Alex Caruso vs. Jason Kidd Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Kidd 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, 10 less than Jason Kidd, who played 19. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Jason Kidd 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	Jason Kidd
Season	2017-18	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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:	+42	+18.6	+8.1	+1.5	+2.1	+3.6	+5.7	+1.3		-2.1	-0.4	+2.8	+7.7	+.046	+0.5	+2.1	+.030	+1.8	+2.7	+.002
Jason Kidd	79	33.8	11.7	1.9	3.5	5.4	7.7	1.9	0.3	3.2	1.8	4.2	10.8	.385	0.9	3.3	.272	2.4	3.5	.698
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor Jason Kidd played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Alex Caruso	Jason Kidd
Season	2018-19	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+56	+16.3	+7.4	+1.7	+2.4	+4.1	+6.6	+1.2	+0.1	-2.3	-0.3	+3.0	+9.1	+.064	+0.6	+2.9	+.144	+0.8	+1.5	+.105
Jason Kidd	81	37.5	16.6	2.5	4.3	6.8	9.7	2.2	0.3	4.0	1.9	6.1	16.0	.381	1.6	4.9	.336	2.8	4.1	.692
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor Jason Kidd played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Alex Caruso	Jason Kidd
Season	2019-20	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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:	+9	+17.3	+5.4	+0.9	+1.7	+2.6	+7.1	+1.2	+0.1	-1.8	-0.6	+2.0	+5.1	+.009	+0.5	+1.1	+.037	+0.9	+1.5	+.055
Jason Kidd	55	35.7	10.9	1.2	3.4	4.5	9.0	2.3	0.4	2.6	2.1	3.9	9.6	.403	1.1	3.0	.370	2.0	3.0	.679
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	+17.3	+5.5	+0.1	+3.6	+3.7	+7.0	+1.1	+0.2	-1.1	-0.4	+1.9	+5.2	+.029	+0.8	+1.5	+.085	+0.9	+2.4	+.274
Jason Kidd	5	41.6	12.0	0.8	5.2	6.0	9.8	2.2	0.4	2.6	2.2	4.2	10.6	.396	1.6	4.4	.364	2.0	3.8	.526

Season 4
	Alex Caruso	Jason Kidd
Season	2020-21	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+17.0	+5.2	+0.8	+2.5	+3.3	+6.3	+0.9		-1.9	-0.2	+2.1	+5.2	+.020		+0.4	+.088	+1.2	+1.2	+.154
Jason Kidd	82	38.0	11.6	1.3	4.9	6.2	9.1	2.0	0.3	3.2	1.7	4.4	10.5	.416	0.9	2.8	.313	2.0	2.5	.799
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:	+2	+22.6	+8.5	+1.0	+3.5	+4.5	+7.3	+3.8	+0.2	-1.8	-1.3	+3.2	+8.2	+.011	+0.8	+1.0	+.294	+3.0	+3.7	+.187
Jason Kidd	4	42.8	14.3	1.3	4.5	5.8	7.8	4.0	0.5	3.0	3.3	5.5	14.5	.379	0.0	1.8	.000	3.3	4.0	.813

Season 5
	Alex Caruso	Jason Kidd
Season	2021-22	1998-99
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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:	+9	+13.2	+9.5	+0.9	+2.2	+3.2	+6.8	+0.6		-1.6	-0.4	+3.7	+7.8	+.046	+0.1	+0.6	+.033	+2.2	+3.0	+.038
Jason Kidd	50	41.2	16.9	1.7	5.0	6.8	10.8	2.3	0.4	3.0	2.2	6.2	14.0	.444	0.9	2.5	.366	3.6	4.8	.757
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	+13.7	+8.7	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+6.0	+0.4	+0.7	-2.7	-1.2	+3.7	+8.5	+.028	+0.5	+0.8	+.139	+1.7	+2.3
Jason Kidd	3	42.0	15.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	10.3	1.7	0.3	3.0	4.0	6.0	14.3	.419	1.3	5.3	.250	1.7	2.3	.714

Season 6
	Alex Caruso	Jason Kidd
Season	2022-23	1999-00
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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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:		+15.5	+8.7	+0.8	+3.5	+4.3	+7.2	+0.5	+0.3	-2.3	-0.2	+3.3	+8.5	+.046		+0.2	+.027	+2.1	+2.6	+.021
Jason Kidd	67	39.0	14.3	1.4	5.8	7.2	10.1	2.0	0.4	3.4	2.2	5.2	12.8	.409	0.8	2.5	.337	3.0	3.7	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Kidd	6	38.0	9.8	1.3	5.3	6.7	8.8	1.8	0.2	3.8	2.3	3.7	9.2	.400	1.3	3.7	.364	1.2	1.5	.778

Season 7
	Alex Caruso	Jason Kidd
Season	2023-24	2000-01
Team	Chicago Bulls	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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:	+6	+11.1	+6.8	+0.3	+2.2	+2.6	+6.3	+0.5	+0.7	-2.3	-0.3	+2.3	+6.6	+.057	+1.0	+1.7	+.111	+3.3	+3.8	+.054
Jason Kidd	77	39.8	16.9	1.2	5.2	6.4	9.8	2.2	0.3	3.7	2.2	5.9	14.2	.411	0.9	3.0	.297	4.3	5.2	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Kidd	4	41.5	14.3	2.3	3.8	6.0	13.3	2.0	0.0	3.0	3.3	5.5	17.3	.319	1.0	4.3	.235	2.3	3.0	.750

Season 8
	Alex Caruso	Jason Kidd
Season	2024-25	2001-02
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets 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:	+28	+18.0	+7.6	+0.9	+3.5	+4.4	+7.4	+0.5	+0.4	-2.8	-0.2	+2.8	+8.1	+.055	+0.3	+1.3	+.032	+1.7	+2.1	+.010
Jason Kidd	82	37.3	14.7	1.6	5.7	7.3	9.9	2.1	0.2	3.5	1.7	5.4	13.9	.391	1.4	4.4	.321	2.5	3.0	.814
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:	+3	+15.9	+10.4	+1.4	+4.1	+5.5	+6.9	+0.3	+0.2	-2.6	-0.7	+4.3	+10.7	+.035	+0.7	+0.6	+.222	+2.7	+3.3	+.013
Jason Kidd	20	40.3	19.6	2.1	6.1	8.2	9.1	1.7	0.4	3.4	2.0	7.4	17.7	.415	0.9	4.5	.189	4.0	5.0	.808

Season 9
	Alex Caruso	Jason Kidd
Season	2025-26	2002-03
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost NBA Finals

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9th 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	2	27.0	8.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	2.5	7.0	.357	2.0	5.5	.364	1.0	1.0	1.000
difference:	+78	+10.4	+10.7	+0.9	+3.4	+4.3	+5.9	+0.2	+0.7	-3.2	-0.1	+3.9	+8.6	+.057	+0.4	+0.9	+.023	+3.2	+4.0	+.159
Jason Kidd	80	37.4	18.7	1.4	4.9	6.3	8.9	2.2	0.3	3.7	1.6	6.4	15.6	.414	1.6	4.6	.341	4.2	5.0	.841
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Kidd	20	42.6	20.1	1.8	5.9	7.7	8.2	1.8	0.2	4.0	2.3	6.9	17.1	.402	1.7	5.2	.327	4.7	5.7	.825

Additional Years
* Jason Kidd played 10 seasons more than Alex Caruso in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 19, from 2004 to 2013—Jason Kidd played in 10 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Alex Caruso, Jason Kidd got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Assists Leader 4 All-Star Game