Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Obi Toppin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Obi Toppin 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, 2 more than Obi Toppin, who played 5. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Obi Toppin had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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	Obi Toppin
Season	2018-19	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+20	+15.5	+6.7	+0.3	+0.3	+0.6	+2.8	+0.9	+0.3	-1.3	-1.2	+2.5	+5.3	+.022	+0.2	+0.3	+.061	+1.6	+2.0	+.069
Obi Toppin	62	11.0	4.1	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.9	1.7	3.4	.498	0.4	1.4	.306	0.3	0.4	.731
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
difference:	+1	+15.8	+7.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+2.8	+1.0	+0.6	-0.2	-1.6	+2.3	+5.4	+.055	+0.9	+1.2	+.167	+1.8	+2.1	+.017
Obi Toppin	5	13.0	6.4	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.2	2.4	4.6	.522	0.6	1.8	.333	1.0	1.2	.833

Season 5
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Obi Toppin
Season	2022-23	2024-25
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+11	+15.9	+20.9	+0.2	+0.7	+0.8	+3.9	+1.0	+0.6	-1.9	-1.4	+6.4	+12.7	+.019	+0.5	+1.3	+.020	+8.7	+9.5	+.124
Obi Toppin	79	19.6	10.5	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.6	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.4	4.0	7.6	.529	1.4	3.8	.365	1.1	1.4	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Obi Toppin	23	19.1	9.4	0.6	3.3	3.8	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.0	3.6	7.4	.485	1.1	3.4	.321	1.1	1.6	.694

Additional Years
* Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played 2 seasons more than Obi Toppin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 7, from 2024 to 2025—Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 2 extra years over Obi Toppin, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 1 Scoring Leader 1 Steals Leader 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 2 All-Star Game