The Oklahoma City Thunder look utterly unstoppable. A juggernaut that looks to leave everyone trailing in their wake, as they recently finished off Sunday night’s comeback win over the Portland Trailblazers, 123-115, and go to an eye-popping 20-1 record.
A big reason for their peerless start to the season is the reigning NBA MVP, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. It’s hard to imagine how a player who took the MVP, finals MVP, and scoring title last season can still do much more in a calendar year, but he’s already in stunning form to start the new season. Averaging 32.6 points, 6.6 assists on 54.8% shooting. If those numbers held, it would exceed last season’s historic year. That pretty much sums up the incredible Gilgeous-Alexander.
Furthermore, another category has SGA tops in the league, and he’s made further history.
Incredible Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Climbs To The Top Of Yet Another Scoring Category
What more can be said about Gilgeous-Alexander? His accolades and numbers speak for themselves, as does the leadership he brings to ensure his team wins night in and night out. His team is the clear favorite to win back-to-back championships. A further scoring category perfectly encapsulates the Canadian superstars’ offensive dominance.
He sits comfortably at the top of the total clutch points leaderboard. Gilgeous-Alexander has 74 clutch points, ahead of the Detroit Pistons’ Cade Cunningham, sitting second on 59, Tyrese Maxey on 51, and Anthony Edwards on 34.
NBA Leaders in Total Clutch Points:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — 74
Cade Cunningham — 59
Tyrese Maxey — 51
Cooper Flagg — 48
James Harden — 42
Nikola Vučević — 36
Deni Avdija — 35
Devin Booker — 35
Anthony Edwards — 34
Lauri Markkanen — 34 pic.twitter.com/9iGOy4IKIR— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) November 30, 2025
In these clutch minutes, he is a +48 on the floor, shooting 50% from the field. Further underscoring his dominance, he has also made more free throws than anyone, with 37 attempts, hitting at an 83% clip, with only Cunningham close behind with 25 free-throw attempts. SGA is doing this whilst only being 8th on the list in minutes played in the clutch
Cunningham’s extraordinary start to the season for the Pistons has him tied with Gilgeous-Alexander for the most clutch field goals made at 19.
Further History For SGA
Furthermore, Gilgeous-Alexander has made further history after Sunday night’s win over the Blazers. His 26 points on the night put him one ahead of Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain’s streak of 92 straight games of scoring 20+ points, in second place all-time.
The longest 20-point streaks in NBA history:
🥇Wilt Chamberlain – 126 games
🥈Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – 93 (current)
🥉Wilt Chamberlain – 92SGA surpassed Wilt’s 92-game streak in his 26-point performance in OKC’s win over the Blazers tonight 🔥 pic.twitter.com/FvLXsslosg
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) December 1, 2025
His active streak of 93 games is now second only to Chamberlain’s record of 126. Few would put it past him in equalling that incredible record. Whenever you are in the company of the great Wilt Chamberlain, whose career numbers are akin to playing ‘NBA 2k’ on rookie mode armed with a cheat code, you are in truly special company.
