Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Latrell Sprewell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Latrell Sprewell 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 Latrell Sprewell, who played 13. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Latrell Sprewell had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2018-19	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
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	+9.1	+4.6	+0.3	+0.4	+0.7	+0.5	+0.4	+0.2	-0.9	-0.1	+1.6	+3.9	+.012	+0.3	+0.9	+.002	+0.8	+1.3	+.054
Latrell Sprewell	77	35.6	15.4	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.8	1.6	0.7	2.6	2.2	5.8	12.6	.464	0.9	2.6	.369	2.7	3.7	.746
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
Latrell Sprewell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2019-20	1993-94
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd 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	70	34.7	19.0	0.7	5.2	5.9	3.3	1.1	0.7	1.9	1.7	6.8	14.5	.471	1.2	3.6	.347	4.1	5.1	.807
difference:	+12	+8.4	+2.0	+0.3	+1.3	+1.0	+1.4	+1.1	+0.2	-0.9	-0.2	+0.7	+2.8	+.038	+0.5	+1.2	+.014	+0.2	+0.5	+.033
Latrell Sprewell	82	43.1	21.0	1.0	3.9	4.9	4.7	2.2	0.9	2.8	1.9	7.5	17.3	.433	1.7	4.8	.361	4.3	5.6	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	7	39.9	16.3	0.4	4.9	5.3	4.1	1.0	0.4	2.1	2.4	5.6	12.9	.433	2.0	5.0	.400	3.1	3.3	.957
difference:	+4	+0.8	+6.4	+0.1	+2.2	+2.3	+2.9	+0.3	+0.6	-0.9	-2.6	+3.1	+7.1		+0.7	+2.7	+.052	+0.4	+0.7	+.290
Latrell Sprewell	3	40.7	22.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	7.0	0.7	1.0	3.0	5.0	8.7	20.0	.433	2.7	7.7	.348	2.7	4.0	.667

Season 3
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2020-21	1994-95
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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3rd 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	35	33.7	23.7	0.5	4.2	4.7	5.9	0.8	0.7	3.0	2.0	8.2	16.1	.508	2.0	4.9	.418	5.3	6.5	.808
difference:	+34	+6.5	+3.1	+0.3	+1.3	+1.0	+1.9	+0.8		-0.3	-0.4	+1.1	+0.9	+.090	+0.7	+0.2	+.142	+0.2		+.027
Latrell Sprewell	69	40.2	20.6	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.0	1.6	0.7	3.3	1.6	7.1	17.0	.418	1.3	4.7	.276	5.1	6.5	.781
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Shai Gilgeous-Alexander nor Latrell Sprewell played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 5
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2022-23	1996-97
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	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:	+12	+6.4	+7.2	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	+0.8	+0.1	+0.4	-1.2	-0.9	+2.3	+2.2	+.061	+0.9	+2.7	+.009	+3.6	+3.6	+.062
Latrell Sprewell	80	41.9	24.2	0.7	3.9	4.6	6.3	1.7	0.6	4.0	1.9	8.1	18.1	.449	1.8	5.2	.354	6.2	7.3	.843
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Shai Gilgeous-Alexander nor Latrell Sprewell played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2023-24	1997-98
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	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:	+61	+5.1	+8.7	+0.4	+1.6	+1.9	+1.3	+0.6	+0.5	-0.9	-0.6	+2.7		+.138	+0.7	+0.2	+.165	+2.6	+2.0	+.129
Latrell Sprewell	14	39.1	21.4	0.5	3.1	3.6	4.9	1.4	0.4	3.1	1.9	7.9	19.8	.397	0.6	3.4	.188	5.0	6.7	.745
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
Latrell Sprewell	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Latrell Sprewell
Season	2024-25	1998-99
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost NBA 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:	+39	+0.9	+16.3	+0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+3.9	+0.5	+0.9	-0.3	-0.4	+5.5	+7.8	+.104	+1.5	+3.6	+.102	+3.7	+3.6	+.086
Latrell Sprewell	37	33.3	16.4	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.5	1.2	0.1	2.1	1.8	5.8	14.0	.415	0.6	2.1	.273	4.2	5.2	.812
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:	+3	+0.1	+9.5	+0.2	+0.7	+0.5	+4.3	+0.7	+0.6	-0.3	-0.8	+2.8	+4.6	+.043	+1.2	+3.6	+.123	+2.6	+2.7	+.026
Latrell Sprewell	20	37.1	20.4	1.2	3.6	4.8	2.2	1.0	0.3	2.9	2.0	7.3	17.3	.419	0.2	1.3	.160	5.7	6.7	.850

Additional Years
* Latrell Sprewell played 6 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 13, from 2000 to 2005—Latrell Sprewell played in 3 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Latrell Sprewell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game