Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Richard Hamilton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Richard Hamilton 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, 7 less than Richard Hamilton, who played 14. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Richard Hamilton had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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	Richard Hamilton
Season	2018-19	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Washington Wizards
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:	+11	+7.2	+1.8	+0.2	+0.8	+1.0	+1.8	+0.8	+0.4	-0.5	-0.1	+0.6	+0.2	+.056	+0.2	+0.6	+.003	+0.4	+0.5	+.026
Richard Hamilton	71	19.3	9.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.5	0.4	0.1	1.2	2.0	3.6	8.5	.420	0.4	1.1	.364	1.5	1.9	.774
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
Richard Hamilton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Richard Hamilton
Season	2022-23	2003-04
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+10		+13.8	+0.1	+1.4	+1.2	+1.5	+0.3	+0.8	-0.1		+3.6	+5.4	+.055	+0.7	+1.6	+.080	+6.0	+6.5	+.037
Richard Hamilton	78	35.5	17.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	4.0	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.8	6.8	14.9	.455	0.2	0.9	.265	3.8	4.4	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Hamilton	23	40.6	21.5	1.4	3.2	4.6	4.2	1.2	0.0	3.1	3.1	7.9	17.6	.447	0.7	1.7	.385	5.1	6.0	.848

Season 6
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Richard Hamilton
Season	2023-24	2004-05
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+1	+4.5	+11.4	+0.1	+1.8	+1.6	+1.3	+1.0	+0.7	-0.7	-0.6	+3.9	+4.5	+.095	+0.8	+2.0	+.048	+2.8	+3.1	+.016
Richard Hamilton	76	38.5	18.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	4.9	1.0	0.2	2.9	3.1	6.7	15.3	.440	0.5	1.6	.305	4.8	5.6	.858
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:	+15	+3.3	+10.2	+0.4	+3.3	+2.9	+2.1	+0.5	+1.6	-0.9	-0.1	+3.2	+4.9	+.043	+1.2	+2.3	+.138	+2.6	+3.3	+.008
Richard Hamilton	25	43.2	20.0	1.2	3.1	4.3	4.3	0.8	0.1	3.1	3.2	7.9	17.5	.453	0.4	1.4	.294	3.8	4.8	.798

Season 7
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Richard Hamilton
Season	2024-25	2005-06
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Detroit Pistons
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	Pistons 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:	+4	+1.1	+12.6	+0.2	+1.9	+1.8	+3.0	+1.0	+0.8	-0.2	-0.4	+3.2	+5.3	+.028	+1.4	+4.2	+.083	+4.7	+5.0	+.053
Richard Hamilton	80	35.3	20.1	1.1	2.2	3.2	3.4	0.7	0.2	2.2	2.6	8.1	16.5	.491	0.7	1.5	.458	3.2	3.8	.845
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:	+5	+1.3	+9.5	+0.1	+2.3	+2.4	+3.8	+0.8	+0.6	-0.4	-0.5	+3.0	+4.7	+.049	+0.6	+2.7	+.067	+2.9	+3.1	+.025
Richard Hamilton	18	38.3	20.4	0.9	2.0	2.9	2.7	0.9	0.3	2.2	3.3	7.1	17.2	.413	0.8	2.2	.350	5.4	6.3	.851

Additional Years
* Richard Hamilton played 7 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 14, from 2007 to 2013—Richard Hamilton played in 5 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Richard Hamilton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game