Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Domantas Sabonis: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Domantas Sabonis and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 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 Domantas Sabonis.

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 Domantas Sabonis 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 8.3 points more than Domantas Sabonis in his 9 seasons (24.4 points against 16.1), and he also scored a total of 893 points more (11,294 vs. 10,401).

Points Per Game			Seasons
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.4	+8.3	7
Domantas Sabonis	16.1		9

Total Points			Seasons
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	11,294	+893	7
Domantas Sabonis	10,401		9

Scoring Titles
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1	+1
Domantas Sabonis	0

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
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	10.8	+4.9	2019	82
Domantas Sabonis	5.9		2017	81

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	19.0	+7.4	2020	70
Domantas Sabonis	11.6		2018	74

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	23.7	+9.6	2021	35
Domantas Sabonis	14.1		2019	74

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.5	+6.0	2022	56
Domantas Sabonis	18.5		2020	62

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31.4	+11.1	2023	68
Domantas Sabonis	20.3		2021	62

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30.1	+11.2	2024	75
Domantas Sabonis	18.9		2022	62

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	32.7	+13.6	2025	76
Domantas Sabonis	19.1		2023	79

Domantas Sabonis' additional seasons:

* Domantas Sabonis played 2 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 8 to 9, from 2024 to 2025—he averaged 19.3 points in a total of 152 regular season games.

Playoffs

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	13.7	+11.7	2019	6
Domantas Sabonis	2.0		2017	2

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	16.3	+3.9	2020	7
Domantas Sabonis	12.4		2018	7

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	-	DNP	2021	0
Domantas Sabonis	8.5	+8.5	2019	4

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	-	DNP	2022	0
Domantas Sabonis	-	DNP	2020	0

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	-	DNP	2023	0
Domantas Sabonis	-	DNP	2021	0

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30.2	+30.2	2024	10
Domantas Sabonis	-	DNP	2022	0

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	29.9	+13.5	2025	23
Domantas Sabonis	16.4		2023	7

Domantas Sabonis' additional Playoffs:

* During his 2 additional NBA seasons, Domantas Sabonis didn't play in the postseason.