Shane Battier vs. Alex Caruso Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex Caruso and Shane Battier, 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.

Shane Battier played 13 years in the NBA, 6 more than Alex Caruso, who played 7. Shane Battier had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, 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
Shane Battier	13	10	2001-02 to 2013-14
Alex Caruso	7	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Shane Battier	Alex Caruso
Season	2001-02	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Shane Battier	78	39.7	14.4	2.3	3.1	5.4	2.8	1.6	1.0	2.0	2.8	5.3	12.3	.429	1.3	3.5	.373	2.5	3.6	.700
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		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Shane Battier	Alex Caruso
Season	2002-03	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Shane Battier	78	30.6	9.7	1.6	2.8	4.4	1.3	1.3	1.1	0.9	2.7	3.5	7.3	.483	1.1	2.8	.398	1.5	1.9	.828
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		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Shane Battier	Alex Caruso
Season	2003-04	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Shane Battier	79	24.6	8.5	1.3	2.5	3.8	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.7	2.4	3.1	6.9	.446	0.8	2.4	.349	1.5	2.1	.732
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		%
Shane Battier	4	18.0	4.8	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	4.3	1.5	3.8	.400	0.8	1.8	.429	1.0	1.5	.667
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
	Shane Battier	Alex Caruso
Season	2004-05	2020-21
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Shane Battier	80	31.5	9.9	2.0	3.2	5.2	1.6	1.1	1.0	0.9	2.5	3.4	7.7	.442	0.9	2.2	.395	2.3	2.9	.789
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		%
Shane Battier	4	29.5	7.3	2.5	4.3	6.8	1.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.5	3.3	7.8	.419	0.3	1.8	.143	0.5	1.3	.400
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
	Shane Battier	Alex Caruso
Season	2005-06	2021-22
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Shane Battier	81	35.0	10.1	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.7	1.1	1.4	1.1	2.8	3.7	7.7	.488	0.8	2.0	.394	1.8	2.6	.707
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		%
Shane Battier	4	32.3	6.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.0	4.0	2.5	5.0	.500	0.5	1.8	.286	0.5	1.5	.333
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
	Shane Battier	Alex Caruso
Season	2006-07	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Shane Battier	82	36.4	10.1	0.8	3.3	4.1	2.1	1.0	0.7	0.9	2.3	3.6	8.0	.446	1.9	4.5	.421	1.1	1.4	.779
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		%
Shane Battier	7	38.9	10.3	0.4	2.1	2.6	2.1	1.7	1.0	1.1	2.9	3.3	7.3	.451	2.7	6.1	.442	1.0	1.1	.875
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Shane Battier	Alex Caruso
Season	2007-08	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Shane Battier	80	36.3	9.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	1.9	1.0	1.1	1.0	2.5	3.3	7.7	.428	1.7	4.6	.377	0.9	1.3	.743
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		%
Shane Battier	6	41.0	10.0	1.2	2.7	3.8	0.5	1.0	0.8	1.3	3.2	3.3	7.5	.444	2.0	4.2	.480	1.3	1.8	.727
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Shane Battier	Alex Caruso
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Shane Battier	60	33.9	7.3	0.9	3.9	4.8	2.3	0.8	0.9	0.8	1.9	2.4	5.9	.410	1.5	4.0	.384	0.9	1.1	.821
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	13	38.2	8.1	1.6	3.3	4.9	2.4	1.1	0.7	1.2	2.5	2.5	6.2	.407	1.3	4.2	.315	1.7	1.8	.957
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Shane Battier	Alex Caruso
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Shane Battier	67	32.4	8.0	1.1	3.6	4.7	2.4	0.8	1.1	1.0	2.1	2.7	6.7	.398	1.5	4.2	.362	1.1	1.6	.726
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Shane Battier	Alex Caruso
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Shane Battier	82	29.0	7.6	1.1	3.5	4.5	2.3	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.9	2.8	6.2	.450	1.2	3.3	.382	0.8	1.1	.688
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	13	26.1	5.5	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.1	2.2	5.1	.439	0.6	2.2	.276	0.5	0.7	.667
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Shane Battier	Alex Caruso
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Shane Battier	65	23.1	4.8	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.3	1.0	0.5	0.6	1.6	1.7	4.5	.387	1.0	2.8	.339	0.4	0.6	.622
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	23	33.4	7.0	0.7	2.6	3.2	1.2	1.0	0.6	0.7	3.0	2.3	6.1	.379	1.8	4.8	.382	0.6	0.7	.813
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Shane Battier	Alex Caruso
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Shane Battier	72	24.8	6.6	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.1	5.0	.420	1.9	4.4	.430	0.4	0.5	.842
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	22	17.8	4.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.2	2.2	1.2	4.2	.290	1.2	4.0	.295	1.0	1.3	.821
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Shane Battier	Alex Caruso
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	73	20.1	4.1	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.3	1.7	1.4	3.8	.382	1.0	2.9	.348	0.2	0.3	.652
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shane Battier	16	12.6	2.3	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.4	0.8	1.6	.462	0.6	1.3	.450	0.3	0.3	.800
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Shane Battier vs. Alex Caruso Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex Caruso and Shane Battier, 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

Season 12

Season 13