Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Ricky Sobers Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ricky Sobers 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, 5 less than Ricky Sobers, who played 11. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Ricky Sobers had his rookie season in 1975-76. 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	Ricky Sobers
Season	2018-19	1975-76
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost NBA 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		%
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
Ricky Sobers	78	24.3	9.2	1.0	2.3	3.3	2.8	1.4	0.1	-	3.2	3.6	8.0	.449	-	-	-	2.0	2.5	.823
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
Ricky Sobers	19	29.6	13.0	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.2	0.9	0.3	-	4.1	5.1	10.8	.468	-	-	-	2.9	3.5	.833

Season 5
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Ricky Sobers
Season	2022-23	1979-80
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chicago Bulls
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
Ricky Sobers	82	32.6	14.2	0.9	2.0	3.0	5.2	1.7	0.2	3.4	3.6	5.7	12.2	.469	0.3	0.8	.309	2.4	2.9	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ricky Sobers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Ricky Sobers
Season	2023-24	1980-81
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East 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	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
Ricky Sobers	71	25.4	13.5	0.6	1.4	2.0	4.0	1.4	0.2	2.9	3.2	5.0	10.8	.462	0.2	0.9	.258	3.3	3.5	.935
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
Ricky Sobers	6	27.0	13.2	0.5	1.3	1.8	3.7	0.7	0.0	2.5	4.3	5.8	13.5	.432	0.2	1.0	.167	1.3	1.5	.889