Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Bronny James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bronny James 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 7 years in the NBA, 6 more than Bronny James, who played 1. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Bronny James had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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	Bronny James
Season	2018-19	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+55	+19.8	+8.5	+0.6	+1.6	+2.1	+2.5	+0.9	+0.4	-1.2	-1.6	+3.4	+6.2	+.163	+0.3	+0.5	+.086	+1.5	+1.9	+.014
Bronny James	27	6.7	2.3	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.5	.313	0.3	1.2	.281	0.4	0.5	.786
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
difference:	+4	+26.8	+13.7	+0.7	+2.0	+2.7	+3.2	+1.0	+0.8	-0.8	-2.8	+4.7	+9.0	+.467	+1.5	+2.0	+.500	+2.8	+3.3
Bronny James	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years
* Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played 6 seasons more than Bronny James in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 7, from 2020 to 2025—Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 6 extra years over Bronny James, 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