Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Gail Goodrich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gail Goodrich 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, 7 less than Gail Goodrich, who played 14. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Gail Goodrich had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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	Gail Goodrich
Season	2018-19	1965-66
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+17	+11.0	+3.0			+0.8	+1.7				-0.5	+1.1	+1.0	+.072				+0.3	+0.1	+.109
Gail Goodrich	65	15.5	7.8	-	-	2.0	1.6	-	-	-	1.6	3.1	7.7	.404	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.691
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:	+5	+2.4	+3.2			+1.1	+0.2				-0.4	+0.8	+1.6					+0.2	+0.6	+.176
Gail Goodrich	11	26.4	10.5	-	-	3.8	3.0	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	8.4	.467	-	-	-	2.6	3.9	.674

Season 4
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Gail Goodrich
Season	2021-22	1968-69
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+25	+5.3	+0.7			+0.4	+0.5				-0.6	+0.4	+2.8	+.042				+0.2	+1.0	+.063
Gail Goodrich	81	40.0	23.8	-	-	5.4	6.4	-	-	-	3.1	8.9	21.6	.411	-	-	-	6.1	8.2	.747
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Shai Gilgeous-Alexander nor Gail Goodrich played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Gail Goodrich
Season	2022-23	1969-70
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Div Semis

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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:	+13	+4.4	+11.4			+0.6	+2.0				-0.3	+3.4	+4.9	+.056				+3.8	+3.4	+.097
Gail Goodrich	81	39.9	20.0	-	-	4.2	7.5	-	-	-	3.1	7.0	15.4	.454	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gail Goodrich	7	37.9	20.3	-	-	4.6	5.4	-	-	-	3.0	8.0	16.9	.475	-	-	-	4.3	5.0	.857

Season 6
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Gail Goodrich
Season	2023-24	1970-71
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+4	+1.5	+12.6			+2.2	+1.4				-0.8	+3.5	+4.9	+.060				+4.3	+4.4	+.104
Gail Goodrich	79	35.5	17.5	-	-	3.3	4.8	-	-	-	3.3	7.1	14.9	.475	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.770
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	+3.3	+4.8			+4.0	+1.2				-0.1	+2.3	+1.8	+.071				+1.5	+1.3	+.051
Gail Goodrich	12	43.2	25.4	-	-	3.2	7.6	-	-	-	3.2	8.8	20.6	.425	-	-	-	7.9	9.4	.841

Season 7
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Gail Goodrich
Season	2024-25	1971-72
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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:	+6	+2.9	+6.8			+1.4	+1.9				-0.4	+1.2	+1.1	+.032				+2.1	+2.0	+.048
Gail Goodrich	82	37.1	25.9	-	-	3.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.6	10.1	20.7	.487	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.850
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:	+8	+1.3	+6.1			+2.8	+3.2				-0.5	+1.4	+2.4	+.017				+1.8	+2.2	+.022
Gail Goodrich	15	38.3	23.8	-	-	2.5	3.3	-	-	-	3.3	8.7	19.5	.445	-	-	-	6.5	7.2	.898

Additional Years
* Gail Goodrich played 7 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 14, from 1973 to 1979—Gail Goodrich played in two Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Gail Goodrich got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-Star Game