Kyrie Irving vs Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Kyrie IrvingShai Gilgeous-Alexander

Kyrie Irving and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander compared on their NBA careers: Kyrie Irving played 14 seasons, 2011-12 to 2024-25, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 8 seasons, 2018-19 to 2025-26. Kyrie Irving averaged 23.7 points a game to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's 25.3. Kyrie Irving won 1 title, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Kyrie Irving and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander career per game
779GP530
34.5MIN33.1
23.7PTS25.3
4.1REB4.7
5.6AST5.3
1.3STL1.4
0.4BLK0.8
47.4FG%50.8
39.43P%36
88.8FT%86.4
58.4TS%61.6

Career totals

Kyrie Irving and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander career totals
18,433PTS13,411
3,173REB2,503
4,365AST2,810
1,022STL761
337BLK422
47.4FG%50.8
39.43P%36
88.8FT%86.4
58.4TS%61.6

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Kyrie Irving and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander postseason
96GP61
37.4MIN36.8
23PTS26.2
3.7REB4.8
4.9AST6.2
1.3STL1.4
0.6BLK1
45.8FG%46.7
39.23P%34
88.3FT%86.9
56.5TS%58

Where each stands all time

Kyrie Irving and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander all-time places
67th (18,433)Points185th (13,411)
89th (4,365)Assists216th (2,810)
26th (1,876)3-pointers made—
148th (1,022)Steals269th (761)
—Blocks296th (422)

Among the NBA players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Kyrie Irving: 1 championship; All-Rookie First Team, Rookie of the Year, All-Star MVP, All-NBA Third Team ×2, All-NBA Second Team
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 1 championship; All-Rookie Second Team, All-NBA First Team ×4, Finals MVP, MVP ×2

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Kyrie Irving and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander season by season
PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.
1st2011-1218.53.75.42018-1910.82.83.3
2nd2012-1322.53.75.92019-20195.93.3
3rd2013-1420.83.66.12020-2123.74.75.9
4th2014-1521.73.25.22021-2224.555.9
5th2015-1619.634.72022-2331.44.85.5
6th2016-1725.23.25.82023-2430.15.56.2
7th2017-1824.43.85.12024-2532.756.4
8th2018-1923.856.92025-2631.14.36.6
9th2019-2027.45.26.4————
10th2020-2126.94.86————
11th2021-2227.44.45.8————
12th2022-2327.15.15.5————
13th2023-2425.655.2————
14th2024-2524.74.84.6————

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST