Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Stephon Marbury: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Stephon Marbury 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 Stephon Marbury.

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 points in during the postseason while Stephon Marbury scored more points in the regular season. 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 5.1 points more than Stephon Marbury in his 13 seasons (24.4 points against 19.3). On the other hand Stephon Marbury scored a total of 5,003 points more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (16,297 vs. 11,294).

Points Per Game			Seasons
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.4	+5.1	7
Stephon Marbury	19.3		13

Total Points			Seasons
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	11,294		7
Stephon Marbury	16,297	+5,003	13

Scoring Titles
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1	+1
Stephon Marbury	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		2019	82
Stephon Marbury	15.8	+5.0	1997	67

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	19.0	+1.3	2020	70
Stephon Marbury	17.7		1998	82

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	23.7	+2.4	2021	35
Stephon Marbury	21.3		1999	49

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24.5	+2.3	2022	56
Stephon Marbury	22.2		2000	74

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31.4	+7.5	2023	68
Stephon Marbury	23.9		2001	67

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30.1	+9.7	2024	75
Stephon Marbury	20.4		2002	82

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	32.7	+10.4	2025	76
Stephon Marbury	22.3		2003	81

Stephon Marbury's additional seasons:

* Stephon Marbury played 6 seasons more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 8 to 13, from 2004 to 2009—he averaged 17.5 points in a total of 344 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 21.7 ppg and his lowest 3.8.

Playoffs

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	13.7		2019	6
Stephon Marbury	21.3	+7.6	1997	3

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	16.3	+2.5	2020	7
Stephon Marbury	13.8		1998	5

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	-	DNP	2021	0
Stephon Marbury	-	DNP	1999	0

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	-	DNP	2022	0
Stephon Marbury	-	DNP	2000	0

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	-	DNP	2023	0
Stephon Marbury	-	DNP	2001	0

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30.2	+30.2	2024	10
Stephon Marbury	-	DNP	2002	0

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
S. Gilgeous-Alexander	29.9	+7.9	2025	23
Stephon Marbury	22.0		2003	6

Stephon Marbury's additional Playoffs:

* During his 6 additional NBA seasons, Stephon Marbury played in two Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 7.6 points in a total of 18 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 21.3 ppg and his lowest 3.7.