Alex Caruso vs. Horace Grant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Horace Grant 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, 9 less than Horace Grant, who played 17. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Horace Grant had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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	Horace Grant
Season	2019-20	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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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	+16.0	+7.9	+2.7	+3.2	+6.0	+0.9	+0.1	+0.8	-0.6	-1.4	+3.7	+6.2	+.111	+0.6	+1.9		+1.1	+1.7	+.035
Horace Grant	80	34.4	13.4	3.0	4.9	7.9	2.8	1.2	1.1	1.4	2.9	5.6	10.7	.523	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.2	.699
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:	+5	+14.2	+5.7	+3.9	+3.8	+7.6	+0.3		+0.5	-0.1	-0.6	+2.8	+4.5	+.084	+0.8	+2.8	+.279	+1.0	+1.9	+.177
Horace Grant	16	38.5	12.2	4.6	5.4	9.9	2.5	1.1	1.1	1.6	3.2	5.1	9.9	.509	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.3	.623

Season 4
	Alex Caruso	Horace Grant
Season	2020-21	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
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:	+20	+12.9	+6.4	+2.9	+2.6	+5.5	+0.5	+0.1	+0.6	-0.1	-0.7	+2.8	+4.1	+.111	+0.9	+2.3	+.234	+1.7	+2.3	+.066
Horace Grant	78	33.9	12.8	3.4	5.0	8.4	2.3	1.2	0.9	1.2	2.6	5.1	9.4	.547	0.0	0.1	.167	2.5	3.6	.711
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:	+11	+19.0	+7.5	+3.0	+3.8	+6.8	+1.7	+0.7	+0.3		-0.6	+3.1	+2.9	+.215	+0.8	+2.8		+2.3	+3.2	+.267
Horace Grant	17	39.2	13.3	3.3	4.8	8.1	2.2	0.9	0.4	1.2	2.6	5.4	9.2	.583	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.5	.733

Season 5
	Alex Caruso	Horace Grant
Season	2021-22	1991-92
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+40	+7.3	+6.8	+3.4	+2.9	+6.4	+1.3	+0.5	+1.2	-0.2	-0.2	+3.1	+3.6	+.180	+1.0	+3.1		+1.5	+2.1	+.054
Horace Grant	81	35.3	14.2	4.2	5.7	10.0	2.7	1.2	1.6	1.2	2.4	5.6	9.8	.578	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.741
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:	+18	+10.6	+5.0	+3.0	+3.1	+6.0	+1.3	+0.2	+0.8	-0.7	-0.3	+2.2	+2.5	+.150	+1.8	+4.4	+.389	+2.3	+3.5
Horace Grant	22	38.9	11.3	3.5	5.4	8.8	3.0	1.1	1.8	1.0	3.1	4.5	8.3	.541	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.5	.671

Season 6
	Alex Caruso	Horace Grant
Season	2022-23	1992-93
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+10	+12.1	+7.6	+3.8	+2.7	+6.6	+0.3	+0.3	+0.5	-0.3	-0.4	+3.6	+6.5	+.053	+0.8	+2.2	+.164	+1.4	+2.5	+.189
Horace Grant	77	35.6	13.2	4.4	5.0	9.5	2.6	1.2	1.2	1.4	2.8	5.5	10.8	.508	0.0	0.1	.200	2.3	3.6	.619
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Grant	19	34.3	10.7	3.2	5.0	8.2	2.3	1.2	1.2	0.9	3.2	4.4	8.0	.546	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.8	.685

Season 7
	Alex Caruso	Horace Grant
Season	2023-24	1993-94
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+8.0	+5.0	+3.5	+3.6	+7.2	+0.1	+0.6	+0.2	-0.2	-0.2	+3.0	+4.9	+.056	+1.9	+4.6	+.408	+1.0	+1.9	+.164
Horace Grant	70	36.7	15.1	4.4	6.6	11.0	3.4	1.1	1.2	1.6	2.3	6.6	12.5	.524	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	3.3	.596
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Horace Grant	10	39.3	16.2	3.0	4.4	7.4	2.6	1.0	1.8	1.0	2.3	6.5	12.0	.542	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.1	4.2	.738

Season 8
	Alex Caruso	Horace Grant
Season	2024-25	1994-95
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+20	+17.1	+5.7	+2.3	+4.4	+6.8	+0.2	+0.6	+0.6	-0.4	-0.8	+2.8	+3.8	+.121	+1.1	+3.0	+.353	+1.2	+2.0	+.132
Horace Grant	74	36.4	12.8	3.0	6.6	9.7	2.3	1.0	1.2	1.1	2.7	5.4	9.6	.567	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.9	.692
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:	+2	+17.0	+4.5	+2.8	+4.9	+7.7	+0.3	+1.0	+0.5	-0.4	-0.5	+2.7	+3.7	+.090	+1.6	+3.8	+.411	+0.8	+1.1	+.032
Horace Grant	21	41.4	13.7	3.5	6.9	10.4	1.9	1.0	1.1	1.2	3.2	5.8	10.7	.540	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	2.8	.763

Additional Years
* Horace Grant played 9 seasons more than Alex Caruso in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 17, from 1996 to 2004—Horace Grant played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Alex Caruso, Horace Grant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team