Devin Booker vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Devin Booker 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.

and have two of the highest career scoring averages in league history and here we compare all their scoring stats.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Devin Booker scored more total points both in the regular season and Playoffs and also has a better playoff average while they have the same scoring average in the regular season (rounded to one decimal). 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.

Note: on this page, the numbers used to compare per game stats are rounded to one decimal.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

Devin Booker and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are tied in points per game (rounded to one decimal) with and average of 24.4 points but Devin Booker scored a total of 5,158 points more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (16,452 vs. 11,294).

Points Per Game			Seasons
Devin Booker	24.4		10
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.4		7

Total Points			Seasons
Devin Booker	16,452	+5,158	10
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	11,294		7

Scoring Titles
Devin Booker	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
Devin Booker	13.8	+3.0	2016	76
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	10.8		2019	82

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Devin Booker	22.1	+3.1	2017	78
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	19.0		2020	70

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Devin Booker	24.9	+1.2	2018	54
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	23.7		2021	35

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Devin Booker	26.6	+2.1	2019	64
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.5		2022	56

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Devin Booker	26.6		2020	70
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31.4	+4.8	2023	68

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Devin Booker	25.6		2021	67
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30.1	+4.5	2024	75

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
Devin Booker	26.8		2022	68
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	32.7	+5.9	2025	76

Devin Booker's additional seasons:

* Devin Booker played 3 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 8 to 10, from 2023 to 2025—he averaged 26.7 points in a total of 196 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 27.8 ppg and his lowest 25.6.

Playoffs

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Devin Booker	-	DNP	2016	0
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	13.7	+13.7	2019	6

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Devin Booker	-	DNP	2017	0
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	16.3	+16.3	2020	7

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Devin Booker	-	DNP	2018	0
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	-	DNP	2021	0

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Devin Booker	-	DNP	2019	0
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	-	DNP	2022	0

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Devin Booker	-	DNP	2020	0
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	-	DNP	2023	0

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Devin Booker	27.3		2021	22
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30.2	+2.9	2024	10

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
Devin Booker	23.3		2022	10
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	29.9	+6.6	2025	23

Devin Booker's additional Playoffs:

* During his 3 additional NBA seasons, Devin Booker played in two Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 32.1 points in a total of 15 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 33.7 ppg and his lowest 27.5.