Alex Caruso vs. Allan Houston Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allan Houston 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings

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 9 years in the NBA, 3 less than Allan Houston, who played 12. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Allan Houston had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Alex Caruso	9	4	2017-18 to 2025-26
Allan Houston	12	6	1993-94 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9


Rookie Season
	Alex Caruso	Allan Houston
Season	2017-18	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	37	15.2	3.6	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.0	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.4	3.1	.431	0.4	1.2	.302	0.6	0.8	.700
difference:	+42	+4.0	+4.9	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+0.7	+0.2	+0.1	-0.2	-0.7	+2.0	+5.4	+.026		+0.3	+.003	+0.5	+0.6	+.124
Allan Houston	79	19.2	8.5	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.3	0.4	0.2	1.3	2.1	3.4	8.5	.405	0.4	1.5	.299	1.1	1.4	.824

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor Allan Houston played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Alex Caruso	Allan Houston
Season	2018-19	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	25	21.2	9.2	0.8	1.9	2.7	3.1	1.0	0.4	1.7	2.2	3.1	6.9	.445	1.0	2.0	.480	2.0	2.6	.797
difference:	+51	+5.1	+5.3	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	+0.9	+0.2	+0.2	-0.2	-0.2	+2.1	+4.4	+.018	+1.1	+2.9	+.056	+0.1	+0.3	+.063
Allan Houston	76	26.3	14.5	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.5	2.4	5.2	11.3	.463	2.1	4.9	.424	1.9	2.3	.860

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor Allan Houston played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Alex Caruso	Allan Houston
Season	2019-20	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+18	+19.1	+14.2	+0.4	+1.3	+1.8	+1.1	+0.4	+0.1	-2.0	-1.3	+5.0	+10.7	+.041	+1.7	+3.6	+.094	+2.5	+2.9	+.089
Allan Houston	82	37.5	19.7	0.7	3.0	3.7	3.0	0.7	0.2	2.8	2.8	6.9	15.2	.453	2.3	5.5	.427	3.6	4.4	.823

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
difference:	+18	+21.0	+18.5	+0.4	+0.7	+0.4	+0.8	+1.1	+0.3	-2.2	-1.1	+6.0	+13.9	+.006	+1.5	+4.1	+.054	+4.9	+5.3	+.100
Allan Houston	3	45.3	25.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.0	0.0	0.3	3.7	3.7	8.3	19.3	.431	2.3	7.0	.333	6.0	6.7	.900


Season 4
	Alex Caruso	Allan Houston
Season	2020-21	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	58	21.0	6.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	2.8	1.1	0.3	1.3	1.9	2.3	5.3	.436	0.9	2.4	.401	0.8	1.3	.645
difference:	+23	+12.1	+8.4			+0.1	+0.6	+0.6	+0.1	-0.8	-1.0	+3.1	+7.4	+.013	+0.9	+2.3	+.016	+1.4	+1.4	+.158
Allan Houston	81	33.1	14.8	0.5	2.4	3.0	2.2	0.5	0.2	2.1	2.9	5.4	12.7	.423	1.8	4.7	.385	2.2	2.7	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	6	20.2	5.8	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.2	2.0	2.3	6.3	.368	0.8	2.8	.294	0.3	0.3	1.000
difference:	+3	+19.8	+13.4		+1.2	+1.3	+1.8	+0.5	+0.4	-1.5	-0.4	+4.1	+8.5	+.068	+2.1	+3.0	+.206	+3.1	+3.6	+.114
Allan Houston	9	40.0	19.2	0.3	2.2	2.6	2.3	0.7	0.3	2.7	1.6	6.4	14.8	.436	2.9	5.8	.500	3.4	3.9	.886


