Nickeil Alexander-Walker vs. Klay Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Klay Thompson 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, 6 less than Klay Thompson, who played 12. Nickeil Alexander-Walker had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Klay Thompson had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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	Klay Thompson
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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:	+19	+11.8	+6.8	+0.2	+0.5	+0.6	+0.1	+0.3	+0.1	-0.5	-1.1	+2.7	+5.2	+.075	+0.7	+1.3	+.068	+0.7	+0.6	+.192
Klay Thompson	66	24.4	12.5	0.4	2.1	2.4	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.8	10.9	.443	1.7	4.1	.414	1.2	1.4	.868
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nickeil Alexander-Walker nor Klay Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Klay Thompson
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+18	+16.9	+15.5	+0.1	+1.4	+1.5	+1.1	+0.6	+0.4	-1.0	-0.1	+5.6	+11.9	+.019	+2.1	+4.4	+.055	+2.2	+2.3	+.212
Klay Thompson	77	31.9	21.7	0.4	2.9	3.2	2.9	1.1	0.8	1.9	1.6	7.8	16.9	.463	3.1	7.1	.439	2.9	3.3	.879
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:	+16	+6.6	+10.2	+0.2	+1.6	+1.9	+1.2	+0.2	+0.7	-1.2	-1.2	+4.1	+8.9	+.017	+0.7	+2.0	+.010	+1.3	+1.5	+.133
Klay Thompson	21	36.2	18.6	0.4	3.4	3.9	2.6	0.8	0.9	2.0	3.0	7.1	15.9	.446	2.7	7.0	.390	1.7	2.1	.800

Season 5
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Klay Thompson
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Warriors Lost NBA 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:	+2	+9.9	+14.1		+1.8	+1.8	+0.4		+0.1	-0.8	-0.2	+5.2	+10.7	+.031	+1.9	+4.0	+.034	+1.8	+2.0	+.073
Klay Thompson	80	33.3	22.1	0.4	3.4	3.8	2.1	0.8	0.6	1.7	1.9	8.1	17.3	.470	3.5	8.1	.425	2.4	2.8	.873
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:	+8	+11.8	+17.0	+0.3	+1.6	+1.9		+0.5		-1.1	-0.7	+5.8	+11.9	+.078	+2.6	+4.5	+.128	+2.8	+3.4	+.146
Klay Thompson	24	35.4	24.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.3	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.2	8.4	18.9	.444	4.1	9.6	.424	3.4	4.0	.854

Season 6
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Klay Thompson
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+4	+8.7	+12.9	+0.1	+0.4	+0.5	+0.6	+0.2	+0.1	-0.4	-0.1	+5.0	+10.1	+.030	+1.7	+3.8	+.033	+1.3	+1.4	+.073
Klay Thompson	78	34.0	22.3	0.6	3.0	3.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.8	8.3	17.6	.468	3.4	8.3	.414	2.4	2.8	.853
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:	+2	+14.4	+6.7	+0.1	+1.9	+2.1	+0.2	+0.4		-0.1	-1.0	+2.6	+6.4	+.008	+0.9	+2.0	+.038	+0.5	+0.8	+.094
Klay Thompson	17	35.1	15.0	0.6	3.2	3.9	2.1	0.8	0.3	1.4	2.6	5.5	13.9	.397	2.4	6.2	.387	1.5	1.9	.788

Additional Years
* Klay Thompson played 6 seasons more than Nickeil Alexander-Walker in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 12, from 2018 to 2025—Klay Thompson played in 4 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 6 extra years over Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Klay Thompson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team 2 All-Star Game