Alex Caruso vs. Pau Gasol Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pau Gasol 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, 10 less than Pau Gasol, who played 18. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Pau Gasol had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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	Pau Gasol
Season	2017-18	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
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:	+45	+21.5	+14.0	+2.5	+4.6	+7.1	+0.7	+0.1	+1.8	-1.6	-1.0	+5.3	+9.9	+.087	+0.4	+1.1	+.102	+3.5	+5.0	+.009
Pau Gasol	82	36.7	17.6	2.9	6.0	8.9	2.7	0.5	2.1	2.7	2.4	6.7	13.0	.518	0.0	0.1	.200	4.1	5.8	.709
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor Pau Gasol played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Alex Caruso	Pau Gasol
Season	2019-20	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Grizzlies 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:	+14	+13.1	+12.2	+2.3	+3.4	+5.8	+0.6	+0.5	+1.4	-1.6	-0.9	+4.6	+8.9	+.070	+0.5	+1.7	+.066	+3.6	+5.1	+.020
Pau Gasol	78	31.5	17.7	2.6	5.1	7.7	2.5	0.6	1.7	2.4	2.4	6.5	13.4	.482	0.1	0.2	.267	4.7	6.6	.714
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:	+17	+9.2	+12.0	+0.3	+2.4	+2.7	+0.3	+0.1	+0.9	-0.2	-0.1	+4.7	+6.9	+.146	+0.8	+2.9		+3.4	+3.6	+.100
Pau Gasol	4	33.5	18.5	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	1.3	2.5	7.0	12.3	.571	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	5.0	.900

Season 5
	Alex Caruso	Pau Gasol
Season	2021-22	2005-06
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies 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:	+39	+11.2	+13.0	+1.6	+3.7	+5.3	+0.6	+1.1	+1.5	-1.5	-0.3	+5.0	+8.7	+.105	+1.0	+2.9	+.083	+3.9	+5.9	+.106
Pau Gasol	80	39.2	20.4	2.4	6.5	8.9	4.6	0.6	1.9	2.9	2.3	7.5	14.9	.503	0.0	0.2	.250	5.3	7.7	.689
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:		+11.2	+14.0	+0.5	+3.5	+4.0	+1.3	+0.8	+0.3	-2.5		+5.0	+11.0	+.042	+1.8	+4.2	+.389	+5.8	+7.5
Pau Gasol	4	39.5	20.3	1.0	5.8	6.8	3.0	0.5	1.3	2.8	2.8	7.3	16.8	.433	0.0	0.3	.000	5.8	7.5	.767

Season 6
	Alex Caruso	Pau Gasol
Season	2022-23	2006-07
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies
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:	+8	+12.7	+15.2	+1.9	+5.0	+6.9	+0.5	+1.0	+1.4	-1.6	-0.1	+5.9	+10.2	+.083	+0.7	+2.1	+.091	+4.2	+5.7	+.060
Pau Gasol	59	36.2	20.8	2.5	7.3	9.8	3.4	0.5	2.1	2.7	2.3	7.8	14.5	.538	0.1	0.2	.273	5.1	6.8	.748
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor Pau Gasol played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Alex Caruso	Pau Gasol
Season	2023-24	2007-08
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA 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:	+5	+6.9	+8.8	+1.4	+3.0	+4.6	+0.3	+1.2	+0.5	-0.5	-0.4	+3.6	+5.9	+.066	+1.8	+4.5	+.158	+3.4	+4.1	+.047
Pau Gasol	66	35.6	18.9	2.3	6.0	8.4	3.2	0.5	1.5	1.9	2.1	7.2	13.5	.534	0.1	0.2	.250	4.4	5.5	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	21	39.8	16.9	2.6	6.7	9.3	4.0	0.5	1.9	2.1	2.9	6.7	12.7	.530	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.692

Season 8
	Alex Caruso	Pau Gasol
Season	2024-25	2008-09
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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	+17.7	+11.8	+2.5	+4.2	+6.7	+1.0	+1.0	+0.4	-1.2	-0.2	+4.7	+7.1	+.121	+1.1	+3.1		+3.4	+4.5	+.043
Pau Gasol	81	37.0	18.9	3.2	6.4	9.6	3.5	0.6	1.0	1.9	2.1	7.3	12.9	.567	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.4	.781
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:		+16.1	+9.1	+2.3	+5.9	+8.1	+0.3	+1.2	+1.4	-1.1	-0.3	+3.9	+5.0	+.130	+1.6	+3.9		+3.0	+4.4	+.081
Pau Gasol	23	40.5	18.3	3.0	7.9	10.8	2.5	0.8	2.0	1.9	3.0	7.0	12.0	.580	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	6.1	.714

Additional Years
* Pau Gasol played 10 seasons more than Alex Caruso in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 18, from 2010 to 2019—Pau Gasol played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Alex Caruso, Pau Gasol got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game