Shai Gilgeous-Alexander became the 36th NBA MVP in history on May 21, 2025—and, nearly a year later, won a second straight MVP, joining an elite group of repeat winners. Over the past two seasons, his numbers tell the same story: relentless scoring, historic c
By the time the Oklahoma City Thunder need him most, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s production has already stacked up like a promise kept.
On May 21. 2025. the Oklahoma City guard became just the 36th player in NBA history to be named Kia Most Valuable Player. Sunday—four days shy of a full calendar year later—he joined the “club within the club. ” becoming only the 16th player to win multiple MVP honors since the award was introduced in the 1955-56 season.
This isn’t just another trophy. Gilgeous-Alexander also became the 14th player to win consecutive MVPs, and the seventh to do so this century. He enters the NBA conversation in the same breath as Nikola Jokić, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Stephen Curry, LeBron James (twice), Steve Nash, and Tim Duncan.
Before he leads the Thunder into the Western Conference Finals against the Spurs on Monday (8:30 ET, NBC/Peacock), the historic run over the past two seasons shows up in the kind of numbers that don’t fade when the highlights end.
140: The NBA record for consecutive 20+ point games
On March 12, Gilgeous-Alexander set the NBA record for most consecutive 20+ point games. He posted his 127th straight game in a win over the Celtics. eclipsing the previous mark held by Wilt Chamberlain since 1963. His streak extended to 140 games through the end of the regular season—and he’ll continue adding to it in 2026-27.
68: A full season of consistency
He played in 68 games this season, becoming the first player since Chamberlain in 1963-64 to score 20+ points in every regular-season game (with a minimum of 50 games played).
43: Scoring volume that kept rising
Beyond the baseline of 20+ every time he played, he posted 43 games with 30+ points, eight games with 40+ points, and one game with 50+ points. He finished second in the league in scoring at 31.1 points per game.
55.3: Efficiency rare enough to be its own stat
He became the only guard in NBA history to average more than 30 points while shooting better than 55 percent from the field. He also joined Michael Jordan as the only guards to average at least 30 points on 50 percent shooting or better in four consecutive seasons—Jordan had five straight seasons from 1987-88 through 1991-92. a mark Gilgeous-Alexander can match next season.
2,117: Long-term scoring habit
He surpassed 2,000 total points for the fourth consecutive season, giving him the longest active streak in the league. The longest since James Harden had six straight seasons from 2014-15 to 2019-20.
175: Clutch points that didn’t depend on constant fourth-quarter time
Gilgeous-Alexander led the league in total clutch points on his way to Kia Clutch Player of the Year honors. totaling 175. The quiet detail is how he did it: he appeared in the fourth quarter only 42 times in his 68 games because OKC often held commanding leads entering the final frame.
788: A plus/minus statement
He recorded the league’s highest total plus/minus this season, finishing more than 100 points ahead of the second-ranked player.
20.1: His gravity on the perimeter
He led the league in perimeter off-ball gravity, a measure of how much a player pulls defenders towards him above expectation—essentially quantifying how much attention he draws compared to what the spacing on the floor predicts.
14.0: Drives, points, and the way the paint adds up
He led the league in points on drives while shooting 59.2 percent on such plays. That efficiency helped put him at 10th in the NBA in points in the paint (12.4 per game), which ranked third among guards.
92: A repeat MVP season-by-season in numbers
Over his last two MVP seasons. Gilgeous-Alexander totaled 92 games with 30+ points. 21 games with 40+ points. and five games with 50+ points. He joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1970-71. 1971-72) as the only players in NBA history with at least 90 30-point games. 20 40-point games. and five 50-point games across back-to-back MVP seasons.
The throughline is hard to ignore: his streaks weren’t isolated bursts, his efficiency wasn’t occasional, and his impact showed up in scoring, clutch production, plus/minus, and gravity—multiple angles of influence that all point in the same direction.
And now, with the Thunder set to face the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals on Monday (8:30 ET, NBC/Peacock), the question isn’t whether he can carry the load. It’s what happens when he does it with numbers that already look like a record book.
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