Nickeil Alexander-Walker vs. Giannis Antetokounmpo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Giannis Antetokounmpo 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 7 years in the NBA, 6 less than Giannis Antetokounmpo, who played 13. Nickeil Alexander-Walker had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Giannis Antetokounmpo had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	2019-20	2013-14
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	47	12.6	5.7	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.9	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.2	2.1	5.7	.368	1.0	2.8	.346	0.5	0.8	.676
difference:	+30	+12.0	+1.1	+0.8	+1.8	+2.6		+0.4	+0.6	-0.5	-1.0	+0.1	+0.3	+.046	+0.5	+1.3	+.001	+1.3	+1.8	+.007
Giannis Antetokounmpo	77	24.6	6.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.6	2.2	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.5	.347	1.8	2.6	.683
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nickeil Alexander-Walker nor Giannis Antetokounmpo played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+21	+20.6	+16.7	+1.5	+5.5	+7.1	+3.6	+1.1	+1.5	-2.0	-1.6	+6.0	+10.7	+.077	+0.4	+0.4	+.112	+5.2	+6.7	+.103
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.6	22.9	1.8	7.0	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	2.9	3.1	8.2	15.7	.521	0.6	2.3	.272	5.9	7.7	.770
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	+10.9	+16.4	+1.5	+6.0	+7.5	+2.6	+1.6	+1.5	-2.5	-1.7	+7.0	+11.7	+.107	+1.3	+3.3		+3.8	+7.1	+.124
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	40.5	24.8	1.7	7.8	9.5	4.0	2.2	1.7	3.3	3.5	10.0	18.7	.536	0.7	1.7	.400	4.2	7.7	.543

Season 5
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+7	+13.3	+18.9	+1.7	+6.4	+8.0	+2.3	+0.7	+0.9	-2.1	-1.4	+7.0	+12.1	+.090	+1.0	+2.2	+.084	+5.9	+7.7	+.040
Giannis Antetokounmpo	75	36.7	26.9	2.1	8.0	10.0	4.8	1.5	1.4	3.0	3.1	9.9	18.7	.529	0.6	1.9	.307	6.5	8.5	.760
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	+16.4	+18.4	+0.8	+7.0	+7.8	+4.0	+0.8	+0.5	-1.5	-2.5	+7.3	+10.3	+.204	+0.9	+3.1	+.010	+4.8	+7.3	+.309
Giannis Antetokounmpo	7	40.0	25.7	1.1	8.4	9.6	6.3	1.4	0.9	2.4	4.0	9.9	17.3	.570	0.6	2.0	.286	5.4	7.9	.691

Season 6
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals

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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	+7.5	+18.3	+1.5	+7.7	+9.3	+3.2	+0.7	+1.1	-2.5	-1.5	+6.7	+9.8	+.140	+1.0	+1.7	+.125	+5.8	+8.1	+.051
Giannis Antetokounmpo	72	32.8	27.7	2.2	10.3	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	3.7	3.2	10.0	17.3	.578	0.7	2.8	.256	6.9	9.5	.729
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:		+13.6	+17.2	+1.9	+8.5	+10.4	+2.6	+0.8	+1.7	-1.8	-1.6	+5.7	+9.9	+.105	+0.3	+0.5	+.022	+6.1	+10.1	+.245
Giannis Antetokounmpo	15	34.3	25.5	2.4	9.8	12.2	4.9	1.2	2.0	3.3	3.2	8.6	17.4	.494	1.2	3.7	.327	7.1	11.2	.637

Season 7
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Season	2025-26	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	27	32.7	20.7	0.9	2.9	3.7	3.4	0.9	0.6	2.2	2.2	7.0	15.4	.457	2.9	7.5	.384	3.8	4.4	.864
difference:	+36	+2.3	+8.8	+1.3	+8.5	+9.9	+2.2	+0.1	+0.4	-1.5	-0.9	+3.9	+4.3	+.096	+1.5	+2.8	+.080	+2.5	+5.6	+.231
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	30.4	29.5	2.2	11.4	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	3.7	3.1	10.9	19.7	.553	1.4	4.7	.304	6.3	10.0	.633
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Giannis Antetokounmpo	9	30.8	26.7	3.0	10.8	13.8	5.7	0.7	0.9	3.3	3.4	10.0	17.9	.559	1.4	4.4	.325	5.2	9.0	.580

Additional Years
* Giannis Antetokounmpo played 6 seasons more than Nickeil Alexander-Walker in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 13, from 2021 to 2026—Giannis Antetokounmpo played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 6 extra years over Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Giannis Antetokounmpo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 5 All-NBA First Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 1 Cup MVP 2 Cup All-Tournament Team 5 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP