Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Bernard King Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bernard King 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, 6 less than Bernard King, who played 14. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Bernard King had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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	Bernard King
Season	2018-19	1977-78
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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:	+3	+12.6	+13.4	+2.7	+4.1	+6.7	+0.9	+0.3		-2.2	-1.7	+5.9	+12.4	+.003				+2.1	+3.4	+.123
Bernard King	79	39.1	24.2	3.4	6.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.9	3.8	10.1	21.1	.479	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.677
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
Bernard King	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Bernard King
Season	2022-23	1981-82
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	68	35.5	31.4	0.9	4.0	4.8	5.5	1.6	1.0	2.8	2.8	10.4	20.3	.510	0.9	2.5	.345	9.8	10.9	.905
difference:	+11	+0.7	+8.2	+0.9	+0.2	+1.1	+1.9	+0.6	+0.7	-0.6	-0.8	+1.0	+3.8	+.056	+0.9	+2.4	+.145	+5.3	+4.6	+.200
Bernard King	79	36.2	23.2	1.8	4.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	3.4	3.6	9.4	16.5	.566	0.0	0.1	.200	4.5	6.3	.705
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Shai Gilgeous-Alexander nor Bernard King played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Bernard King
Season	2023-24	1982-83
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	75	34.0	30.1	0.9	4.7	5.5	6.2	2.0	0.9	2.2	2.5	10.6	19.8	.535	1.3	3.6	.353	7.6	8.7	.874
difference:	+7	+1.5	+8.2	+0.6	+1.4	+0.7	+3.3	+0.7	+0.7	-0.7	-0.9	+1.7	+3.0	+.007	+1.3	+3.5	+.353	+3.5	+3.0	+.152
Bernard King	68	32.5	21.9	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.9	1.3	0.2	2.9	3.4	8.9	16.8	.528	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.7	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	10	39.9	30.2	0.8	6.4	7.2	6.4	1.3	1.7	2.2	3.1	11.1	22.4	.496	1.6	3.7	.432	6.4	8.1	.790
difference:	+4	+9.2	+6.7	+0.5	+3.7	+3.2	+4.2	+1.0	+1.7	-0.5	-0.4	+1.8	+6.2	+.081	+1.4	+3.2	+.099	+1.7	+2.3	+.010
Bernard King	6	30.7	23.5	1.3	2.7	4.0	2.2	0.3	0.0	1.7	2.7	9.3	16.2	.577	0.2	0.5	.333	4.7	5.8	.800

Season 7
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Bernard King
Season	2024-25	1983-84
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	76	34.2	32.7	0.9	4.1	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	2.4	2.2	11.3	21.8	.519	2.1	5.7	.375	7.9	8.8	.898
difference:	+1	+0.4	+6.4	+0.7	+0.6	+0.1	+4.3	+0.7	+0.8	-0.2	-1.3	+1.0	+3.7	+.053	+2.1	+5.6	+.375	+2.2	+1.5	+.119
Bernard King	77	34.6	26.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	2.6	3.5	10.3	18.1	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.3	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	23	37.0	29.9	1.0	4.3	5.3	6.5	1.7	0.9	2.6	2.8	10.1	21.9	.462	1.4	4.9	.283	8.3	9.4	.876
difference:	+11	+2.8	+4.9	+1.3	+0.5	+0.9	+3.5	+0.5	+0.4		-1.2	+3.4	+1.6	+.112	+1.4	+4.8	+.283	+0.5	+0.9	+.120
Bernard King	12	39.8	34.8	2.3	3.8	6.2	3.0	1.2	0.5	2.6	4.0	13.5	23.5	.574	0.0	0.1	.000	7.8	10.3	.756

Season 8
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Bernard King
Season	2025-26	1984-85
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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8th 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	5	38.6	34.8	0.2	6.0	6.2	5.4	1.4	1.4	2.4	2.0	12.6	24.4	.516	1.4	6.0	.233	8.2	9.6	.854
difference:	+50	+1.1	+1.9	+1.9	+2.3	+0.4	+1.7	+0.1	+1.1	-1.3	-1.5		+0.7	+.014	+1.4	+5.8	+.133	+0.5	+0.4	+.082
Bernard King	55	37.5	32.9	2.1	3.7	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.5	12.6	23.7	.530	0.0	0.2	.100	7.7	10.0	.772
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Shai Gilgeous-Alexander nor Bernard King played in the postseason in their season 8

Additional Years
* Bernard King played 6 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 1987 to 1993—Bernard King played in two Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Bernard King got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game