Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Darvin Ham Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darvin Ham and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, 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.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played 6 years in the NBA, 2 less than Darvin Ham, who played 8. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Darvin Ham had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
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Rookie Season
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Darvin Ham
Season	2018-19	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
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
Darvin Ham	36	8.8	2.3	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.6	0.9	1.7	.532	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.486
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Darvin Ham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Darvin Ham didn't play in 1998-99.

Season 5
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Darvin Ham
Season	2022-23	2001-02
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	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		%
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
Darvin Ham	70	17.3	4.3	1.3	1.6	2.9	1.0	0.4	0.5	1.2	2.5	1.7	3.0	.569	0.0	0.1	.143	0.9	1.8	.504
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darvin Ham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Darvin Ham
Season	2023-24	2002-03
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder TBD	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		%
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
Darvin Ham	75	12.3	2.4	1.0	1.1	2.0	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.9	1.7	0.9	2.1	.447	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.1	.481
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	9	39.6	29.6	0.9	6.8	7.7	6.2	1.4	1.7	2.4	3.1	10.8	22.1	.487	1.3	3.6	.375	6.7	8.2	.811
Darvin Ham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Darvin Ham
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
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		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darvin Ham	54	9.0	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.2	0.7	1.4	.493	0.0	0.0	.500	0.4	0.6	.600
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darvin Ham	22	4.2	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.9	0.4	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-