Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Ish Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ish Smith 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, 8 less than Ish Smith, who played 14. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Ish Smith had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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	Ish Smith
Season	2018-19	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies 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		%
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
Ish Smith	43	10.3	2.3	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.9	1.0	2.7	.374	0.1	0.2	.300	0.3	0.5	.571
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
Ish Smith	5	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 5
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Ish Smith
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Oklahoma City Thunder, Philadelphia 76ers
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
Ish Smith	55	15.1	6.1	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.3	0.7	0.1	1.4	0.9	2.6	6.7	.390	0.3	1.1	.300	0.6	1.0	.596
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ish Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Ish Smith
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New Orleans Pelicans, Philadelphia 76ers
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
Ish Smith	77	29.1	12.6	0.6	3.4	4.0	6.5	1.1	0.3	2.3	1.7	5.2	12.6	.411	0.7	2.2	.329	1.6	2.3	.693
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	6	38.3	28.5	0.8	6.7	7.5	6.2	1.3	1.2	2.3	2.7	10.2	21.2	.480	1.3	4.0	.333	6.8	8.7	.788
Ish Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Ish Smith
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ish Smith	43	9.3	2.5	0.1	1.1	1.3	2.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.8	1.2	3.0	.397	0.0	0.3	.167	0.0	0.1	.500
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ish Smith	4	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-