Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Joe Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Johnson 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, 10 less than Joe Johnson, who played 18. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Joe Johnson had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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	Joe Johnson
Season	2018-19	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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:	+5	+1.6	+3.3	+0.3	+0.3	+0.5	+1.0	+0.4	+0.2	-0.8	-0.6	+0.9	+1.1	+.046	+0.1		+.075	+1.4	+1.7	+.026
Joe Johnson	77	24.9	7.5	1.0	2.4	3.3	2.3	0.8	0.3	0.9	1.5	3.3	7.6	.430	0.5	1.7	.292	0.5	0.7	.774
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
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Joe Johnson
Season	2022-23	2005-06
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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:	+14	+5.2	+11.2	+0.3	+1.1	+0.7	+1.0	+0.3	+0.6	-0.5	-0.5	+2.7	+3.3	+.057	+0.7	+1.9	+.011	+6.6	+6.9	+.114
Joe Johnson	82	40.7	20.2	1.2	2.9	4.1	6.5	1.3	0.4	3.3	2.3	7.7	17.0	.453	1.6	4.4	.356	3.2	4.0	.791
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Shai Gilgeous-Alexander nor Joe Johnson played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Joe Johnson
Season	2023-24	2006-07
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+18	+7.4	+5.1		+1.4	+1.3	+1.8	+0.9	+0.7	-0.9	-0.5	+1.2	+0.2	+.064	+0.8	+1.9	+.028	+3.5	+3.2	+.126
Joe Johnson	57	41.4	25.0	0.9	3.3	4.2	4.4	1.1	0.2	3.1	2.0	9.4	20.0	.471	2.1	5.5	.381	4.1	5.5	.748
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
Joe Johnson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Joe Johnson
Season	2024-25	2007-08
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks
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	Hawks Lost East 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:	+6	+6.6	+11.0	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+0.6	+0.7	+0.8	-0.3	-0.2	+3.4	+3.5	+.087		+0.3	+.006	+4.0	+4.2	+.064
Joe Johnson	82	40.8	21.7	1.0	3.5	4.5	5.8	1.0	0.2	2.7	2.0	7.9	18.3	.432	2.1	5.4	.381	3.9	4.6	.834
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:	+16	+2.3	+9.9	+0.3	+1.7	+1.4	+2.5	+1.4	+0.9	-0.3	-0.5	+3.4	+5.5	+.053	+0.9	+0.2	+.161	+4.0	+4.7	+.033
Joe Johnson	7	39.3	20.0	1.3	2.6	3.9	4.0	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	6.7	16.4	.409	2.3	5.1	.444	4.3	4.7	.909

Season 8
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Joe Johnson
Season	2025-26	2008-09
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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	22	33.6	32.8	0.5	4.2	4.7	6.5	1.5	0.7	1.7	1.9	10.8	19.7	.548	2.2	5.1	.434	8.9	10.1	.879
difference:	+57	+5.9	+11.4	+0.3	+0.6	+0.3	+0.7	+0.4	+0.5	-0.8	-0.3	+3.0	+1.7	+.111	+0.3	+0.1	+.074	+5.1	+5.5	+.053
Joe Johnson	79	39.5	21.4	0.8	3.6	4.4	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.5	2.2	7.8	18.0	.437	1.9	5.2	.360	3.8	4.6	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Johnson	11	39.0	16.4	1.5	2.9	4.5	3.5	1.3	0.0	2.9	2.2	6.4	15.3	.417	1.1	3.2	.343	2.5	4.1	.622

Additional Years
* Joe Johnson played 10 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 18, from 2010 to 2022—Joe Johnson played in 9 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Joe Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game