Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs top defenses
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has averaged 32.5 points and 5.7 assists per game in 13 games against top-5 defenses, vs 29.9 points and 6.4 assists in 44 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).
- Vs top-5 defenses
- 32.5
- points per game · 13 games
- Vs everyone else
- 29.9
- points per game · 44 games
- Difference
- +2.6
- per game, top 5 minus everyone else
Career and by season
| Period | Opponents | Games | PTS | REB | AST | 3PM | STL | BLK | MIN | FG% | FT% | TS% | eFG% | PTS diff vs others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | Top 5 | 13 | 32.5 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 34.3 | 58.9% | 86.2% | 71.1% | 64.2% | +2.6 |
| Everyone else | 44 | 29.9 | 4.1 | 6.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 33.2 | 52.9% | 87.7% | 63.0% | 56.6% | ||
| 2026-27 | Top 5 | 2 | 29.0 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 33.3 | 48.9% | 75.0% | 57.4% | 55.3% | +0.8 |
| Everyone else | 5 | 28.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 33.6 | 43.6% | 90.6% | 53.8% | 47.9% | ||
| 2025-26 | Top 5 | 11 | 33.1 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 34.5 | 61.4% | 86.9% | 73.9% | 66.4% | +3.0 |
| Everyone else | 39 | 30.1 | 4.1 | 6.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 33.1 | 54.3% | 87.4% | 64.3% | 58.0% |
Every game against top-5 defenses
- Oct 31, 2026at HOU · No. 5 defense (prior season's final)26 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 31 min
- Oct 20, 2026at SAS · No. 3 defense (prior season's final)32 pts, 6 reb, 4 ast · 3 3PM · 3 stl, 3 blk · 36 min
- Mar 30, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)47 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast · 2 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 40 min
- Mar 29, 2026vs NYK · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)30 pts, 3 reb, 4 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 37 min
- Mar 25, 2026at BOS · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)33 pts, 2 reb, 8 ast · 3 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 37 min
- Mar 12, 2026vs BOS · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)35 pts, 6 reb, 9 ast · 2 3PM · 2 stl, 3 blk · 39 min
- Jan 29, 2026at MIN · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)30 pts, 6 reb, 8 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 32 min
- Jan 25, 2026vs TOR · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)24 pts, 3 reb, 6 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 2 blk · 35 min
- Jan 17, 2026at MIA · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)39 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 36 min
- Jan 13, 2026vs SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)34 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 4 blk · 34 min
- Jan 11, 2026vs MIA · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)29 pts, 5 reb, 8 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 32 min
- Jan 2, 2026at GSW · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)30 pts, 1 reb, 7 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 28 min
- Dec 5, 2025vs DAL · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)33 pts, 5 reb, 6 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 29 min
What counts: a team's defensive rating is 100 × the points its opponents scored ÷ possessions, with possessions = FGA + 0.44*FTA - OREB + TOV, mean of both teams. A game's rank uses only games played before that date. Until every team has 15 games, the prior season's final ranks are used (7 games here, 50 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 18 games where the opponent's rank could not be determined are left out of both columns. TS% = PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)); eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 × 3PM) ÷ FGA; both from totals for each row. Past results, not a projection.