Nickeil Alexander-Walker vs. Bill Sharman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Sharman and Nickeil Alexander-Walker, 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.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker played 6 years in the NBA, 5 less than Bill Sharman, who played 11. Nickeil Alexander-Walker had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Bill Sharman had his rookie season in 1950-51. 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.

Season 3
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bill Sharman
Season	2021-22	1952-53
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Utah Jazz	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	65	22.6	10.6	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.6	3.9	10.5	.372	1.6	5.2	.311	1.2	1.7	.743
difference:	+6	+10.3	+5.6			+1.2	+0.3				-1.8	+1.8	+2.5	+.064				+3.6	+3.9	+.107
Bill Sharman	71	32.9	16.2	-	-	4.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.4	5.7	13.0	.436	-	-	-	4.8	5.6	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	1	5.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
difference:	+5	+28.5	+6.7			+1.5	+1.5				-4.3	+1.3	+8.0	+.667				+4.0	+4.3	+.062
Bill Sharman	6	33.5	11.7	-	-	2.5	2.5	-	-	-	4.3	3.3	10.0	.333	-	-	-	5.0	5.3	.938

Season 4
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bill Sharman
Season	2022-23	1953-54
Team	Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	59	15.0	6.2	0.3	1.5	1.7	1.8	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.2	5.0	.444	1.0	2.7	.384	0.7	1.0	.667
difference:	+13	+19.3	+9.8			+1.8	+1.4				-1.4	+3.5	+7.7	+.006				+3.9	+4.4	+.177
Bill Sharman	72	34.3	16.0	-	-	3.5	3.2	-	-	-	2.9	5.7	12.7	.450	-	-	-	4.6	5.4	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	5	29.6	8.4	0.2	1.8	2.0	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.8	3.0	7.0	.429	2.0	5.0	.400	0.4	0.6	.667
difference:	+1	+4.7	+10.4			+2.2	+0.3				-3.0	+2.8	+6.5	+.003				+6.8	+7.7	+.193
Bill Sharman	6	34.3	18.8	-	-	4.2	1.7	-	-	-	4.8	5.8	13.5	.432	-	-	-	7.2	8.3	.860

Season 5
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bill Sharman
Season	2023-24	1954-55
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Div Finals

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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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	82	23.4	8.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.5	0.8	0.5	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.6	.439	1.6	4.1	.391	0.6	0.8	.800
difference:	+14	+12.7	+10.4			+2.4	+1.6				-1.4	+3.8	+9.0	+.012				+4.5	+4.9	+.097
Bill Sharman	68	36.1	18.4	-	-	4.4	4.1	-	-	-	3.1	6.7	15.6	.427	-	-	-	5.1	5.7	.897
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	16	23.6	7.3	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.3	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.6	7.0	.366	1.5	5.1	.296	0.6	0.6	1.000
difference:	+9	+17.8	+13.4			+3.6	+3.1				-1.9	+5.3	+8.7	+.134				+4.4	+4.8	+.079
Bill Sharman	7	41.4	20.7	-	-	5.4	5.4	-	-	-	3.4	7.9	15.7	.500	-	-	-	5.0	5.4	.921

Season 6
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bill Sharman
Season	2024-25	1955-56
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	82	25.3	9.4	0.7	2.6	3.2	2.7	0.6	0.4	1.2	1.7	3.3	7.5	.438	1.7	4.5	.381	1.1	1.4	.780
difference:	+10	+12.2	+10.5			+0.4	+2.0				-1.0	+4.2	+9.6					+3.9	+4.3	+.087
Bill Sharman	72	37.5	19.9	-	-	3.6	4.7	-	-	-	2.7	7.5	17.1	.438	-	-	-	5.0	5.7	.867
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	15	20.7	8.3	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.3	0.4	0.3	1.5	1.6	2.9	7.5	.389	1.5	4.2	.349	1.0	1.1	.882
difference:	+12	+19.0	+9.0			+0.5	+1.7				-0.7	+3.1	+7.8	+.002				+4.3	+4.6	+.059
Bill Sharman	3	39.7	17.3	-	-	2.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.3	6.0	15.3	.391	-	-	-	5.3	5.7	.941

Additional Years
* Bill Sharman played 5 seasons more than Nickeil Alexander-Walker in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 11, from 1957 to 1961—Bill Sharman played in 5 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships. In those 5 extra years over Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Bill Sharman got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Star Game