Alex Caruso vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams 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, 5 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Jalen Williams had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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	Jalen Williams
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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:	+38	+15.1	+10.5	+0.7	+2.0	+2.7	+1.3	+0.8	+0.2	-0.5	-1.1	+4.1	+7.5	+.090	+0.6	+1.5	+.054	+1.5	+1.7	+.112
Jalen Williams	75	30.3	14.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	2.5	5.5	10.6	.521	1.0	2.7	.356	2.1	2.5	.812
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor Jalen Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Alex Caruso	Jalen Williams
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
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:	+5	+14.0	+16.1	+0.6	+2.8	+3.4	+3.2	+0.5	+0.4	-1.4	-0.8	+6.3	+12.4	+.072	+1.2	+3.0	+.032	+2.3	+2.8	+.055
Jalen Williams	69	32.4	21.6	0.9	4.5	5.3	5.1	1.6	0.7	2.2	2.3	8.2	16.9	.484	1.8	4.9	.365	3.4	4.3	.789
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:	+2	+10.3	+14.9	+0.3	+2.9	+3.2	+2.0	+0.3	+0.2	-0.3	-0.4	+5.4	+11.8	+.024	+0.7	+2.1	+.025	+3.3	+4.2	+.011
Jalen Williams	23	34.6	21.4	1.0	4.5	5.5	4.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.7	17.2	.449	1.5	5.0	.304	4.4	5.6	.789

Additional Years
* Alex Caruso played 5 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 8, from 2021 to 2025—Alex Caruso played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 5 extra years over Jalen Williams, Alex Caruso got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team