Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Chris Mullin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Mullin 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, 9 less than Chris Mullin, who played 16. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Chris Mullin had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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	Chris Mullin
Season	2018-19	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	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:	+27	+1.2	+3.2	+0.1	+0.8	+0.7	+1.4	+0.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.3	+1.0	+2.6	+.013	+0.5	+1.2	+.182	+1.5	+1.4	+.096
Chris Mullin	55	25.3	14.0	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.9	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.4	5.2	11.3	.463	0.1	0.5	.185	3.4	3.8	.896
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
Chris Mullin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Chris Mullin
Season	2021-22	1988-89
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	56	34.7	24.5	0.7	4.3	5.0	5.9	1.3	0.8	2.8	2.5	8.5	18.8	.453	1.6	5.3	.300	5.9	7.2	.810
difference:	+26	+3.0	+2.0	+1.2	+0.3	+0.9	+0.8	+0.8	+0.3	-0.8	-0.3	+1.6	+1.1	+.056	+1.3	+4.1	+.070	+0.1	+0.5	+.082
Chris Mullin	82	37.7	26.5	1.9	4.0	5.9	5.1	2.1	0.5	3.6	2.2	10.1	19.9	.509	0.3	1.2	.230	6.0	6.7	.892
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	8	42.6	29.4	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.5	1.8	1.4	4.0	2.4	11.0	20.4	.540	0.1	1.0	.125	7.3	8.4	.866

Season 5
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Chris Mullin
Season	2022-23	1989-90
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third 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:	+10	+0.8	+6.3	+0.8	+0.3	+1.1	+1.4		+0.4	-0.3	-1.0	+1.7	+4.0	+.026	+0.2	+0.5	+.027	+3.3	+3.6	+.016
Chris Mullin	78	36.3	25.1	1.7	4.3	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.6	3.1	1.8	8.7	16.3	.536	1.1	3.0	.372	6.5	7.3	.889
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Shai Gilgeous-Alexander nor Chris Mullin played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Chris Mullin
Season	2023-24	1990-91
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors 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		%
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	+6.4	+4.4	+0.8	+1.0	+0.1	+2.2	+0.1	+0.1	-0.8	-0.4	+1.1	+2.1	+.001	+0.8	+2.0	+.052	+1.3	+1.6	+.010
Chris Mullin	82	40.4	25.7	1.7	3.7	5.4	4.0	2.1	0.8	3.0	2.1	9.5	17.7	.536	0.5	1.6	.301	6.3	7.1	.884
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:	+2	+5.9	+6.4	+0.3	+0.3	+0.1	+3.5	+0.6	+0.2	-0.9	-0.2	+2.5	+6.0	+.031	+0.5	+2.1	+.260	+1.0	+1.8	+.070
Chris Mullin	8	45.8	23.8	1.1	6.1	7.3	2.9	1.9	1.5	3.1	2.9	8.6	16.4	.527	1.1	1.6	.692	5.4	6.3	.860

Season 7
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Chris Mullin
Season	2024-25	1991-92
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Golden State Warriors
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	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+5	+7.1	+7.1	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	+2.9	+0.4	+0.2	-0.1	-0.1	+1.1	+2.2	+.005	+1.3	+3.5	+.009	+3.6	+3.6	+.065
Chris Mullin	81	41.3	25.6	1.6	4.0	5.6	3.5	2.1	0.8	2.5	2.1	10.2	19.6	.524	0.8	2.2	.366	4.3	5.2	.833
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:	+19	+5.0	+12.1	+0.2	+2.0	+2.3	+3.5	+0.4	+0.4	-0.6	-0.8	+3.3	+6.1	+.033	+0.4	+1.9	+.050	+5.0	+5.9	+.053
Chris Mullin	4	42.0	17.8	0.8	2.3	3.0	3.0	1.3	0.5	2.0	2.0	6.8	15.8	.429	1.0	3.0	.333	3.3	3.5	.929

Additional Years
* Chris Mullin played 9 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 16, from 1993 to 2001—Chris Mullin played in 4 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chris Mullin got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game