Andre Drummond vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Andre Drummond to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has one of the highest career point averages in NBA history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by Andre Drummond.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has better scoring stats than Andre Drummond in averages and totals, both in the regular season and Playoffs. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 7 NBA regular seasons played, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander averages 11.9 points more than Andre Drummond in his 13 seasons (24.4 points against 12.5), and he also scored a total of 1 point more (11,294 vs. 11,293).

Points Per Game			Seasons
Andre Drummond	12.5		13
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.4	+11.9	7

Total Points			Seasons
Andre Drummond	11,293		13
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	11,294	+1	7

Scoring Titles
Andre Drummond	0
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1	+1

Points by Thresholds

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

= NBA Scoring Leader

= NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Andre Drummond	7.9		2013	60
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	10.8	+2.9	2019	82

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Andre Drummond	13.5		2014	81
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	19.0	+5.5	2020	70

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Andre Drummond	13.8		2015	82
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	23.7	+9.9	2021	35

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Andre Drummond	16.2		2016	81
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.5	+8.3	2022	56

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Andre Drummond	13.6		2017	81
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31.4	+17.8	2023	68

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Andre Drummond	15.0		2018	78
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30.1	+15.1	2024	75

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
Andre Drummond	17.3		2019	79
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	32.7	+15.4	2025	76

Andre Drummond's additional seasons:

* Andre Drummond played 9 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 8 to 16, from 2020 to 2025—he averaged 10.3 points in a total of 565 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 17.7 ppg and his lowest 6.

Playoffs

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Andre Drummond	-	DNP	2013	0
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	13.7	+13.7	2019	6

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Andre Drummond	-	DNP	2014	0
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	16.3	+16.3	2020	7

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Andre Drummond	-	DNP	2015	0
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	-	DNP	2021	0

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Andre Drummond	16.8	+16.8	2016	4
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	-	DNP	2022	0

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Andre Drummond	-	DNP	2017	0
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	-	DNP	2023	0

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Andre Drummond	-	DNP	2018	0
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30.2	+30.2	2024	10

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
Andre Drummond	14.3		2019	4
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	29.9	+15.6	2025	23

Andre Drummond's additional Playoffs:

* During his 9 additional NBA seasons, Andre Drummond played in 4 Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 5.3 points in a total of 17 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 9 ppg and his lowest 3.8.