Alex Caruso vs. Larry Drew Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Larry Drew 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, 1 less than Larry Drew, who played 10. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Larry Drew had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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	Larry Drew
Season	2019-20	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Kansas City Kings
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:	+11	+17.5	+14.6	+0.3	+0.5	+0.9	+6.2	+0.6	+0.2	-2.8	-1.3	+6.1	+11.7	+.080	+0.6	+1.7	+.208	+3.0	+3.5	+.086
Larry Drew	75	35.9	20.1	0.6	2.2	2.8	8.1	1.7	0.1	3.6	2.8	8.0	16.2	.492	0.0	0.2	.125	4.1	5.0	.820
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
Larry Drew	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Alex Caruso	Larry Drew
Season	2022-23	1985-86
Team	Chicago Bulls	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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:	+8	+2.8	+6.3	+0.3	+1.0	+1.2	+1.6	+0.6	+0.7	-0.7	-0.6	+3.1	+6.0	+.030	+0.7	+1.9	+.041	+0.8	+1.0	+.013
Larry Drew	75	26.3	11.9	0.3	1.3	1.7	4.5	0.9	0.0	1.8	1.8	5.0	10.3	.485	0.1	0.4	.323	1.7	2.1	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Larry Drew	3	18.7	10.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	4.7	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	4.7	8.3	.560	0.3	1.0	.333	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 7
	Alex Caruso	Larry Drew
Season	2023-24	1986-87
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+11	+2.6	+2.3	+0.5	+1.7	+2.1	+1.9	+0.7	+1.0	-1.1	-0.7	+1.3	+3.8	+.036	+1.7	+3.5	+.241	+1.3	+1.4	+.077
Larry Drew	60	26.1	12.4	0.4	1.3	1.7	5.4	1.0	0.0	2.5	1.8	4.9	11.4	.432	0.2	1.2	.167	2.3	2.8	.837
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor Larry Drew played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Alex Caruso	Larry Drew
Season	2024-25	1987-88
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+20	+8.1	+3.2	+0.4	+0.9	+1.3	+2.7	+0.7	+0.6	-1.4	-0.4	+1.8	+3.9	+.010	+0.7	+1.9	+.064	+0.3	+0.6	+.055
Larry Drew	74	27.4	10.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	5.2	0.9	0.0	2.1	1.5	4.4	9.7	.456	0.4	1.2	.289	1.1	1.5	.769
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
Larry Drew	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Larry Drew didn't play in 1988-89.