Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Wally Osterkorn Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wally Osterkorn 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 6 years in the NBA, 2 more than Wally Osterkorn, who played 4. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Wally Osterkorn had his rookie season in 1951-52. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6
Rookie Season
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Wally Osterkorn
Season	2018-19	1951-52
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nationals Lost East Div Finals

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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
Wally Osterkorn	66	26.1	7.4	-	-	6.7	1.8	-	-	-	3.4	2.2	6.3	.351	-	-	-	3.0	5.1	.594
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
Wally Osterkorn	7	35.6	10.6	-	-	8.1	2.9	-	-	-	4.6	3.3	9.6	.343	-	-	-	4.0	6.7	.596

Season 4
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Wally Osterkorn
Season	2021-22	1954-55
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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
Wally Osterkorn	19	15.1	2.9	-	-	3.7	0.9	-	-	-	1.7	1.1	5.1	.206	-	-	-	0.8	1.7	.500
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Osterkorn	11	6.8	3.2	-	-	1.9	1.0	-	-	-	1.3	1.0	3.1	.324	-	-	-	1.2	1.5	.765

Season 5
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Wally Osterkorn
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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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
Wally Osterkorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wally Osterkorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Wally Osterkorn
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	-
Honors & Awards	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder TBD	-

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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
Wally Osterkorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	8	39.1	29.5	1.0	6.9	7.9	6.0	1.4	1.8	2.4	3.1	10.6	22.1	.480	1.3	3.5	.357	7.0	8.5	.824
Wally Osterkorn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-