Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Rasheed Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasheed Wallace 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, 9 less than Rasheed Wallace, who played 16. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Rasheed Wallace had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2018-19	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Washington Bullets
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:	+17	+1.0	+0.7	+0.7	+1.1	+1.9	+2.0	+0.6	+0.3	-0.1	-1.1			+.011	+0.2	+0.4	+.038	+0.7	+0.6	+.150
Rasheed Wallace	65	27.5	10.1	1.4	3.2	4.7	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.6	3.2	4.2	8.7	.487	0.4	1.3	.329	1.2	1.8	.650
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
Rasheed Wallace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2022-23	1999-00
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 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:	+13	+0.4	+15.0	+0.7	+1.4	+2.2	+3.7	+0.5	+0.3	-0.9	-0.1	+3.7	+7.4	+.009	+0.8	+1.9	+.185	+6.9	+6.8	+.201
Rasheed Wallace	81	35.1	16.4	1.6	5.4	7.0	1.8	1.1	1.3	1.9	2.7	6.7	12.9	.519	0.1	0.6	.160	2.9	4.1	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasheed Wallace	16	37.9	17.9	1.9	4.5	6.4	1.8	0.9	1.3	1.4	3.3	6.9	14.1	.489	0.5	0.8	.615	3.6	4.7	.773

Season 6
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2023-24	2000-01
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West 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:	+2	+4.2	+10.9	+1.0	+1.2	+2.3	+3.4	+0.8	+0.9	-0.1	-0.2	+2.9	+4.5	+.034	+0.6	+1.5	+.032	+4.4	+4.5	+.108
Rasheed Wallace	77	38.2	19.2	1.9	5.9	7.8	2.8	1.2	1.8	2.1	2.7	7.7	15.3	.501	0.7	2.1	.321	3.2	4.2	.766
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:	+7	+2.8	+13.5	+0.9	+0.1	+0.8	+4.1	+1.0	+0.7	-0.9	-0.1	+4.8	+5.4	+.123	+0.3		+.068	+3.7	+3.4	+.219
Rasheed Wallace	3	42.7	16.7	1.7	6.3	8.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.0	6.3	17.0	.373	1.3	3.7	.364	2.7	4.7	.571

Season 7
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Rasheed Wallace
Season	2024-25	2001-02
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost West 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:	+3	+3.3	+13.4	+0.8	+2.3	+3.2	+4.5	+0.4	+0.3	-0.7	-0.5	+3.7	+5.5	+.050	+0.7	+1.7	+.015	+5.4	+5.3	+.164
Rasheed Wallace	79	37.5	19.3	1.7	6.4	8.2	1.9	1.3	1.3	1.7	2.7	7.6	16.3	.469	1.4	4.0	.360	2.5	3.5	.734
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:	+20	+4.7	+4.6	+2.3	+4.7	+7.0	+4.8	+1.0	+0.2	-1.9	-1.2	+0.8	+1.1	+.056	+0.9	+0.8	+.129	+4.0	+4.1	+.063
Rasheed Wallace	3	41.7	25.3	3.3	9.0	12.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	4.0	9.3	23.0	.406	2.3	5.7	.412	4.3	5.3	.813

Additional Years
* Rasheed Wallace played 9 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 16, from 2003 to 2013—Rasheed Wallace played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Rasheed Wallace got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game