Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Rasheed Wallace: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Rasheed Wallace 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 Rasheed Wallace.

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 while Rasheed Wallace scored more total points in both stages. 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 10 points more than Rasheed Wallace in his 16 seasons (24.4 points against 14.4). On the other hand Rasheed Wallace scored a total of 4,712 points more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (16,006 vs. 11,294).

Points Per Game			Seasons
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.4	+10.0	7
Rasheed Wallace	14.4		16

Total Points			Seasons
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	11,294		7
Rasheed Wallace	16,006	+4,712	16

Scoring Titles
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1	+1
Rasheed Wallace	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	+0.7	2019	82
Rasheed Wallace	10.1		1996	65

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	19.0	+3.9	2020	70
Rasheed Wallace	15.1		1997	62

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	23.7	+9.1	2021	35
Rasheed Wallace	14.6		1998	77

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.5	+11.7	2022	56
Rasheed Wallace	12.8		1999	49

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31.4	+15.0	2023	68
Rasheed Wallace	16.4		2000	81

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30.1	+10.9	2024	75
Rasheed Wallace	19.2		2001	77

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	32.7	+13.4	2025	76
Rasheed Wallace	19.3		2002	79

Rasheed Wallace's additional seasons:

* Rasheed Wallace played 9 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 8 to 16, from 2003 to 2013—he averaged 13.5 points in a total of 619 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 18.1 ppg and his lowest 7.

Playoffs

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	13.7	+13.7	2019	6
Rasheed Wallace	-	DNP	1996	0

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	16.3		2020	7
Rasheed Wallace	19.8	+3.5	1997	4

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	-	DNP	2021	0
Rasheed Wallace	14.5	+14.5	1998	4

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	-	DNP	2022	0
Rasheed Wallace	14.8	+14.8	1999	13

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	-	DNP	2023	0
Rasheed Wallace	17.9	+17.9	2000	16

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30.2	+13.5	2024	10
Rasheed Wallace	16.7		2001	3

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	29.9	+4.6	2025	23
Rasheed Wallace	25.3		2002	3

Rasheed Wallace's additional Playoffs:

* During his 9 additional NBA seasons, Rasheed Wallace played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those postseasons he averaged 12.3 points in a total of 134 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 17.4 ppg and his lowest 6.1.