Season 5
	Alex Caruso	Allan Houston
Season	2021-22	1997-98
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	41	28.0	7.4	0.8	2.8	3.6	4.0	1.7	0.4	1.4	2.6	2.5	6.2	.398	1.0	3.1	.333	1.4	1.8	.795
difference:	+41	+6.7	+11.0	+0.3		+0.3	+1.4	+0.9	+0.1	-1.0	-0.1	+4.5	+9.4	+.049		+0.5	+.052	+2.1	+2.3	+.056
Allan Houston	82	34.7	18.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.6	0.8	0.3	2.4	2.5	7.0	15.6	.447	1.0	2.6	.385	3.5	4.1	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	4	28.3	6.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	2.8	2.3	5.8	.391	1.8	4.5	.389	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+6	+12.1	+14.8	+0.1	+0.9	+1.0	+1.5	+0.8	+0.9	-2.9	-0.1	+5.3	+11.7	+.043	+0.9	+2.2	+.002	+5.0	+5.8
Allan Houston	10	40.4	21.1	0.6	3.2	3.8	2.8	0.5	0.1	3.2	2.7	7.6	17.5	.434	0.9	2.3	.391	5.0	5.8	.862


Season 6
	Alex Caruso	Allan Houston
Season	2022-23	1998-99
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+17	+12.8	+10.7	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.8	+0.5	-1.5	-0.1	+4.0	+9.8	+.037	+0.3	+0.5	+.043	+2.5	+2.8	+.054
Allan Houston	50	36.3	16.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	2.7	0.7	0.2	2.6	2.3	5.9	14.1	.418	1.1	2.8	.407	3.4	3.9	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allan Houston	20	39.3	18.5	0.3	2.4	2.7	2.6	0.4	0.1	2.5	2.0	6.8	15.3	.443	0.5	1.8	.250	4.6	5.2	.883


Season 7
	Alex Caruso	Allan Houston
Season	2023-24	1999-00
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+11	+9.9	+9.6	+0.4	+0.2	+0.5	+0.8	+0.9	+0.8	-0.9	-0.2	+3.9	+7.9	+.015	+0.6	+1.7	+.028	+2.4	+2.7	+.078
Allan Houston	82	38.6	19.7	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.7	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.7	7.5	15.5	.483	1.3	3.0	.436	3.4	4.1	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allan Houston	16	40.8	17.6	0.2	3.1	3.3	1.6	1.2	0.2	2.3	2.6	6.4	14.7	.438	1.2	2.4	.500	3.5	4.1	.862


Season 8
	Alex Caruso	Allan Houston
Season	2024-25	2000-01
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	54	19.3	7.1	0.7	2.2	2.9	2.5	1.6	0.6	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.8	.446	1.1	3.1	.353	0.8	0.9	.824
difference:	+24	+17.3	+11.6	+0.4	+1.2	+0.7	+0.3	+0.9	+0.5	-1.4	-0.5	+4.3	+9.7	+.003	+0.1	+0.1	+.028	+2.8	+3.0	+.085
Allan Houston	78	36.6	18.7	0.3	3.4	3.6	2.2	0.7	0.1	2.1	2.4	6.9	15.5	.449	1.2	3.2	.381	3.6	3.9	.909

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	23	24.4	9.2	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.2	2.0	0.6	0.8	2.7	3.1	7.0	.450	1.6	3.9	.411	1.3	1.7	.795
difference:	+18	+13.6	+11.6	+0.7	+0.2	+0.9	+0.8	+1.0	+0.4	-1.2	-0.7	+4.5	+5.8	+.144	+0.4	+1.7	+.134	+3.1	+2.7	+.205
Allan Houston	5	38.0	20.8	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.4	1.0	0.2	2.0	3.4	7.6	12.8	.594	1.2	2.2	.545	4.4	4.4	1.000


Season 9
	Alex Caruso	Allan Houston
Season	2025-26	2001-02
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	15	18.8	5.7	0.3	2.1	2.4	2.5	1.6	0.3	1.0	1.1	2.0	5.0	.400	1.1	3.2	.354	0.5	0.7	.800
difference:	+62	+19.0	+14.7	+0.2	+0.7	+0.9		+0.9	+0.2	-1.2	-1.3	+5.4	+11.9	+.037	+0.7	+1.3	+.039	+3.3	+3.7	+.070
Allan Houston	77	37.8	20.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.4	7.4	16.9	.437	1.8	4.5	.393	3.8	4.4	.870

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor Allan Houston played in the postseason in their season 9

Additional Years

* Allan Houston played 3 seasons more than Alex Caruso in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 10 to 12, from 2003 to 2005—Allan Houston didn't play in the postseason.

Alex Caruso vs. Allan Houston Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allan Houston 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years