Alex Caruso vs. Jrue Holiday Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jrue Holiday 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 Jrue Holiday, who played 16. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Jrue Holiday had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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	Jrue Holiday
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+1	+15.4	+8.0	+0.6	+0.7	+1.4	+2.6	+0.5		-1.3	-0.6	+3.6	+8.3	+.020	+0.4	+0.7	+.047	+0.3	+0.3	+.049
Jrue Holiday	65	33.8	13.5	0.9	2.4	3.3	4.5	1.6	0.3	2.1	2.1	5.5	12.8	.432	1.0	2.6	.380	1.4	1.8	.783
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:	+8	+13.7	+9.3	+0.6	+1.8	+2.4	+2.4	+0.4		-0.5	-0.8	+3.4	+8.4	+.012	+0.7	+0.9	+.129	+1.8	+2.0	+.064
Jrue Holiday	13	38.0	15.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.2	1.5	0.6	2.0	1.8	5.7	13.8	.413	1.5	3.8	.408	2.9	3.4	.864

Season 4
	Alex Caruso	Jrue Holiday
Season	2020-21	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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	+16.5	+11.3	+0.6	+0.7	+1.3	+5.2	+0.5	+0.1	-2.4	-0.3	+4.8	+11.2	+.005	+0.3	+0.8	+.033	+1.5	+1.8	+.107
Jrue Holiday	78	37.5	17.7	1.1	3.1	4.2	8.0	1.6	0.4	3.7	2.2	7.1	16.5	.431	1.2	3.2	.368	2.3	3.1	.752
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
Jrue Holiday	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Alex Caruso	Jrue Holiday
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+27	+9.1	+9.2	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+4.0	+0.1	+0.1	-1.2	-0.4	+4.1	+9.1	+.009	+0.5	+1.1	+.014	+0.7	+0.8	+.047
Jrue Holiday	40	32.6	14.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	6.9	1.6	0.6	2.3	2.8	6.0	13.4	.446	1.3	3.4	.378	1.6	1.9	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jrue Holiday	3	18.3	6.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	4.3	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.0	2.3	6.3	.368	0.3	1.3	.250	1.3	1.3	1.000

Season 7
	Alex Caruso	Jrue Holiday
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Pelicans
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:	+6	+0.5	+6.7	+0.5	+0.4	+0.8	+2.5	+0.3	+0.7	-1.2	-0.2	+2.7	+6.8	+.029	+0.6	+0.7	+.072	+1.8	+1.9	+.083
Jrue Holiday	65	28.2	16.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.0	1.4	0.3	2.6	2.3	6.3	14.4	.439	1.3	4.0	.336	2.8	3.3	.843
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor Jrue Holiday played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Alex Caruso	Jrue Holiday
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+13	+13.4	+8.3		+1.1	+1.0	+4.8	+0.1	+0.1	-2.2	-0.1	+3.4	+7.5	+.008	+0.4	+1.1	+.003	+1.0	+1.6	+.116
Jrue Holiday	67	32.7	15.4	0.7	3.3	3.9	7.3	1.5	0.7	2.9	2.0	6.0	13.3	.454	1.5	4.2	.356	1.8	2.5	.708
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
Jrue Holiday	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Jrue Holiday played 8 seasons more than Alex Caruso in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 16, from 2018 to 2025—Jrue Holiday played in 6 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Alex Caruso, Jrue Holiday got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game