Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Canadian basketball guard known for elite scoring ability, leading NBA in scoring and earning multiple All-Star selections with Oklahoma City Thunder.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 2000. Los Angeles Clippers selected him 11th overall in the 2018 NBA Draft and immediately traded him to Oklahoma City in the Paul George deal. He won the scoring title twice (2023-24, 2024-25) and was selected to three All-Star games by age 24. His career average of 24.5 points per game places him among the top scorers through five seasons of any guard in NBA history. He led the Oklahoma City Thunder from lottery team to the best record in the Western Conference in 2023-24 — a team built almost entirely around him and a collection of draft picks. His scoring style is described as the most efficient in the modern NBA — drawing fouls at an extraordinary rate, finishing at the rim through contact and converting mid-range shots with an impossibly slow, controlled pace. He won Olympic gold with Canada at Paris 2024, the country's first Olympic basketball gold medal. At 24 years old he has already positioned himself as one of the two or three best players in the world and a genuine MVP candidate in any season he plays a full schedule. Gilgeous-Alexander followed Oklahoma City's 2025 championship by claiming a second consecutive regular-season MVP award, steering the Thunder to a league-best 64-18 record in 2025-26 before their title defence ended in a seven-game Western Conference Finals against San Antonio.

Crafty scorer with exceptional length, mid-range specialist, elite finishing

Rising superstar who transformed from role player to MVP candidate

• All-Star 3x
• Scoring Champion 2x
• All-NBA First Team 2x
• Olympic Gold Medal (Canada 2024)
• NBA MVP (2025)
• NBA MVP (2026)
• NBA champion (2025)