Tyson Chandler vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Tyson Chandler, 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.

Tyson Chandler played 19 years in the NBA, 12 more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who played 7. Tyson Chandler had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, 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
	Tyson Chandler	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2001-02	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Tyson Chandler	71	19.6	6.1	1.6	3.2	4.8	0.8	0.4	1.3	1.4	2.5	2.1	4.3	.497	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.1	.604
difference:	+11	+6.9	+4.7	+0.9	+1.1	+2.0	+2.5	+0.8	+0.8	-0.3	-0.4	+2.1	+4.4	+.021	+0.6	+1.7			+0.7	+.196
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		%
Tyson Chandler	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 5
	Tyson Chandler	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tyson Chandler	79	26.8	5.3	3.4	5.7	9.0	1.0	0.5	1.3	1.6	3.8	2.0	3.6	.565	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.4	.503
difference:	+11	+8.7	+26.1	+2.5	+1.7	+4.2	+4.5	+1.1	+0.3	-1.2	-1.0	+8.4	+16.7	+.055	+0.9	+2.5		+8.6	+8.5	+.402
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		%
Tyson Chandler	6	17.3	1.8	1.3	3.2	4.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	1.0	4.8	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.7	.300
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Tyson Chandler	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2006-07	2023-24
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	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		%
Tyson Chandler	73	34.6	9.5	4.4	8.0	12.4	0.9	0.5	1.8	1.7	3.3	4.0	6.4	.624	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.8	.527
difference:	+2	+0.6	+20.6	+3.5	+3.3	+6.9	+5.3	+1.5	+0.9	-0.5	-0.8	+6.6	+13.4	+.089	+1.3	+3.6		+6.1	+5.9	+.347
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		%
Tyson Chandler	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
	Tyson Chandler	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2007-08	2024-25
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tyson Chandler	79	35.2	11.8	4.1	7.7	11.7	1.0	0.6	1.1	1.7	3.1	4.8	7.7	.623	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.7	.593
difference:	+3	+1.0	+20.9	+3.2	+3.6	+6.7	+5.4	+1.1	+0.1	-0.7	-0.9	+6.5	+14.1	+.104	+2.1	+5.7		+5.7	+5.1	+.305
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		%
Tyson Chandler	12	34.3	8.0	3.8	6.5	10.3	0.4	0.4	1.7	0.8	3.6	3.6	5.7	.632	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.625
difference:	+11	+2.7	+21.9	+2.8	+2.2	+5.0	+6.1	+1.3	+0.8	-1.8	-0.8	+6.5	+16.2	+.170	+1.4	+4.9		+7.5	+8.1	+.251
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
* Tyson Chandler played 12 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 19, from 2009 to 2020—Tyson Chandler played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Tyson Chandler got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 All-Star Game