Hoops Nightly
+ Pick your team
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Thunder · G · 28
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
vs
2025-26
Stephen Curry
Warriors · G · 38
Stephen Curry
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs Stephen Curry

15-2categories
Gilgeous-Alexander · Curry
Gilgeous-AlexanderCurry
68Games
availability
43
33.2Minutes
per game
30.9
31.1Points
per game
26.6
4.3Rebounds
per game
3.6
6.6Assists
per game
4.7
2.2Steals + blocks
per game
1.5
2.2Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.8
55.3%Field goal %46.8%
38.6%Three-point %
4.4 vs 11.3 attempts
39.3%
87.9%Free throw %92.3%
66.5%True shooting
TS%
63.7%
32.3%Usage
USG%
30.8%
33.2%Assist %
of teammates' baskets
24.5%
6.2%Rebound %
of available
5.7%
+16.3Net rating
on court
+2.8
20.7%PIE
player impact estimate
14.6%
+11.6Plus-minus
per game
+2.1

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored more in 2025-26, 4.5 points a game apart (31.1 vs 26.6), on Gilgeous-Alexander's heavier usage (32.3% vs 30.8%).

Gilgeous-Alexander is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 66.5% to 63.7%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Gilgeous-Alexander (6.6 vs 4.7 assists), the glass to Gilgeous-Alexander (4.3 vs 3.6 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Gilgeous-Alexander played 25 more games (68 vs 43 of 82).

With Gilgeous-Alexander on the floor his team outscored opponents by +16.3 per 100 possessions, against +2.8 for Curry; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Gilgeous-Alexander $40.8M through 2030-31, Curry $62.6M through 2026-27. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Gilgeous-AlexanderCurry
56-12Record when playing24-19
31.3Points at home25.0
30.9Points on the road28.3
31.1Points in wins25.8
31.1Points in losses27.5
55Season high49
4330-point games14
8Double-doubles3
Gilgeous-Alexander · last 5
Sat, May 30 vs SAS35 pts · 4 reb · 9 ast
Thu, May 28 at SAS15 pts · 1 reb · 4 ast
Tue, May 26 vs SAS32 pts · 2 reb · 9 ast
Sun, May 24 at SAS19 pts · 4 reb · 7 ast
Fri, May 22 at SAS26 pts · 2 reb · 12 ast
Curry · last 5
Sun, Apr 12 at LAC24 pts · 6 reb · 3 ast
Fri, Apr 10 at SAC11 pts · 3 reb · 5 ast
Tue, Apr 7 vs SAC17 pts · 5 reb · 2 ast
Sun, Apr 5 vs HOU29 pts · 2 reb · 4 ast
Fri, Jan 30 vs DET23 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast
Gilgeous-Alexander · contract
2026-27$40.8M
2027-28$61.0M
2028-29$65.9M
2029-30$70.8M
2030-31$75.6M
Curry · contract
2026-27$62.6M

More comparisons

pick any two players →

Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).