B.J. Armstrong vs. Alex Caruso Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex Caruso and B.J. Armstrong, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

B.J. Armstrong played 11 years in the NBA, 4 more than Alex Caruso, who played 7. B.J. Armstrong had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Alex Caruso had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
B.J. Armstrong	11	8	1989-90 to 1999-00
Alex Caruso	7	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	B.J. Armstrong	Alex Caruso
Season	1989-90	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	81	15.9	5.6	0.2	1.0	1.3	2.5	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.8	.485	0.0	0.1	.500	0.9	1.0	.885
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	16	13.6	4.0	0.2	1.1	1.3	1.8	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.4	1.3	3.9	.339	0.0	0.3	.000	1.4	1.5	.917
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	B.J. Armstrong	Alex Caruso
Season	1990-91	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	82	21.1	8.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.7	0.9	0.0	1.3	1.4	3.7	7.7	.481	0.2	0.4	.500	1.2	1.4	.874
Alex Caruso	25	21.2	9.2	0.8	1.9	2.7	3.1	1.0	0.4	1.7	2.2	3.1	6.9	.445	1.0	2.0	.480	2.0	2.6	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	17	16.1	5.5	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.5	1.1	0.1	0.8	0.8	2.1	4.1	.500	0.2	0.3	.600	1.2	1.5	.800
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	B.J. Armstrong	Alex Caruso
Season	1991-92	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	82	22.9	9.9	0.2	1.5	1.8	3.2	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.1	4.1	8.5	.481	0.4	1.1	.402	1.3	1.6	.806
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	22	19.7	7.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.5	2.9	6.3	.453	0.2	0.8	.294	1.4	1.7	.789
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


Season 4
	B.J. Armstrong	Alex Caruso
Season	1992-93	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	82	30.4	12.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.0	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.1	5.0	10.0	.499	0.8	1.7	.453	1.6	1.8	.861
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	19	33.8	11.4	0.3	1.2	1.5	3.3	1.0	0.1	0.7	2.6	4.6	8.8	.524	1.1	2.2	.512	1.1	1.2	.909
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


Season 5
	B.J. Armstrong	Alex Caruso
Season	1993-94	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	82	33.8	14.8	0.3	1.7	2.1	3.9	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.8	5.8	12.3	.476	0.7	1.6	.444	2.4	2.8	.855
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	10	36.0	15.3	0.2	2.2	2.4	2.5	0.8	0.0	0.9	2.1	5.5	10.6	.519	0.7	1.2	.583	3.6	4.4	.818
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	-


Season 6
	B.J. Armstrong	Alex Caruso
Season	1994-95	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	82	31.4	14.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.0	1.0	0.1	1.3	1.9	5.1	10.9	.468	1.3	3.1	.427	2.5	2.8	.884
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	10	28.8	10.3	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.7	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.1	3.6	7.9	.456	1.3	2.9	.448	1.8	2.2	.818
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	B.J. Armstrong	Alex Caruso
Season	1995-96	2023-24
Team	Golden State Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	82	27.6	12.3	0.3	2.0	2.2	4.9	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.8	4.1	8.9	.468	1.2	2.5	.473	2.9	3.4	.839
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	B.J. Armstrong	Alex Caruso
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	49	20.8	7.9	0.1	1.4	1.5	2.6	0.5	0.0	1.1	1.1	3.0	6.7	.453	0.5	1.8	.278	1.4	1.6	.861
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	B.J. Armstrong	Alex Caruso
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Golden State Warriors, Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	66	12.6	4.0	0.2	0.9	1.2	2.3	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.6	3.2	.493	0.1	0.5	.257	0.6	0.8	.840
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	9	16.2	4.1	0.2	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.2	1.8	4.7	.381	0.2	0.6	.400	0.3	0.4	.750
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	B.J. Armstrong	Alex Caruso
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	32	11.2	3.3	0.1	1.2	1.2	1.9	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.3	2.8	.455	0.2	0.5	.467	0.6	0.7	.857
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	2	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	B.J. Armstrong	Alex Caruso
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	27	21.6	7.4	0.1	1.7	1.7	2.9	0.3	0.0	1.5	1.3	3.1	6.9	.446	0.5	1.1	.448	0.8	0.9	.880
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
B.J. Armstrong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

B.J. Armstrong vs. Alex Caruso Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex Caruso and B.J. Armstrong, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11