Alex Caruso vs. Jaren Jackson Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaren Jackson Jr. 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, 1 more than Jaren Jackson Jr., who played 7. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Jaren Jackson Jr. had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2017-18	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
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:	+21	+10.9	+10.2	+0.9	+2.0	+2.9	+0.9	+0.3	+1.1	-0.6	-2.4	+3.7	+7.1	+.075	+0.5	+1.2	+.057	+2.0	+2.6	+.066
Jaren Jackson Jr.	58	26.1	13.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.1	0.9	1.4	1.7	3.8	5.1	10.2	.506	0.9	2.4	.359	2.6	3.4	.766
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor Jaren Jackson Jr. played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Alex Caruso	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2019-20	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Grizzlies Lost West 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:	+53	+5.1	+8.9	+1.2	+2.4	+3.7	+0.8		+1.3	-0.6	-2.3	+2.9	+6.9	+.012	+0.9	+3.6	+.050	+2.1	+2.3	+.099
Jaren Jackson Jr.	11	23.5	14.4	1.5	4.1	5.6	1.1	1.1	1.6	1.4	3.8	4.8	11.4	.424	1.5	5.5	.283	3.2	3.8	.833
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	+3.1	+7.1	+1.1	+2.2	+3.3	+1.8	+0.1	+0.6	-0.7	-1.6	+2.3	+5.4	+.001	+0.8	+2.7	+.007	+1.7	+1.8	+.075
Jaren Jackson Jr.	5	27.4	13.6	1.8	3.8	5.6	1.0	1.0	1.2	0.8	4.2	4.6	10.8	.426	1.6	5.6	.286	2.8	3.2	.875

Season 4
	Alex Caruso	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West 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:	+20	+6.3	+9.9	+1.0	+1.9	+2.9	+1.7	+0.2	+2.0	-0.4	-1.6	+3.2	+8.0	+.021	+0.7	+2.7	+.082	+2.8	+3.1	+.178
Jaren Jackson Jr.	78	27.3	16.3	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.1	0.9	2.3	1.7	3.5	5.5	13.3	.415	1.6	5.1	.319	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	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:	+6	+7.5	+9.6	+1.9	+3.6	+5.5	+0.4	+0.6	+1.8	-0.2	-2.4	+2.6	+6.7	+.010	+1.5	+3.2	+.081	+3.0	+4.1	+.245
Jaren Jackson Jr.	12	27.7	15.4	2.2	4.6	6.8	0.9	0.8	2.5	1.4	4.4	4.9	13.0	.378	2.3	6.0	.375	3.3	4.4	.755

Season 5
	Alex Caruso	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West 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:	+22	+0.4	+11.2	+0.9	+2.2	+3.2	+3.0	+0.7	+2.6	-0.3	-1.0	+4.1	+6.8	+.108	+0.6	+1.4	+.022	+2.4	+3.1	+.007
Jaren Jackson Jr.	63	28.4	18.6	1.7	5.0	6.8	1.0	1.0	3.0	1.7	3.6	6.6	13.0	.506	1.6	4.5	.355	3.8	4.9	.788
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:	+2	+8.4	+11.7	+2.8	+2.2	+5.0	+2.8	+0.3	+1.0	-2.7	-1.2	+3.5	+8.0	+.031	+0.6	+0.3	+.109	+5.2	+6.0
Jaren Jackson Jr.	6	36.7	18.0	3.3	4.5	7.8	1.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	5.8	13.8	.422	1.2	4.2	.280	5.2	6.0	.861

Season 6
	Alex Caruso	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+1	+8.7	+16.9	+0.7	+1.9	+2.6	+0.6	+0.3	+0.9	-1.3	-1.2	+5.9	+13.3	+.011	+1.0	+3.2	+.044	+4.2	+5.2
Jaren Jackson Jr.	66	32.2	22.5	1.3	4.2	5.5	2.3	1.2	1.6	2.4	3.6	7.8	17.6	.444	1.8	5.5	.320	5.1	6.3	.808
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor Jaren Jackson Jr. played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Alex Caruso	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+3	+1.1	+12.1	+0.3	+1.4	+1.8	+1.5	+0.5	+0.5	-0.7	-1.0	+4.4	+8.8	+.020	+0.1	+0.6	+.033	+3.2	+4.0	+.021
Jaren Jackson Jr.	74	29.8	22.2	1.2	4.4	5.6	2.0	1.2	1.5	2.1	3.5	8.0	16.4	.488	2.0	5.3	.375	4.2	5.4	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jaren Jackson Jr.	4	34.3	16.0	2.3	2.8	5.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	2.8	3.5	5.5	14.5	.379	0.8	2.8	.273	4.3	5.0	.850