Tiny Archibald vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Tiny Archibald, 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.

Tiny Archibald played 13 years in the NBA, 6 more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who played 7. Tiny Archibald had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
	Tiny Archibald	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1970-71	2018-19
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Tiny Archibald	82	35.0	16.0	-	-	3.0	5.5	-	-	-	2.7	5.9	13.4	.444	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.757
difference:		+8.5	+5.2			+0.2	+2.2				-0.6	+1.7	+4.7	+.032				+2.2	+3.0	+.043
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 2
	Tiny Archibald	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1971-72	2019-20
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Tiny Archibald	76	43.1	28.2	-	-	2.9	9.2	-	-	-	2.6	9.7	19.9	.486	-	-	-	8.9	10.8	.822
difference:	+6	+8.4	+9.2			+3.0	+5.9				-0.9	+2.9	+5.4	+.015				+4.8	+5.7	+.015
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 3
	Tiny Archibald	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1972-73	2020-21
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tiny Archibald	80	46.0	34.0	-	-	2.8	11.4	-	-	-	2.6	12.9	26.3	.488	-	-	-	8.3	9.8	.847
difference:	+45	+12.3	+10.3			+1.9	+5.5				-0.6	+4.7	+10.2	+.020				+3.0	+3.3	+.039
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tiny Archibald nor Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 5
	Tiny Archibald	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1974-75	2022-23
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tiny Archibald	82	39.6	26.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.8	1.5	0.1	-	2.3	9.3	20.3	.456	-	-	-	8.0	9.1	.872
difference:	+14	+4.1	+4.9	+0.3	+1.9	+2.1	+1.3	+0.1	+0.9		-0.5	+1.1		+.054				+1.8	+1.8	+.033
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	6	40.3	20.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	5.3	0.7	0.0	-	3.0	7.2	19.7	.364	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.814
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Tiny Archibald	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1975-76	2023-24
Team	Kansas City Kings	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Tiny Archibald	78	40.8	24.8	0.9	1.9	2.7	7.9	1.6	0.2	-	2.2	9.2	20.3	.453	-	-	-	6.4	8.0	.802
difference:	+3	+6.8	+5.3		+2.8	+2.8	+1.7	+0.4	+0.7		-0.3	+1.4	+0.5	+.082				+1.2	+0.7	+.072
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 7
	Tiny Archibald	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1976-77	2024-25
Team	New York Nets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Tiny Archibald	34	37.6	20.5	0.6	1.7	2.4	7.5	1.7	0.3	-	2.3	7.4	16.5	.446	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.785
difference:	+42	+3.4	+12.2	+0.3	+2.4	+2.6	+1.1		+0.7		-0.1	+3.9	+5.3	+.073				+2.1	+1.4	+.113
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tiny Archibald	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Tiny Archibald played 6 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 13, from 1979 to 1984—Tiny Archibald played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 6 extra years over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Tiny Archibald got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP