Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Dion Waiters Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dion Waiters 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 Dion Waiters, who played 8. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Dion Waiters had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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	Dion Waiters
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	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
Dion Waiters	61	28.8	14.7	0.4	2.1	2.4	3.0	1.0	0.3	2.0	1.9	5.5	13.4	.412	1.0	3.3	.310	2.6	3.5	.746
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
Dion Waiters	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Dion Waiters
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Miami Heat
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
Dion Waiters	46	30.1	15.8	0.4	2.9	3.3	4.3	0.9	0.4	2.2	2.1	6.1	14.4	.424	1.8	4.7	.395	1.8	2.8	.646
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dion Waiters	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Dion Waiters
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
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
Dion Waiters	30	30.6	14.3	0.3	2.3	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.3	2.3	2.0	5.4	13.7	.398	1.7	5.7	.306	1.7	2.3	.739
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Dion Waiters	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Dion Waiters
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dion Waiters	10	20.7	11.1	0.2	2.2	2.4	2.0	0.4	0.6	1.6	2.1	4.1	9.9	.414	1.5	4.7	.319	1.4	1.7	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dion Waiters	5	7.6	2.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.8	2.4	.333	0.0	0.8	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000