Alex Caruso vs. Peja Stojakovic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Peja Stojakovic 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, 4 less than Peja Stojakovic, who played 13. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Peja Stojakovic had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2019-20	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings Lost West 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:	+11	+20.3	+14.9	+0.9	+2.8	+3.9	+0.3	+0.1	+0.1	-1.1	-0.4	+5.6	+11.4	+.058	+1.3	+2.9	+.067	+2.5	+2.7	+.122
Peja Stojakovic	75	38.7	20.4	1.2	4.5	5.8	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.9	1.9	7.5	15.9	.470	1.9	4.8	.400	3.6	4.2	.856
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:	+13	+14.2	+15.1	+1.4	+2.7	+4.1	+2.4	+0.5	+0.2	-0.8	-0.5	+4.2	+10.6	+.019	+0.3	+0.4	+.067	+6.4	+6.4	+.168
Peja Stojakovic	8	38.5	21.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	2.3	2.1	6.5	16.0	.406	1.1	3.3	.346	7.5	7.8	.968

Season 4
	Alex Caruso	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2020-21	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings 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:	+13	+16.3	+14.8	+0.5	+1.8	+2.4	+0.3		+0.1	-0.7	-0.2	+5.4	+10.6	+.048	+0.9	+2.0	+.015	+3.2	+3.2	+.231
Peja Stojakovic	71	37.3	21.2	1.0	4.2	5.3	2.5	1.1	0.2	2.0	1.7	7.7	15.9	.484	1.8	4.4	.416	4.0	4.5	.876
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:	+4	+13.6	+9.0	+1.3	+3.7	+5.0	+0.5	+0.3	+0.7	-0.7	-0.2	+2.7	+7.0	+.008	+0.5	+2.0	+.023	+3.2	+3.6	+.103
Peja Stojakovic	10	33.8	14.8	1.6	4.7	6.3	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.9	2.2	5.0	13.3	.376	1.3	4.8	.271	3.5	3.9	.897

Season 5
	Alex Caruso	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2021-22	2002-03
Team	Chicago Bulls	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+31	+6.0	+11.8		+1.9	+1.9	+2.0	+0.7	+0.3		-0.6	+4.4	+8.2	+.083	+1.2	+2.5	+.049	+1.8	+1.9	+.080
Peja Stojakovic	72	34.0	19.2	0.8	4.7	5.5	2.0	1.0	0.1	1.4	2.0	6.9	14.4	.481	2.2	5.6	.382	3.2	3.7	.875
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:	+8	+12.2	+16.8	+0.9	+3.2	+4.1	+1.8	+0.5	+0.6	-0.7		+5.8	+11.0	+.089	+0.9	+1.3	+.068	+4.3	+5.0
Peja Stojakovic	12	40.5	23.1	1.4	5.5	6.9	2.5	0.8	0.4	1.0	2.8	8.1	16.8	.480	2.7	5.8	.457	4.3	5.0	.850

Season 6
	Alex Caruso	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2022-23	2003-04
Team	Chicago Bulls	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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	+16.8	+18.6	+0.5	+2.8	+3.4	+0.8	+0.2	+0.5	-0.8	-0.4	+6.3	+12.8	+.025	+2.2	+4.5	+.069	+4.0	+4.1	+.119
Peja Stojakovic	81	40.3	24.2	1.1	5.1	6.3	2.1	1.3	0.2	1.9	2.0	8.2	17.1	.480	3.0	6.8	.433	4.9	5.2	.927
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peja Stojakovic	12	43.1	17.5	1.3	5.8	7.0	1.5	1.8	0.3	1.2	2.2	6.3	16.5	.384	1.9	6.1	.315	2.9	3.3	.897

Season 7
	Alex Caruso	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2023-24	2004-05
Team	Chicago Bulls	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+9.7	+10.0		+0.4	+0.5	+1.4	+0.5	+0.8	-0.1	-0.1	+3.2	+7.8	+.024	+0.7	+1.9	+.006	+2.8	+2.8	+.160
Peja Stojakovic	66	38.4	20.1	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.1	1.2	0.2	1.5	2.4	6.8	15.4	.444	2.6	6.6	.402	3.8	4.2	.920
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peja Stojakovic	5	40.4	22.0	1.2	4.0	5.2	1.4	0.8	0.2	0.4	3.0	7.8	16.6	.470	2.2	6.0	.367	4.2	4.4	.955

Season 8
	Alex Caruso	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2024-25	2005-06
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East 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:	+17	+17.3	+11.1	+0.4	+2.5	+2.9	+0.6	+1.0	+0.5	-0.8	-0.5	+3.7	+8.5	+.009	+1.2	+2.6	+.048	+2.6	+2.8	+.091
Peja Stojakovic	71	36.6	18.2	1.1	4.7	5.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.5	2.4	6.3	14.3	.437	2.3	5.7	.401	3.4	3.7	.915
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	+1.1	+1.8	+0.7	+2.5	+1.8	+0.2	+1.5	+0.1	-0.3	-0.7	+0.9	+2.0	+.006	+1.6	+2.4	+.411	+1.7	+1.8	+.062
Peja Stojakovic	2	25.5	11.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	4.0	9.0	.444	0.0	1.5	.000	3.0	3.5	.857