Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Draymond Green: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Draymond Green 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 Draymond Green.

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 averages both in the regular season and Playoffs and also scored more total points during the season while Draymond Green scored more points in the postseason. 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 15.7 points more than Draymond Green in his 13 seasons (24.4 points against 8.7), and he also scored a total of 3,629 points more (11,294 vs. 7,665).

Points Per Game			Seasons
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.4	+15.7	7
Draymond Green	8.7		13

Total Points			Seasons
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	11,294	+3,629	7
Draymond Green	7,665		13

Scoring Titles
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1	+1
Draymond Green	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	+7.9	2019	82
Draymond Green	2.9		2013	79

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	19.0	+12.8	2020	70
Draymond Green	6.2		2014	82

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	23.7	+12.0	2021	35
Draymond Green	11.7		2015	79

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.5	+10.5	2022	56
Draymond Green	14.0		2016	81

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31.4	+21.2	2023	68
Draymond Green	10.2		2017	76

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30.1	+19.1	2024	75
Draymond Green	11.0		2018	70

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	32.7	+25.3	2025	76
Draymond Green	7.4		2019	66

Draymond Green's additional seasons:

* Draymond Green played 6 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 8 to 13, from 2020 to 2025—he averaged 8.2 points in a total of 348 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 9 ppg and his lowest 7.

Playoffs

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	13.7	+7.9	2019	6
Draymond Green	5.8		2013	12

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	16.3	+4.4	2020	7
Draymond Green	11.9		2014	7

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	-	DNP	2021	0
Draymond Green	13.7	+13.7	2015	21

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	-	DNP	2022	0
Draymond Green	15.4	+15.4	2016	23

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	-	DNP	2023	0
Draymond Green	13.1	+13.1	2017	17

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30.2	+19.4	2024	10
Draymond Green	10.8		2018	21

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	29.9	+16.6	2025	23
Draymond Green	13.3		2019	22

Draymond Green's additional Playoffs:

* During his 6 additional NBA seasons, Draymond Green played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those postseasons he averaged 8.7 points in a total of 46 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 9.4 ppg and his lowest 8.