford played 20 years in the NBA, 13 more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who played 7. Jamal Crawford had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, 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
	Jamal Crawford	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Clippers
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		%
Jamal Crawford	61	17.2	4.6	0.1	1.3	1.5	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.4	1.1	1.8	5.0	.352	0.7	1.9	.350	0.4	0.6	.794
difference:	+21	+9.3	+6.2	+0.6	+0.8	+1.3	+1.0	+0.5	+0.3	-0.3	-1.0	+2.4	+3.7	+.124	+0.1	+0.2	+.017	+1.5	+1.8	+.006
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		%
Jamal Crawford	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
	Jamal Crawford	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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		%
Jamal Crawford	70	38.4	17.7	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.3	1.3	0.3	2.1	1.9	6.2	15.7	.398	2.6	7.3	.361	2.6	3.1	.843
difference:	+2	+2.9	+13.7	+0.4	+1.6	+1.9	+1.2	+0.3	+0.7	-0.7	-0.9	+4.2	+4.6	+.112	+1.7	+4.8	+.016	+7.2	+7.8	+.062
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 Jamal Crawford nor Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Jamal Crawford	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2005-06	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jamal Crawford	79	32.3	14.3	0.5	2.7	3.1	3.8	1.1	0.2	2.2	1.9	4.6	11.1	.416	1.3	3.7	.345	3.7	4.5	.826
difference:	+4	+1.7	+15.8	+0.4	+2.0	+2.4	+2.4	+0.9	+0.7		-0.6	+6.0	+8.7	+.119		+0.1	+.008	+3.9	+4.2	+.048
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		%
Jamal Crawford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jamal Crawford	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2006-07	2024-25
Team	New York Knicks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	-	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		%
Jamal Crawford	59	37.3	17.6	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.4	1.0	0.1	2.7	1.9	6.0	15.0	.400	1.7	5.5	.320	3.9	4.6	.838
difference:	+17	+3.1	+15.1	+0.2	+1.6	+1.8	+2.0	+0.7	+0.9	-0.3	-0.3	+5.3	+6.8	+.119	+0.4	+0.2	+.055	+4.0	+4.2	+.060
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		%
Jamal Crawford	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

Additional Years
* Jamal Crawford played 13 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 20, from 2008 to 2020—Jamal Crawford played in 8 Playoffs. In those 13 extra years over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jamal Crawford got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 Sixth Man of the Year