Josh Giddey vs. John Shumate Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Shumate and Josh Giddey, 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.

Josh Giddey played 3 years in the NBA, 2 less than John Shumate, who played 5. Josh Giddey had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while John Shumate had his rookie season in 1975-76. 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
	Josh Giddey	John Shumate
Season	2021-22	1975-76
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Phoenix Suns, Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Braves Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	54	31.5	12.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	3.2	1.6	5.2	12.4	.419	1.0	3.9	.263	1.0	1.5	.709
John Shumate	75	26.3	11.7	1.9	5.5	7.4	1.7	1.1	0.5	-	2.1	4.4	7.9	.561	-	-	-	2.8	4.3	.650
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Shumate	9	40.2	14.1	2.8	5.8	8.6	2.8	1.0	1.4	-	3.2	6.0	10.2	.587	-	-	-	2.1	4.2	.500

Note: John Shumate didn't play in 1978-79.