Nickeil Alexander-Walker vs. Jerry Sloan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Sloan 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 Jerry Sloan, who played 11. Nickeil Alexander-Walker had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Jerry Sloan had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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 2
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Jerry Sloan
Season	2020-21	1966-67
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost West Div Semis

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2nd 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	46	21.9	11.0	0.3	2.8	3.1	2.2	1.0	0.5	1.5	1.9	4.2	10.0	.419	1.7	4.8	.347	1.0	1.4	.727
difference:	+34	+14.9	+6.4			+6.0	+0.1				-1.8	+2.4	+5.2	+.013				+3.3	+3.9	+.069
Jerry Sloan	80	36.8	17.4	-	-	9.1	2.1	-	-	-	3.7	6.6	15.2	.432	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sloan	3	23.7	10.0	-	-	3.3	0.3	-	-	-	2.3	4.0	10.3	.387	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 4
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Jerry Sloan
Season	2022-23	1968-69
Team	Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+19	+22.7	+10.6			+6.2	+1.7				-2.5	+4.1	+10.0	+.027				+3.6	+4.7	+.078
Jerry Sloan	78	37.7	16.8	-	-	7.9	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	6.3	15.0	.417	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.745
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
Jerry Sloan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Jerry Sloan
Season	2023-24	1969-70
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Bulls Lost West Div Semis

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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:	+29	+11.0	+7.6			+5.0	+0.6				-1.7	+2.9	+7.3	+.018				+3.3	+5.2	+.149
Jerry Sloan	53	34.4	15.6	-	-	7.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.4	5.8	13.9	.421	-	-	-	3.9	6.0	.651
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:	+11	+14.4	+7.5			+6.0	+0.1				-2.1	+3.2	+7.8	+.026				+2.6	+4.4	+.360
Jerry Sloan	5	38.0	14.8	-	-	7.8	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.8	14.8	.392	-	-	-	3.2	5.0	.640

Season 6
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Jerry Sloan
Season	2024-25	1970-71
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Bulls Lost West Conf 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:	+2	+14.0	+8.9			+5.6	+0.8				-1.9	+4.1	+9.3	+.003				+2.4	+3.5	+.065
Jerry Sloan	80	39.3	18.3	-	-	8.8	3.5	-	-	-	3.6	7.4	16.8	.441	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	.715
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:	+8	+19.9	+8.7			+7.2	+0.1				-2.0	+4.4	+9.2	+.047				+1.4	+2.2	+.143
Jerry Sloan	7	40.6	17.0	-	-	9.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.6	7.3	16.7	.436	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.739

Additional Years
* Jerry Sloan played 5 seasons more than Nickeil Alexander-Walker in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 11, from 1972 to 1976—Jerry Sloan played in 4 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Jerry Sloan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Defensive First Team