Wendell Carter Jr. vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Wendell Carter Jr., 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.

Wendell Carter Jr. and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander both played 6 years in the NBA. Wendell Carter Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, 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
	Wendell Carter Jr.	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2018-19	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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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Wendell Carter Jr.	44	25.2	10.3	2.0	5.0	7.0	1.8	0.6	1.3	1.5	3.5	4.1	8.4	.485	0.1	0.7	.188	2.0	2.5	.795
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		%
Wendell Carter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Wendell Carter Jr.	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2022-23	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Wendell Carter Jr.	57	29.6	15.2	2.1	6.6	8.7	2.3	0.5	0.6	1.9	2.8	5.6	10.8	.525	1.4	3.9	.356	2.5	3.4	.738
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		%
Wendell Carter Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Wendell Carter Jr.	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2023-24	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Wendell Carter Jr.	55	25.6	11.0	2.0	4.9	6.9	1.7	0.6	0.5	1.2	2.2	4.1	7.7	.525	1.2	3.1	.374	1.7	2.4	.694
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		%
Wendell Carter Jr.	7	26.4	7.6	1.3	5.0	6.3	1.3	0.7	0.6	0.7	2.9	2.7	6.7	.404	1.0	3.6	.280	1.1	1.6	.727
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