Sean Elliott vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

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

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Sean Elliott played 12 years in the NBA, 6 more than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who played 6. Sean Elliott had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Sean Elliott	12	9	1989-90 to 2000-01
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	6	3	2018-19 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sean Elliott	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1989-90	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Sean Elliott	81	25.1	10.0	1.6	2.1	3.7	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.1	3.8	8.0	.481	0.0	0.1	.111	2.3	2.7	.866
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		%
Sean Elliott	10	29.1	12.7	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.8	0.9	0.6	1.5	3.7	5.3	9.6	.552	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	2.9	.724
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 2
	Sean Elliott	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1990-91	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder 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		%
Sean Elliott	82	37.1	15.9	1.7	3.8	5.6	2.9	0.8	0.4	1.8	2.3	5.8	11.9	.490	0.2	0.8	.313	4.0	4.9	.808
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	70	34.7	19.0	0.7	5.2	5.9	3.3	1.1	0.7	1.9	1.7	6.8	14.5	.471	1.2	3.6	.347	4.1	5.1	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	4	33.0	14.8	2.0	3.5	5.5	4.0	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.3	4.3	10.0	.425	0.0	0.8	.000	6.3	8.0	.781
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	7	39.9	16.3	0.4	4.9	5.3	4.1	1.0	0.4	2.1	2.4	5.6	12.9	.433	2.0	5.0	.400	3.1	3.3	.957


Season 3
	Sean Elliott	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1991-92	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Sean Elliott	82	38.0	16.3	1.7	3.6	5.4	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.9	1.8	6.3	12.7	.494	0.3	1.0	.305	3.5	4.0	.861
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	35	33.7	23.7	0.5	4.2	4.7	5.9	0.8	0.7	3.0	2.0	8.2	16.1	.508	2.0	4.9	.418	5.3	6.5	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	3	45.7	19.7	1.3	3.0	4.3	2.7	1.0	1.3	2.0	2.0	6.3	13.3	.475	1.7	2.7	.625	5.3	6.0	.889
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Sean Elliott	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1992-93	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 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		%
Sean Elliott	70	37.2	17.2	1.2	3.4	4.6	3.8	1.0	0.4	2.2	1.9	6.4	13.1	.491	0.5	1.5	.356	3.8	4.8	.795
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		%
Sean Elliott	10	38.1	15.8	0.8	4.0	4.8	3.6	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.2	5.9	12.5	.472	0.3	1.4	.214	3.7	4.0	.925
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Sean Elliott	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1993-94	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Sean Elliott	73	33.0	12.1	0.9	2.7	3.6	2.7	0.7	0.4	1.8	2.4	4.9	10.8	.455	0.4	1.2	.299	1.9	2.4	.803
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		%
Sean Elliott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Sean Elliott	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1994-95	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Steals Leader
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Sean Elliott	81	35.3	18.1	0.8	2.8	3.5	2.5	1.0	0.5	1.9	2.7	6.2	13.2	.468	1.7	4.1	.408	4.0	5.0	.807
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		%
Sean Elliott	15	38.3	17.3	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.7	0.7	0.5	1.8	2.5	5.8	13.3	.435	1.3	3.7	.364	4.4	5.7	.776
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


Season 7
	Sean Elliott	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1995-96	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Sean Elliott	77	37.7	20.0	0.9	4.2	5.1	2.7	0.9	0.4	2.6	2.3	6.8	14.6	.466	2.1	5.1	.411	4.2	5.5	.771
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	10	38.9	15.5	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.5	1.1	0.4	3.0	2.4	4.7	11.7	.402	1.0	3.4	.294	5.1	6.4	.797
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Sean Elliott	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1996-97	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Sean Elliott	39	35.7	14.9	1.2	3.6	4.9	3.2	0.6	0.6	2.3	2.7	5.0	11.9	.422	1.1	3.2	.333	3.8	5.0	.755
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Sean Elliott	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1997-98	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Sean Elliott	36	28.1	9.3	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.6	2.6	3.4	8.4	.403	0.9	2.5	.378	1.6	2.2	.718
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Sean Elliott	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1998-99	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	50	30.2	11.2	0.7	3.6	4.3	2.3	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.1	4.2	10.1	.410	0.8	2.4	.328	2.1	2.8	.757
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	17	33.8	11.9	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.6	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.9	4.0	9.0	.444	1.3	3.2	.400	2.6	3.5	.763
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Sean Elliott	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	1999-00	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Sean Elliott	19	20.6	6.0	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.5	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	2.0	5.6	.358	0.7	1.9	.351	1.3	1.7	.781
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	4	29.8	10.0	0.3	5.3	5.5	1.3	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.3	3.8	10.0	.375	1.3	3.3	.385	1.3	2.0	.625
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Sean Elliott	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Season	2000-01	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	52	23.6	7.9	0.3	2.9	3.3	1.6	0.4	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.8	6.5	.434	1.1	2.5	.426	1.2	1.6	.714
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sean Elliott	12	19.9	4.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	1.2	0.4	0.5	1.1	1.8	1.6	4.3	.373	0.7	1.8	.364	0.9	0.9	1.000
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sean Elliott vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Season by Season Comparison

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

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12