Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, 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.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played 8 years in the NBA, 5 more than Amen Thompson, who played 3. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Amen Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Amen Thompson
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
difference:	+20	+4.1	+1.3	+1.7	+2.1	+3.8	+0.7	+0.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.2	+0.3	+1.5	+.060	+0.5	+0.8	+.229	+0.2	+0.1	+.116
Amen Thompson	62	22.4	9.5	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.5	2.3	3.9	7.2	.536	0.1	0.9	.138	1.7	2.5	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Amen Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Amen Thompson
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	70	34.7	19.0	0.7	5.2	5.9	3.3	1.1	0.7	1.9	1.7	6.8	14.5	.471	1.2	3.6	.347	4.1	5.1	.807
difference:	+1	+2.5	+4.9	+2.1	+0.2	+2.3	+0.5	+0.3	+0.6	-0.1	-0.7	+1.2	+4.4	+.086	+0.8	+2.3	+.072	+1.7	+1.5	+.123
Amen Thompson	69	32.2	14.1	2.8	5.4	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.6	10.1	.557	0.4	1.3	.275	2.4	3.6	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	7	39.9	16.3	0.4	4.9	5.3	4.1	1.0	0.4	2.1	2.4	5.6	12.9	.433	2.0	5.0	.400	3.1	3.3	.957
difference:		+6.9	+0.6	+2.3	+0.8	+1.6	+0.8	+0.7	+0.5	-0.4	-0.2	+0.4	+0.8	+.061	+1.9	+4.4	+.150	+0.5	+1.8	+.263
Amen Thompson	7	33.0	15.7	2.7	4.1	6.9	3.3	1.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	6.0	12.1	.494	0.1	0.6	.250	3.6	5.1	.694

Additional Years
* Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played 5 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 8, from 2022 to 2026—Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 5 extra years over Amen Thompson, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 1 Scoring Leader 1 Steals Leader 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 3 All-Star Game