Alex Caruso vs. Jim Petersen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jim Petersen and Alex Caruso, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Alex Caruso played 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than Jim Petersen, who played 8. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Jim Petersen had his rookie season in 1984-85. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Season 3
	Alex Caruso	Jim Petersen
Season	2019-20	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	64	18.4	5.5	0.3	1.7	1.9	1.9	1.1	0.3	0.8	1.5	1.9	4.5	.412	0.6	1.9	.333	1.1	1.5	.734
Jim Petersen	82	29.3	11.3	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.5	0.5	1.2	1.9	3.3	4.7	9.2	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.5	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	21	24.3	6.5	0.7	1.6	2.3	2.8	1.1	0.6	1.5	2.6	2.3	5.4	.425	0.8	2.9	.279	1.1	1.4	.800
Jim Petersen	10	18.7	6.8	1.4	3.2	4.6	0.6	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.6	2.8	5.1	.549	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.667

Season 6
	Alex Caruso	Jim Petersen
Season	2022-23	1989-90
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	67	23.5	5.6	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.9	1.5	0.7	1.1	2.4	1.9	4.3	.455	0.8	2.3	.364	0.9	1.1	.808
Jim Petersen	43	13.8	4.0	1.1	2.6	3.7	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.8	2.4	1.4	3.3	.426	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.712
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Petersen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Alex Caruso	Jim Petersen
Season	2023-24	1990-91
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	71	28.7	10.1	0.9	3.0	3.8	3.5	1.7	1.0	1.4	2.5	3.6	7.6	.468	1.9	4.7	.408	1.0	1.4	.760
Jim Petersen	62	13.5	4.5	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.4	0.2	0.7	0.8	2.5	1.8	3.8	.483	0.0	0.1	.250	0.8	1.2	.658
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jim Petersen	9	13.0	3.2	0.4	2.6	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.2	3.9	1.3	1.9	.706	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.625