Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Khris Middleton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Khris Middleton 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, 6 less than Khris Middleton, who played 13. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Khris Middleton had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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	Khris Middleton
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Detroit Pistons
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:	+55	+8.9	+4.7	+0.6	+0.4	+0.9	+2.3	+0.6	+0.4	-1.3	-0.1	+1.9	+3.5	+.036	+0.1		+.056	+0.9	+1.2	+.044
Khris Middleton	27	17.6	6.1	0.1	1.7	1.9	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.4	2.0	2.3	5.2	.440	0.5	1.7	.311	1.0	1.2	.844
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
Khris Middleton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Khris Middleton
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+39	+4.8	+16.7	+0.5	+0.1	+0.6	+2.1	+0.2	+0.8	-0.6	-0.1	+5.2	+8.8	+.060	+0.7	+1.1	+.088	+7.0	+7.7	+.025
Khris Middleton	29	30.7	14.7	0.4	3.9	4.2	3.4	1.4	0.2	2.2	2.7	5.2	11.5	.450	1.6	3.6	.433	2.8	3.2	.880
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Khris Middleton	6	38.5	14.5	0.0	4.7	4.7	5.3	2.0	0.0	1.8	2.8	5.2	13.0	.397	1.2	3.2	.368	3.0	3.7	.818

Season 6
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Khris Middleton
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	+2.4	+10.0	+0.4		+0.3	+2.2	+0.5	+0.6	-0.1	-0.8	+3.4	+4.3	+.069	+0.5	+1.4	+.006	+3.7	+4.3	+.010
Khris Middleton	82	36.4	20.1	0.5	4.7	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.3	2.3	3.3	7.2	15.5	.466	1.8	5.0	.359	3.9	4.4	.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:	+3	+0.6	+5.5	+0.7	+1.4	+2.1	+3.3	+0.4	+1.0	-0.1	-1.2	+1.5	+6.4	+.102	+2.0	+2.2	+.178	+4.4	+5.4	+.053
Khris Middleton	7	39.3	24.7	0.1	5.0	5.1	3.1	0.9	0.7	2.3	4.3	9.6	16.0	.598	3.6	5.9	.610	2.0	2.7	.737

Season 7
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Khris Middleton
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Milwaukee Bucks
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	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+1	+3.1	+14.4	+0.3	+1.2	+1.0	+2.1	+0.7	+0.9	-0.1		+4.7	+6.9	+.078	+0.2	+0.5	+.003	+5.1	+5.4	+.061
Khris Middleton	77	31.1	18.3	0.6	5.3	6.0	4.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.2	6.6	14.9	.441	2.3	6.2	.378	2.8	3.4	.837
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	+2.7	+13.0	+0.4	+1.4	+1.0	+2.1	+1.1	+0.9	-0.7	-0.1	+4.5	+8.5	+.044	+1.3	+1.2	+.152	+5.2	+5.9	+.009
Khris Middleton	15	34.3	16.9	0.6	5.7	6.3	4.4	0.6	0.0	1.9	2.9	5.6	13.4	.418	2.7	6.1	.435	3.1	3.5	.885

Additional Years
* Khris Middleton played 6 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 13, from 2020 to 2025—Khris Middleton played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 6 extra years over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Khris Middleton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game