Alex Caruso vs. Dennis Rodman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Rodman 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 8 years in the NBA, 6 less than Dennis Rodman, who played 14. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Dennis Rodman had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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.

Season 3
	Alex Caruso	Dennis Rodman
Season	2019-20	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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	+8.5	+3.5	+3.7	+3.7	+7.5	+0.7	+0.4	+0.6	-0.7	-2.1	+2.0	+2.0	+.183	+0.5	+1.6	+.102	+0.1	+0.4	+.108
Dennis Rodman	82	26.9	9.0	4.0	5.4	9.4	1.2	0.7	0.9	1.5	3.6	3.9	6.5	.595	0.1	0.3	.231	1.2	1.9	.626
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:	+4	+0.2	+0.7	+2.6	+5.1	+7.7	+1.9	+0.7	+0.1	-0.1	-0.8	+0.1	+1.3	+.104	+0.8	+2.7	+.279	+0.3	+0.7	+.114
Dennis Rodman	17	24.1	5.8	3.3	6.7	10.0	0.9	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.4	2.2	4.1	.529	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	2.1	.686

Season 4
	Alex Caruso	Dennis Rodman
Season	2020-21	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+24	+8.0	+2.4	+3.6	+3.2	+6.8	+1.9	+0.5	+0.4	-0.2	-1.5	+1.2	+0.7	+.145	+0.9	+2.3	+.290	+0.9	+1.3	+.009
Dennis Rodman	82	29.0	8.8	4.1	5.6	9.7	0.9	0.6	0.7	1.1	3.4	3.5	6.0	.581	0.0	0.1	.111	1.7	2.6	.654
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:	+13	+9.3	+0.8	+2.6	+4.6	+7.2	+0.4	+0.3		-0.4	-1.3	+0.5	+1.3	+.200	+0.8	+2.8		+0.6	+1.5	+.486
Dennis Rodman	19	29.5	6.6	2.9	5.6	8.5	0.9	0.5	0.7	1.6	3.3	2.8	5.0	.568	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.8	.514

Season 5
	Alex Caruso	Dennis Rodman
Season	2021-22	1990-91
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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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	+5.5	+0.8	+3.6	+5.3	+8.9	+3.0	+0.9	+0.3	-0.3	-0.8	+0.9	+0.6	+.095	+0.9	+2.7	+.133		+0.3	+.164
Dennis Rodman	82	33.5	8.2	4.4	8.1	12.5	1.0	0.8	0.7	1.1	3.4	3.4	6.8	.493	0.1	0.4	.200	1.4	2.1	.631
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:	+11	+4.7		+4.0	+5.0	+9.0	+3.4	+0.6	+0.3	-0.6	-0.9	+0.4	+0.3	+.060	+1.7	+3.9	+.167	+0.7	+1.6
Dennis Rodman	15	33.0	6.3	4.5	7.3	11.8	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.9	3.7	2.7	6.1	.451	0.1	0.6	.222	0.7	1.6	.417

Season 6
	Alex Caruso	Dennis Rodman
Season	2022-23	1991-92
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+15	+16.8	+4.2	+5.8	+10.0	+15.8	+0.6	+0.7	+0.2	-0.6	-0.6	+2.3	+3.4	+.084	+0.4	+1.1	+.047	+0.1	+0.6	+.208
Dennis Rodman	82	40.3	9.8	6.4	12.3	18.7	2.3	0.8	0.9	1.7	3.0	4.2	7.7	.539	0.4	1.2	.317	1.0	1.7	.600
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Rodman	5	31.2	7.2	3.2	7.0	10.2	1.8	0.8	0.4	1.4	3.4	3.2	5.4	.593	0.0	0.4	.000	0.8	1.6	.500

Season 7
	Alex Caruso	Dennis Rodman
Season	2023-24	1992-93
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+9	+10.2	+2.6	+5.0	+9.3	+14.5	+1.9	+0.9	+0.3	-0.3	-0.7	+0.6	+0.7	+.041	+1.7	+3.5	+.203	+0.4	+1.2	+.226
Dennis Rodman	62	38.9	7.5	5.9	12.3	18.3	1.6	0.8	0.7	1.7	3.2	3.0	6.9	.427	0.2	1.2	.205	1.4	2.6	.534
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor Dennis Rodman played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Alex Caruso	Dennis Rodman
Season	2024-25	1993-94
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs Lost West 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:	+25	+18.5	+2.4	+5.0	+9.4	+14.4	+0.2	+0.9	+0.2	-1.0	-1.0	+0.6	+2.1	+.088	+1.0	+2.8	+.145	+0.1	+0.4	+.304
Dennis Rodman	79	37.8	4.7	5.7	11.6	17.3	2.3	0.7	0.4	1.7	2.9	2.0	3.7	.534	0.1	0.3	.208	0.7	1.3	.520
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:	+20	+13.6	+0.9	+7.3	+6.0	+13.3	+1.5		+0.7	-1.2	-2.0	+0.9	+1.0	+.050	+1.6	+2.2	+.411	+1.0	+0.3	+.628
Dennis Rodman	3	38.0	8.3	8.0	8.0	16.0	0.7	2.0	1.3	2.0	4.7	4.0	8.0	.500	0.0	1.7	.000	0.3	2.0	.167

Additional Years
* Dennis Rodman played 6 seasons more than Alex Caruso in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 1995 to 2000—Dennis Rodman played in 4 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 6 extra years over Alex Caruso, Dennis Rodman got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 4 Rebounds Leader