Alex Caruso vs. Grant Hill Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Grant Hill 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 9 years in the NBA, 9 less than Grant Hill, who played 18. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Grant Hill had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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.

Rookie Season
	Alex Caruso	Grant Hill
Season	2017-18	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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:	+33	+23.1	+16.3	+1.4	+3.2	+4.6	+3.0	+1.2	+0.6	-1.8	-1.5	+5.9	+12.1	+.046	+0.3	+0.8	+.154	+4.7	+6.5	+.032
Grant Hill	70	38.3	19.9	1.8	4.6	6.4	5.0	1.8	0.9	2.9	2.9	7.3	15.2	.477	0.1	0.4	.148	5.3	7.3	.732
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor Grant Hill played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Alex Caruso	Grant Hill
Season	2018-19	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+55	+19.6	+11.0	+0.8	+6.3	+7.1	+3.8	+0.3	+0.2	-1.6	-0.8	+4.0	+8.4	+.017	+0.9	+1.7	+.288	+4.1	+5.5	+.046
Grant Hill	80	40.8	20.2	1.6	8.2	9.8	6.9	1.3	0.6	3.3	3.0	7.1	15.3	.462	0.1	0.3	.192	6.1	8.1	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grant Hill	3	38.3	19.0	1.3	6.0	7.3	3.7	1.0	0.0	2.7	4.3	7.3	13.0	.564	0.3	0.7	.500	4.0	4.7	.857

Season 3
	Alex Caruso	Grant Hill
Season	2019-20	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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:	+16	+20.9	+15.9	+1.2	+5.8	+7.1	+5.4	+0.7	+0.3	-2.4	-0.8	+5.9	+11.2	+.084	+0.5	+1.5	+.030	+4.5	+6.4	+.023
Grant Hill	80	39.3	21.4	1.5	7.5	9.0	7.3	1.8	0.6	3.2	2.3	7.8	15.7	.496	0.1	0.4	.303	5.6	7.9	.711
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:	+16	+16.5	+17.1	+1.9	+2.6	+4.5	+2.6	+0.3	+0.4	-2.3	-0.2	+6.7	+15.2	+.012	+0.8	+2.9		+4.5	+6.4	+.082
Grant Hill	5	40.8	23.6	2.6	4.2	6.8	5.4	0.8	1.0	3.8	2.8	9.0	20.6	.437	0.0	0.0	-	5.6	7.8	.718

Season 4
	Alex Caruso	Grant Hill
Season	2020-21	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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	+19.7	+14.7	+0.6	+4.1	+4.8	+4.0	+0.7	+0.4	-2.2	-0.5	+5.3	+11.5	+.016	+0.9	+2.1	+.258	+5.1	+6.7	+.095
Grant Hill	81	40.7	21.1	1.1	6.5	7.7	6.8	1.8	0.7	3.5	2.4	7.6	16.8	.452	0.0	0.3	.143	5.9	8.0	.740
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
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Alex Caruso	Grant Hill
Season	2021-22	1998-99
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+9	+9.0	+13.7	+0.5	+3.0	+3.5	+2.0	+0.1	+0.1	-2.3	-0.3	+5.2	+9.8	+.081	+1.0	+2.8	+.333	+4.3	+5.8	+.043
Grant Hill	50	37.0	21.1	1.3	5.8	7.1	6.0	1.6	0.5	3.7	2.3	7.7	16.0	.479	0.0	0.3	.000	5.7	7.6	.752
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:	+1	+6.7	+13.1	+0.9	+3.5	+4.4	+3.1	+0.7	+0.6	-2.1	-0.4	+6.1	+12.6	+.066	+1.8	+4.3	+.389	+2.6	+3.2
Grant Hill	5	35.0	19.4	1.4	5.8	7.2	7.4	2.0	0.4	2.4	2.4	8.4	18.4	.457	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	3.2	.813

Season 6
	Alex Caruso	Grant Hill
Season	2022-23	1999-00
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	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:	+7	+14.0	+20.2	+0.7	+3.0	+3.7	+2.3	+0.1	+0.1	-2.1	-0.2	+7.5	+14.9	+.034	+0.3	+1.0	+.017	+5.6	+7.1	+.013
Grant Hill	74	37.5	25.8	1.3	5.3	6.6	5.2	1.4	0.6	3.2	2.6	9.4	19.2	.489	0.5	1.3	.347	6.5	8.2	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grant Hill	2	28.0	11.0	0.0	5.5	5.5	4.5	0.5	0.0	5.0	3.5	3.0	8.0	.375	0.5	1.0	.500	4.5	5.0	.900

Season 7
	Alex Caruso	Grant Hill
Season	2023-24	2000-01
Team	Chicago Bulls	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
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:	+67	+4.6	+3.7	+1.1	+1.3	+2.5	+2.8	+0.4	+0.5	-1.4	-0.2	+1.2	+3.2	+.026	+1.6	+4.4	+.592	+3.0	+5.1	+.145
Grant Hill	4	33.3	13.8	2.0	4.3	6.3	6.3	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.3	4.8	10.8	.442	0.3	0.3	1.000	4.0	6.5	.615
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor Grant Hill played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Alex Caruso	Grant Hill
Season	2024-25	2001-02
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+40	+17.3	+9.7	+1.4	+4.7	+6.0	+2.1	+1.0	+0.3	-1.9	-1.0	+3.3	+8.1	+.020	+1.1	+3.0	+.353	+4.1	+4.8	+.039
Grant Hill	14	36.6	16.8	2.1	6.9	8.9	4.6	0.6	0.3	2.6	2.9	5.9	13.9	.426	0.0	0.1	.000	4.9	5.7	.863
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
Grant Hill	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Grant Hill played 9 seasons more than Alex Caruso in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 18, from 2005 to 2013—Grant Hill played in 4 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Alex Caruso, Grant Hill got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game