Leo Barnhorst vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Leo Barnhorst, 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.

Leo Barnhorst played 5 years in the NBA, 1 less than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who played 6. Leo Barnhorst had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, 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
	Leo Barnhorst	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1949-50	2018-19
Team	Chicago Stags	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Stags Lost Cent Div Semis	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		%
Leo Barnhorst	67	-	6.5	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	2.9	2.6	7.4	.349	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.698
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		%
Leo Barnhorst	2	-	11.0	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	5.0	4.0	12.5	.320	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	1.000
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 3
	Leo Barnhorst	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1951-52	2020-21
Team	Indianapolis Olympians	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Olympians Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Leo Barnhorst	66	35.5	12.4	-	-	6.5	3.9	-	-	-	3.0	5.3	13.6	.389	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.652
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	35	33.7	23.7	0.5	4.2	4.7	5.9	0.8	0.7	3.0	2.0	8.2	16.1	.508	2.0	4.9	.418	5.3	6.5	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leo Barnhorst	2	42.5	15.5	-	-	4.5	4.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.0	17.0	.412	-	-	-	1.5	3.5	.429
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Leo Barnhorst	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1952-53	2021-22
Team	Indianapolis Olympians	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Olympians Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Leo Barnhorst	71	40.4	13.6	-	-	6.8	3.9	-	-	-	3.5	5.7	14.6	.389	-	-	-	2.3	3.6	.629
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	56	34.7	24.5	0.7	4.3	5.0	5.9	1.3	0.8	2.8	2.5	8.5	18.8	.453	1.6	5.3	.300	5.9	7.2	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Leo Barnhorst	2	39.5	15.0	-	-	11.0	2.5	-	-	-	5.0	6.0	16.5	.364	-	-	-	3.0	4.5	.667
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Leo Barnhorst	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1953-54	2022-23
Team	Baltimore Bullets (1st), Fort Wayne Pistons	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin	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		%
Leo Barnhorst	72	28.7	6.4	-	-	4.1	3.1	-	-	-	2.8	2.8	8.2	.338	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.716
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		%
Leo Barnhorst	4	15.0	5.8	-	-	1.3	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	2.5	4.8	.526	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.600
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Leo Barnhorst	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Leo Barnhorst	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Leo Barnhorst	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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