Bill Gabor vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Bill Gabor, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Bill Gabor and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander both played 6 years in the NBA. Bill Gabor had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had his rookie season in 2018-19. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6
Rookie Season
	Bill Gabor	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1949-50	2018-19
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Nationals Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Gabor	56	-	10.9	-	-	-	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	12.0	.337	-	-	-	2.8	4.1	.689
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	82	26.5	10.8	0.7	2.1	2.8	3.3	1.2	0.5	1.7	2.1	4.2	8.7	.476	0.6	1.7	.367	1.9	2.4	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Gabor	10	-	7.6	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	2.7	2.5	9.7	.258	-	-	-	2.6	3.1	.839
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	6	28.8	13.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	3.2	1.0	0.8	0.8	2.8	4.7	10.0	.467	1.5	3.0	.500	2.8	3.3	.850

Season 4
	Bill Gabor	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1952-53	2021-22
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Gabor	69	19.4	9.4	-	-	1.5	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	3.1	8.9	.350	-	-	-	3.1	4.1	.764
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	56	34.7	24.5	0.7	4.3	5.0	5.9	1.3	0.8	2.8	2.5	8.5	18.8	.453	1.6	5.3	.300	5.9	7.2	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Gabor	2	14.0	9.0	-	-	1.5	1.0	-	-	-	6.0	2.5	6.0	.417	-	-	-	4.0	6.5	.615
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Bill Gabor	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1953-54	2022-23
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Gabor	61	19.9	9.0	-	-	1.6	2.7	-	-	-	3.0	3.3	9.0	.370	-	-	-	2.3	3.2	.716
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	68	35.5	31.4	0.9	4.0	4.8	5.5	1.6	1.0	2.8	2.8	10.4	20.3	.510	0.9	2.5	.345	9.8	10.9	.905
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Gabor	10	19.6	7.6	-	-	2.8	1.9	-	-	-	3.6	2.4	8.3	.289	-	-	-	2.8	4.0	.700
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Bill Gabor	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1954-55	2023-24
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Gabor	3	15.7	5.7	-	-	1.7	3.7	-	-	-	2.0	2.3	7.3	.318	-	-	-	1.0	1.7	.600
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	75	34.0	30.1	0.9	4.7	5.5	6.2	2.0	0.9	2.2	2.5	10.6	19.8	.535	1.3	3.6	.353	7.6	8.7	.874
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Gabor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	10	39.9	30.2	0.8	6.4	7.2	6.4	1.3	1.7	2.2	3.1	11.1	22.4	.496	1.6	3.7	.432	6.4	8.1	.790