Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Ron Harper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ron Harper 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.

Player comparisons:
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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 8 years in the NBA, 7 less than Ron Harper, who played 15. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Ron Harper had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	8	4	2018-19 to 2025-26
Ron Harper	15	10	1986-87 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Ron Harper
Season	2018-19	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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:		+10.9	+12.1	+1.4	+0.6	+2.0	+1.5	+1.3	+0.5	-2.5	-0.9	+4.8	+11.0	+.021	+0.4	+0.6	+.154	+2.8	+4.5	+.116
Ron Harper	82	37.4	22.9	2.1	2.7	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	4.2	3.0	9.0	19.7	.455	0.2	1.1	.213	4.7	6.9	.684

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
Ron Harper	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Ron Harper
Season	2019-20	1987-88
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East 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:	+13	+2.6	+3.6	+0.4	+2.4	+2.0	+1.6	+1.0	+0.2	-0.9	-1.1	+0.8	+1.7	+.007	+1.1	+3.2	+.197	+0.7	+0.2	+.102
Ron Harper	57	32.1	15.4	1.1	2.8	3.9	4.9	2.1	0.9	2.8	2.8	6.0	12.8	.464	0.1	0.4	.150	3.4	4.9	.705

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:	+3	+6.4	+1.5	+0.6	+0.9	+0.3	+0.3	+1.8	+0.6	-0.7	-0.1	+1.9	+2.9	+.043	+2.0	+4.5	+.400	+0.3	+0.7	+.269
Ron Harper	4	33.5	17.8	1.0	4.0	5.0	3.8	2.8	1.0	2.8	2.3	7.5	15.8	.476	0.0	0.5	.000	2.8	4.0	.688


Season 3
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Ron Harper
Season	2020-21	1988-89
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+47	+1.1	+5.1	+1.0	+0.7	+0.3	+0.6	+1.5	+0.2	-0.2	-0.7	+1.0	+2.1	+.003	+1.6	+3.5	+.168	+1.4	+1.3	+.057
Ron Harper	82	34.8	18.6	1.5	3.5	5.0	5.3	2.3	0.9	2.8	2.7	7.2	14.0	.511	0.4	1.4	.250	3.9	5.2	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ron Harper	5	37.8	19.6	1.4	2.8	4.2	4.0	2.2	0.8	1.4	4.0	7.8	13.8	.565	0.0	0.4	.000	4.0	5.2	.769


Season 4
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Ron Harper
Season	2021-22	1989-90
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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4th 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	56	34.7	24.5	0.7	4.3	5.0	5.9	1.3	0.8	2.8	2.5	8.5	18.8	.453	1.6	5.3	.300	5.9	7.2	.810
difference:	+21	+4.4	+1.7	+1.4	+0.5	+0.9	+0.7	+1.0	+0.4	-0.1	-0.5	+0.1	+0.6	+.020	+1.2	+3.8	+.025	+0.7	+0.6	+.022
Ron Harper	35	39.1	22.8	2.1	3.8	5.9	5.2	2.3	1.2	2.9	3.0	8.6	18.2	.473	0.4	1.5	.275	5.2	6.6	.788

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Shai Gilgeous-Alexander nor Ron Harper played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Ron Harper
Season	2022-23	1990-91
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+29		+11.8	+0.6	+0.7		+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	-0.5		+3.1	+1.6	+.119	+0.3	+1.3	+.021	+6.1	+5.3	+.237
Ron Harper	39	35.5	19.6	1.5	3.3	4.8	5.4	1.7	0.9	3.3	2.8	7.3	18.7	.391	1.2	3.8	.324	3.7	5.6	.668

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Shai Gilgeous-Alexander nor Ron Harper played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Ron Harper
Season	2023-24	1991-92
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers 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:	+7	+4.3	+11.9	+0.6	+0.7		+1.1	+0.1		-0.9	-0.1	+3.7	+4.0	+.095	+0.5	+1.0	+.050	+4.0	+3.8	+.138
Ron Harper	82	38.3	18.2	1.5	4.0	5.5	5.1	1.9	0.9	3.1	2.4	6.9	15.8	.440	0.8	2.6	.303	3.6	4.9	.736

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:	+5	+1.3	+12.2	+1.2	+2.0	+0.8	+1.8	+0.3	+0.9	-0.8	-0.5	+3.3	+5.0	+.048	+1.4	+1.9	+.321	+4.2	+5.3	+.004
Ron Harper	5	41.2	18.0	2.0	4.4	6.4	4.6	1.0	0.8	3.0	2.6	7.8	17.4	.448	0.2	1.8	.111	2.2	2.8	.786


Season 7
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Ron Harper
Season	2024-25	1992-93
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers 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:	+4	+2.9	+14.7	+0.6	+0.2	+0.3	+1.9	+0.5	+0.1	-0.4	-0.5	+4.5	+6.8	+.068	+1.4	+3.4	+.095	+4.1	+3.8	+.129
Ron Harper	80	37.1	18.0	1.5	3.9	5.3	4.5	2.2	0.9	2.8	2.7	6.8	15.0	.451	0.7	2.3	.280	3.8	5.0	.769

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:	+18	+2.2	+11.9	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+3.3	+1.3	+1.1	-0.4	-1.4	+2.7	+6.3	+.012	+0.4	+2.9	+.217	+6.1	+6.0	+.229
Ron Harper	5	34.8	18.0	0.8	3.2	4.0	3.2	3.0	2.0	2.2	1.4	7.4	15.6	.474	1.0	2.0	.500	2.2	3.4	.647


Season 8
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Ron Harper
Season	2025-26	1993-94
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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8th 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	14	33.6	32.6	0.4	4.7	5.1	6.6	1.4	0.9	1.6	1.8	11.1	21.0	.531	2.2	5.9	.373	8.1	9.0	.897
difference:	+61	+4.5	+12.5	+1.3	+0.3	+1.0	+2.0	+0.5	+0.2	-1.6	-0.4	+3.5	+3.2	+.105	+1.3	+2.8	+.072	+4.1	+3.4	+.182
Ron Harper	75	38.1	20.1	1.7	4.4	6.1	4.6	1.9	0.7	3.2	2.2	7.6	17.8	.426	0.9	3.1	.301	4.0	5.6	.715

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Shai Gilgeous-Alexander nor Ron Harper played in the postseason in their season 8

Additional Years

* Ron Harper played 7 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 9 to 15, from 1995 to 2001—Ron Harper played in 6 Playoffs and won 5 NBA Championships.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Ron Harper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ron Harper 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years