Alex Caruso vs. Tyson Chandler Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyson Chandler 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, 11 less than Tyson Chandler, who played 19. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Tyson Chandler 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.

Season 3
	Alex Caruso	Tyson Chandler
Season	2019-20	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
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:	+29	+3.9	+0.6	+2.0	+3.7	+5.8	+1.2	+0.6	+0.9	-0.3	-1.0			+.012	+0.6	+1.9		+1.2	+1.9	+.065
Tyson Chandler	35	22.3	6.1	2.3	5.4	7.7	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.1	2.5	1.9	4.5	.424	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.669
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
Tyson Chandler	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Alex Caruso	Tyson Chandler
Season	2022-23	2006-07
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
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:	+6	+11.1	+3.9	+3.8	+5.7	+9.5	+2.0	+1.0	+1.1	-0.6	-0.9	+2.1	+2.1	+.169	+0.8	+2.3		+0.6	+1.7	+.281
Tyson Chandler	73	34.6	9.5	4.4	8.0	12.4	0.9	0.5	1.8	1.7	3.3	4.0	6.4	.624	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.8	.527
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor Tyson Chandler played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Alex Caruso	Tyson Chandler
Season	2023-24	2007-08
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+8	+6.5	+1.7	+3.2	+4.7	+7.9	+2.5	+1.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.6	+1.2	+0.1	+.155	+1.9	+4.7		+1.2	+2.3	+.167
Tyson Chandler	79	35.2	11.8	4.1	7.7	11.7	1.0	0.6	1.1	1.7	3.1	4.8	7.7	.623	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.7	.593
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyson Chandler	12	34.3	8.0	3.8	6.5	10.3	0.4	0.4	1.7	0.8	3.6	3.6	5.7	.632	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.625

Season 8
	Alex Caruso	Tyson Chandler
Season	2024-25	2008-09
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hornets Lost West 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:	+9	+12.8	+1.7	+2.9	+2.9	+5.8	+2.0	+1.3	+0.6	-0.9	-1.3	+1.0	+0.5	+.119	+1.1	+3.1		+0.9	+2.1	+.245
Tyson Chandler	45	32.1	8.8	3.6	5.1	8.7	0.5	0.3	1.2	1.6	3.2	3.6	6.3	.565	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.0	.579
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:	+19	+0.9	+5.4	+1.3	+1.3	+2.6	+1.7	+1.5	+0.3	-1.2	-1.6	+1.6	+4.0	+.050	+1.6	+3.9		+0.5	+0.2	+.295
Tyson Chandler	4	23.5	3.8	2.0	3.3	5.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	2.0	4.3	1.5	3.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.500

Additional Years
* Tyson Chandler played 11 seasons more than Alex Caruso in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 19, from 2010 to 2020—Tyson Chandler played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Alex Caruso, Tyson Chandler got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 All-Star Game