Jim Chones vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jim Chones, 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.

Jim Chones played 8 years in the NBA, 2 more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who played 6. Jim Chones had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, 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
	Jim Chones	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1974-75	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Jim Chones	72	33.7	14.5	2.2	7.2	9.4	1.8	0.7	1.7	-	3.4	6.2	12.7	.487	-	-	-	2.1	3.1	.679
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		%
Jim Chones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jim Chones	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1978-79	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jim Chones	82	34.8	13.4	3.2	7.1	10.3	2.2	0.6	1.2	2.3	3.4	5.8	13.1	.440	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	.735
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		%
Jim Chones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Jim Chones	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1979-80	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Chones	82	29.2	10.6	1.7	5.1	6.9	1.8	0.7	0.8	2.1	3.3	4.5	9.3	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.1	.740
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		%
Jim Chones	16	27.4	7.4	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.8	0.5	0.4	2.0	3.8	3.0	7.4	.407	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.676
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	9	39.6	29.6	0.9	6.8	7.7	6.2	1.4	1.7	2.4	3.1	10.8	22.1	.487	1.3	3.6	.375	6.7	8.2	.811