Canadian Professional Basketball Player for the Oklahoma City Thunder; 2025 NBA Champion & Three-Time NBA All-Star
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Biography
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a Canadian professional basketball player, currently playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA. In his early career, Gilgeous-Alexander was named NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2025, a three-time NBA All-Star from 2023 to 2025, and was selected to the All-NBA First Team three times for the same years. His scoring prowess was underscored when he won the NBA scoring title in 2025, averaging 32.7 points per game. This was complemented by his recognition with multiple NBA Western Conference Player of the Week awards. Moreover, he was part of the Canadian national basketball team that won a bronze medal at the 2023 FIBA World Cup and was named to the FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team the same year.
His career took an upward trajectory in the subsequent years. He was named MVP runner-up for the 2023-2024 NBA season and was selected to the All-NBA First Team for the second consecutive year. Gilgeous-Alexander's performance was instrumental in the Thunder's 57-game win, allowing them to enter the 2024 NBA playoffs as the Western Conference's first seed for the first time since 2013. He set a new Thunder franchise record with 48 30-point games in a season, surpassing Kevin Durant's previous record of 47. In the 2024 NBA playoffs, the Thunder advanced to the Western Conference Semifinals, the franchise's first since 2016. In 2025, the Thunder won the NBA Championship in Game 7 against the Indiana Pacers.
Gilgeous-Alexander's contributions were not limited to his NBA career. He won a bronze medal with the Canadian national team at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, marking Canada's first-ever World Cup medal. His performance earned him a place in the World Cup All-Tournament Team in 2023. He was also recognized as Canada's athlete of the year with the Northern Star Award and the Lionel Conacher Award as the Canadian Press' choice for Canadian male athlete of the year in 2023. In the 2024–25 NBA season, Gilgeous-Alexander averaged a career-high of 32.7 points per game that underscored his elite status in the league.
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