Alex Caruso vs. JaVale McGee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of JaVale McGee 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, 8 less than JaVale McGee, who played 16. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while JaVale McGee had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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	JaVale McGee
Season	2019-20	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+15	+9.4	+4.6	+2.5	+3.5	+6.1	+1.4	+0.6	+2.1	-0.5	-1.4	+2.3	+3.1	+.138	+0.6	+1.9		+0.6	+1.4	+.151
JaVale McGee	79	27.8	10.1	2.8	5.2	8.0	0.5	0.5	2.4	1.3	2.9	4.2	7.6	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.9	.583
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
JaVale McGee	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Alex Caruso	JaVale McGee
Season	2022-23	2013-14
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
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:	+62	+7.7	+1.4	+1.4	+0.9	+0.5	+2.5	+1.3	+0.7	-0.5	-0.8	+1.5	+3.3	+.008	+0.8	+2.3		+0.7	+0.9	+.192
JaVale McGee	5	15.8	7.0	2.0	1.4	3.4	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.2	3.4	7.6	.447	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor JaVale McGee played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Alex Caruso	JaVale McGee
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
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:	+48	+17.6	+5.5	+0.1	+1.1	+1.1	+3.4	+1.6	+0.1	-0.6	-1.2	+1.8	+4.2	+.064	+1.9	+4.7				+.093
JaVale McGee	23	11.1	4.6	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.8	3.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.667
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor JaVale McGee played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Alex Caruso	JaVale McGee
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+8.4	+2.0	+0.9	+0.2	+1.0	+2.4	+1.5	+0.2	-0.1	-0.5	+0.3	+1.9	+.129	+1.1	+3.1		+0.3	+0.2	+.324
JaVale McGee	34	10.9	5.1	1.6	2.4	3.9	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.3	3.9	.575	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.1	.500
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:	+21	+17.4	+7.2	+0.3	+1.5	+1.2	+2.2	+1.5	+0.6	-0.7	-1.2	+2.6	+6.0	+.050	+1.6	+3.9		+0.3	+1.3	+.462
JaVale McGee	2	7.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	3.0	.333