Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Howard Porter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Howard Porter 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 6 years in the NBA, 1 less than Howard Porter, who played 7. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Howard Porter had his rookie season in 1971-72. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7
Rookie Season
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Howard Porter
Season	2018-19	1971-72
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Howard Porter	67	10.9	6.0	-	-	2.7	0.4	-	-	-	1.3	2.6	6.0	.424	-	-	-	0.9	1.1	.766
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
Howard Porter	4	7.8	4.8	-	-	2.8	0.8	-	-	-	0.8	2.3	5.3	.429	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 5
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Howard Porter
Season	2022-23	1975-76
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis

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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
Howard Porter	75	19.8	8.9	1.1	2.9	3.9	0.3	0.4	0.5	-	1.8	4.0	8.5	.469	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Howard Porter	9	23.7	13.0	2.4	2.2	4.7	0.7	0.8	0.6	-	2.7	5.7	10.8	.526	-	-	-	1.7	1.9	.882

Season 6
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Howard Porter
Season	2023-24	1976-77
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Howard Porter	78	28.2	13.2	2.0	3.9	5.9	0.7	0.6	0.9	-	2.6	6.0	12.3	.483	-	-	-	1.3	1.5	.858
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
Howard Porter	3	32.7	20.0	2.0	3.7	5.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	-	2.3	9.7	15.7	.617	-	-	-	0.7	1.3	.500