Alex Caruso vs. Kevin Durant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Durant 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, 9 less than Kevin Durant, who played 17. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Kevin Durant had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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	Kevin Durant
Season	2017-18	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
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:	+43	+19.4	+16.7	+0.5	+2.1	+2.6	+0.4	+0.4	+0.6	-1.8	-0.1	+5.9	+14.0	+.001	+0.3	+1.4	+.014	+4.3	+4.8	+.173
Kevin Durant	80	34.6	20.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.4	1.0	0.9	2.9	1.5	7.3	17.1	.430	0.7	2.6	.288	4.9	5.6	.873
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor Kevin Durant played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Alex Caruso	Kevin Durant
Season	2019-20	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder 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:	+18	+21.1	+24.6	+1.0	+4.6	+5.7	+0.9	+0.3	+0.7	-2.5	-0.6	+7.8	+15.8	+.064	+1.0	+2.4	+.032	+8.1	+8.7	+.166
Kevin Durant	82	39.5	30.1	1.3	6.3	7.6	2.8	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.1	9.7	20.3	.476	1.6	4.3	.365	9.2	10.2	.900
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:	+15	+14.2	+18.5	+0.6	+4.7	+5.4	+0.5	+0.6	+0.7	-2.2	-0.2	+4.9	+15.1	+.075	+0.9	+2.9	+.007	+7.9	+8.9	+.071
Kevin Durant	6	38.5	25.0	1.3	6.3	7.7	2.3	0.5	1.3	3.7	2.8	7.2	20.5	.350	1.7	5.8	.286	9.0	10.3	.871

Season 4
	Alex Caruso	Kevin Durant
Season	2020-21	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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	+17.9	+21.3	+0.2	+3.7	+3.9	+0.1		+0.7	-1.5	-0.1	+6.8	+14.4	+.026	+1.0	+2.9	+.051	+6.8	+7.4	+.235
Kevin Durant	78	38.9	27.7	0.7	6.1	6.8	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.8	2.0	9.1	19.7	.462	1.9	5.3	.350	7.6	8.7	.880
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:	+11	+22.3	+22.8	+0.8	+6.1	+6.9	+2.3	+0.7	+0.4	-1.3	-1.1	+6.8	+14.0	+.081	+1.4	+3.6	+.045	+7.9	+9.5	+.162
Kevin Durant	17	42.5	28.6	1.1	7.1	8.2	2.8	0.9	1.1	2.5	3.1	9.1	20.3	.449	2.2	6.4	.339	8.2	9.8	.838

Season 5
	Alex Caruso	Kevin Durant
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+25	+10.6	+20.6	+0.2	+4.6	+4.4	+0.5	+0.4	+0.8	-2.4	-0.6	+7.2	+13.5	+.098	+1.0	+2.1	+.054	+5.1	+5.8	+.065
Kevin Durant	66	38.6	28.0	0.6	7.4	8.0	3.5	1.3	1.2	3.8	2.0	9.7	19.7	.496	2.0	5.2	.387	6.5	7.6	.860
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:	+16	+13.6	+22.2	+0.2	+4.5	+4.6	+0.6	+0.2	+0.2	-2.9	-0.2	+7.6	+13.4	+.126	+0.3	+1.0	+.016	+6.7	+7.7
Kevin Durant	20	41.9	28.5	0.7	6.8	7.4	3.7	1.5	1.2	3.2	2.6	9.9	19.2	.517	2.1	5.5	.373	6.7	7.7	.864

Season 6
	Alex Caruso	Kevin Durant
Season	2022-23	2012-13
Team	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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:	+14	+15.0	+22.5		+5.0	+5.0	+1.7	+0.1	+0.6	-2.4	-0.6	+7.1	+13.4	+.055	+0.9	+1.8	+.052	+7.5	+8.2	+.097
Kevin Durant	81	38.5	28.1	0.6	7.3	7.9	4.6	1.4	1.3	3.5	1.8	9.0	17.7	.510	1.7	4.1	.416	8.4	9.3	.905
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	11	44.1	30.8	0.6	8.4	9.0	6.3	1.3	1.1	3.9	2.4	10.2	22.4	.455	2.0	6.4	.314	8.5	10.2	.830

Season 7
	Alex Caruso	Kevin Durant
Season	2023-24	2013-14
Team	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+10	+9.8	+21.9	+0.2	+3.7	+3.6	+2.0	+0.4	+0.3	-2.1	-0.4	+6.9	+13.2	+.035	+0.5	+1.4	+.017	+7.7	+8.5	+.113
Kevin Durant	81	38.5	32.0	0.7	6.7	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	3.5	2.1	10.5	20.8	.503	2.4	6.1	.391	8.7	9.9	.873
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Durant	19	42.9	29.6	1.3	7.6	8.9	3.9	1.0	1.3	3.8	2.2	10.2	22.2	.460	2.3	6.6	.344	6.9	8.6	.810

Season 8
	Alex Caruso	Kevin Durant
Season	2024-25	2014-15
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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:	+27	+14.5	+18.3	+0.1	+3.8	+3.7	+1.6	+0.7	+0.3	-2.0	-0.4	+6.2	+11.5	+.064	+1.3	+2.8	+.050	+4.6	+5.4	+.030
Kevin Durant	27	33.8	25.4	0.6	6.0	6.6	4.1	0.9	0.9	2.7	1.5	8.8	17.3	.510	2.4	5.9	.403	5.4	6.3	.854
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
Kevin Durant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Kevin Durant played 9 seasons more than Alex Caruso in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 17, from 2016 to 2025—Kevin Durant played in 8 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 9 extra years over Alex Caruso, Kevin Durant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 5 All-NBA Second Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 9 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP