Tony Battie vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Tony Battie, 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.

Tony Battie played 14 years in the NBA, 8 more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who played 6. Tony Battie had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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 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
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Rookie Season
	Tony Battie	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1997-98	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Battie	65	23.2	8.4	2.1	3.3	5.4	0.9	0.8	1.1	1.5	3.1	3.6	8.1	.446	0.0	0.2	.214	1.1	1.6	.702
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		%
Tony Battie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 5
	Tony Battie	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2001-02	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Tony Battie	74	24.6	6.9	2.5	4.0	6.5	0.5	0.8	0.9	0.7	3.0	2.9	5.3	.541	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.8	.677
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		%
Tony Battie	16	27.5	6.1	2.4	5.1	7.6	0.8	0.6	1.9	0.7	3.2	2.6	5.4	.488	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.619
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Tony Battie	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2002-03	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Tony Battie	67	25.1	7.3	2.2	4.3	6.5	0.7	0.5	1.2	0.7	2.9	3.0	5.5	.539	0.0	0.1	.200	1.3	1.8	.746
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		%
Tony Battie	10	21.4	6.6	1.3	3.6	4.9	0.5	0.4	1.4	0.7	4.2	3.1	5.5	.564	0.0	0.3	.000	0.4	0.8	.500
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

Note: Tony Battie didn't play in 2007-08.