Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Tyrese Haliburton: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Tyrese Haliburton 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 Tyrese Haliburton.

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 Tyrese Haliburton 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 6.9 points more than Tyrese Haliburton in his 5 seasons (24.4 points against 17.5), and he also scored a total of 5,452 points more (11,294 vs. 5,842).

Points Per Game

Seasons
S. Gilgeous-Alexander 24.4
+6.9
7
Tyrese Haliburton 17.5
5

Total Points

Seasons
S. Gilgeous-Alexander 11,294
+5,452
7
Tyrese Haliburton 5,842
5

Scoring Titles

S. Gilgeous-Alexander 1
Scoring leader
+1
Tyrese Haliburton 0

Points in the Playoffs

Similar to what happens in the regular season, in the NBA postseason Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has a better career point average than Tyrese Haliburton (+7.9 points per game) and he also scored more points (+507).

Points Per Game

Playoffs
S. Gilgeous-Alexander 25.8
+7.9
4
Tyrese Haliburton 17.9
2

Total Points

Playoffs
S. Gilgeous-Alexander 1,186
+507
4
Tyrese Haliburton 679
2

Points by Thresholds

Regular Season

50+ Point Games

S. Gilgeous-Alexander 4
+4
Tyrese Haliburton 0

40+ Point Games

S. Gilgeous-Alexander 26
+23
Tyrese Haliburton 3

30+ Point Games

S. Gilgeous-Alexander 178
+153
Tyrese Haliburton 25

20+ Point Games

S. Gilgeous-Alexander 313
+190
Tyrese Haliburton 123

10+ Point Games

S. Gilgeous-Alexander 421
+144
Tyrese Haliburton 277

1+ Point Games (games with points)

S. Gilgeous-Alexander 460
+131
Tyrese Haliburton 329

0 Point Games (games without points)

S. Gilgeous-Alexander 2
Tyrese Haliburton 4
+2

Playoffs

40+ Point Games

S. Gilgeous-Alexander 1
+1
Tyrese Haliburton 0

30+ Point Games

S. Gilgeous-Alexander 22
+17
Tyrese Haliburton 5

20+ Point Games

S. Gilgeous-Alexander 34
+19
Tyrese Haliburton 15

10+ Point Games

S. Gilgeous-Alexander 41
+9
Tyrese Haliburton 32

1+ Point Games (games with points)

S. Gilgeous-Alexander 46
+8
Tyrese Haliburton 38

0 Point Games (games without points)

S. Gilgeous-Alexander 0
Tyrese Haliburton 0

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

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Regular Season

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 24.4 8.5 17.0 50.1 1.3 3.7 35.5 6.0 7.0 86.2 7 462
difference:+6.9+2.2+3.7+2.4+1.3+2.9+3.7+3.7+4.3+0.7+2+129
Tyrese Haliburton 17.5 6.3 13.3 47.7 2.6 6.6 39.2 2.3 2.7 85.5 5 333

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 11,294 3,943 7,872 50.1 614 1,729 35.5 2,794 3,243 86.2 7 462
difference:+5,452+1,833+3,449+2.4+242+455+3.7+2,028+2,347+0.7+2+129
Tyrese Haliburton 5,842 2,110 4,423 47.7 856 2,184 39.2 766 896 85.5 5 333

Playoffs

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 25.8 8.9 19.1 46.8 1.5 4.4 35.0 6.4 7.4 85.9 4 46
difference:+7.9+2.3+5.2+0.5+1.3+3.5+0.8+4.6+5.2+2.6+2+8
Tyrese Haliburton 17.9 6.6 13.9 47.4 2.8 7.9 35.8 1.8 2.2 83.3 2 38

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 1,186 411 878 46.8 71 203 35.0 293 341 85.9 4 46
difference:+507+160+348+0.5+36+96+0.8+223+257+2.6+2+8
Tyrese Haliburton 679 251 530 47.4 107 299 35.8 70 84 83.3 2 38

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

Scoring leader= NBA Scoring Leader
NBA Champion = NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
S. Gilgeous-Alexander 10.8
201982
Tyrese Haliburton 13.0
+2.2
202158

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
S. Gilgeous-Alexander 19.0
+3.7
202070
Tyrese Haliburton 15.3
202277

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
S. Gilgeous-Alexander 23.7
+3.0
202135
Tyrese Haliburton 20.7
202356

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
S. Gilgeous-Alexander 24.5
+4.4
202256
Tyrese Haliburton 20.1
202469

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
S. Gilgeous-Alexander 31.4
+12.8
202368
Tyrese Haliburton 18.6
202573

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's additional seasons:

* Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played 2 seasons more than Tyrese Haliburton in the NBA.

In those years—his seasons 6 to 7, from 2024 to 2025—he averaged 31.4 points in a total of 151 regular season games.

In those 2 extra years over Tyrese Haliburton, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won 1 scoring title.

Playoffs

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
S. Gilgeous-Alexander 13.7
+13.7
20196
Tyrese Haliburton -
DNP
20210

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
S. Gilgeous-Alexander 16.3
+16.3
20207
Tyrese Haliburton -
DNP
20220

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
S. Gilgeous-Alexander -
DNP
20210
Tyrese Haliburton -
DNP
20230

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
S. Gilgeous-Alexander -
DNP
20220
Tyrese Haliburton 18.7
+18.7
202415

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
S. Gilgeous-Alexander -
DNP
20230
Tyrese Haliburton 17.3
+17.3
202523

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's additional Playoffs:

* During his 2 additional NBA seasons, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played in two Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those postseasons he averaged 30.0 points in a total of 33 games.