T.R. Dunn vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and T.R. Dunn, 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:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

T.R. Dunn played 14 years in the NBA, 8 more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who played 6. T.R. Dunn had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
T.R. Dunn	14	12	1977-78 to 1990-91
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	6	3	2018-19 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	T.R. Dunn	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1977-78	2018-19
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
T.R. Dunn	63	12.2	3.8	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.2	1.6	3.8	.417	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.661
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		%
T.R. Dunn	4	8.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	T.R. Dunn	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1978-79	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder 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		%
T.R. Dunn	80	22.9	7.7	1.8	2.5	4.3	1.3	1.1	0.3	1.2	2.1	3.1	6.9	.448	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.772
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		%
T.R. Dunn	3	17.3	3.3	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.3	1.7	0.0	0.3	2.3	1.7	3.7	.455	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	T.R. Dunn	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1979-80	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
T.R. Dunn	82	22.5	6.9	1.6	2.3	4.0	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	6.7	.436	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.757
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	3	8.0	2.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.7	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
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Season 4
	T.R. Dunn	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1980-81	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
T.R. Dunn	82	17.4	4.5	1.6	2.0	3.7	1.0	0.8	0.4	0.7	1.7	1.8	4.3	.412	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.5	.653
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

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


Season 5
	T.R. Dunn	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1981-82	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
T.R. Dunn	82	30.7	8.2	2.6	4.2	6.8	2.3	1.6	0.4	1.5	2.6	3.1	6.1	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.712
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		%
T.R. Dunn	3	27.0	6.3	3.3	2.7	6.0	3.3	2.7	0.3	1.7	3.7	2.0	4.3	.462	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.7	.875
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	T.R. Dunn	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1982-83	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	82	32.2	7.6	2.8	4.7	7.5	2.3	1.8	0.3	1.4	2.7	3.1	6.4	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.730
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		%
T.R. Dunn	8	37.5	5.1	3.4	6.4	9.8	2.5	1.5	0.4	1.8	2.6	2.3	5.1	.439	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.625
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
	T.R. Dunn	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
T.R. Dunn	80	33.8	5.7	2.4	4.7	7.2	2.9	2.2	0.4	1.2	2.9	2.2	4.6	.470	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.8	.731
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	5	35.6	6.6	4.0	3.8	7.8	1.6	2.0	0.8	1.6	3.8	2.8	5.0	.560	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.714
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	T.R. Dunn	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 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		%
T.R. Dunn	81	28.3	5.4	2.1	2.7	4.8	1.9	1.7	0.2	0.8	2.6	2.2	4.4	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.724
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	15	24.7	4.5	1.8	2.2	4.0	2.3	1.6	0.2	0.7	3.0	1.8	4.3	.415	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.737
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	T.R. Dunn	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1985-86	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	82	29.3	5.0	1.7	2.9	4.6	2.1	1.9	0.2	0.6	2.8	2.1	4.6	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.773
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	10	27.6	4.9	2.2	3.1	5.3	1.3	1.6	0.0	0.3	3.4	2.0	4.6	.435	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.643
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	T.R. Dunn	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
T.R. Dunn	81	23.9	3.4	1.1	2.1	3.3	1.8	1.2	0.3	0.4	2.0	1.5	3.4	.428	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.7	.655
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	3	7.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	T.R. Dunn	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	82	18.7	2.2	1.3	1.6	2.9	1.1	1.2	0.1	0.3	1.9	0.9	1.9	.449	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.769
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	11	16.8	2.4	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.4	1.8	1.0	1.8	.550	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.500
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	T.R. Dunn	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
T.R. Dunn	34	9.4	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.8	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.4	1.0	.343	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.750
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	8	9.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.9	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.3	1.4	0.4	0.9	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.500
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	T.R. Dunn	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
T.R. Dunn	65	10.1	1.8	0.9	1.3	2.1	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.3	1.0	0.7	1.5	.454	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.667
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
T.R. Dunn	3	10.3	0.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	T.R. Dunn	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
T.R. Dunn	17	12.8	3.1	1.2	1.3	2.5	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.4	1.8	1.2	2.8	.447	0.1	0.2	.250	0.5	0.6	.900
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

T.R. Dunn vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and T.R. Dunn, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14