Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Kenny Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Walker 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 Kenny Walker, who played 7. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Kenny Walker had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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
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Rookie Season
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Kenny Walker
Season	2018-19	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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
Kenny Walker	68	25.3	10.4	1.7	3.2	5.0	1.1	0.7	0.7	1.1	3.5	4.2	8.5	.491	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	2.7	.757
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
Kenny Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Kenny Walker
Season	2022-23	1990-91
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East 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	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
Kenny Walker	54	14.3	4.3	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.7	1.5	3.5	.435	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.5	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Walker	3	10.3	3.3	0.7	1.7	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.7	1.3	2.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000

Note: Kenny Walker didn't play in 1991-92 and 1992-93.

Season 6
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Kenny Walker
Season	2023-24	1993-94
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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
Kenny Walker	73	19.1	4.8	1.6	2.3	4.0	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.6	2.1	1.8	3.8	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.696
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
Kenny Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-