Tony Allen vs. Alex Caruso Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex Caruso and Tony Allen, 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.

Tony Allen played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Alex Caruso, who played 8. Tony Allen had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, 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 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
	Tony Allen	Alex Caruso
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Tony Allen	33	24.4	11.5	1.1	2.7	3.8	1.7	1.5	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.0	7.8	.514	0.2	1.0	.242	3.2	4.1	.784
difference:	+31	+6.0	+6.0	+0.8	+1.0	+1.9	+0.2	+0.4	+0.1	-1.5	-1.1	+2.1	+3.3	+.102	+0.4	+0.9	+.091	+2.1	+2.6	+.050
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		%
Tony Allen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tony Allen	Alex Caruso
Season	2007-08	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tony Allen	75	18.3	6.6	0.5	1.8	2.2	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.2	2.3	5.2	.434	0.2	0.8	.316	1.8	2.4	.762
difference:	+17	+2.7	+0.2		+0.6	+0.7	+1.3	+0.3		-0.2	-0.3		+0.1	+.002	+0.7	+1.6	+.085	+1.0	+1.1	+.117
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		%
Tony Allen	15	4.3	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.3	.400
difference:	+9	+15.9	+4.5	+0.2	+0.9	+1.1	+0.3	+0.1	+0.7	-1.1	-1.7	+1.7	+5.2	+.195	+0.8	+2.7	+.294	+0.2		+.600
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 6
	Tony Allen	Alex Caruso
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tony Allen	54	16.5	6.1	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.3	1.1	0.4	1.2	2.0	2.4	4.7	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.2	.605
difference:	+13	+7.0	+0.5	+0.4	+0.6	+0.2	+1.6	+0.4	+0.3	-0.1	-0.4	+0.5	+0.4	+.055	+0.8	+2.2	+.364	+0.4	+1.1	+.203
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		%
Tony Allen	24	16.3	5.1	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.7	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.4	2.0	4.1	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.5	.778
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Tony Allen	Alex Caruso
Season	2010-11	2023-24
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tony Allen	72	20.8	8.9	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.5	6.8	.510	0.1	0.3	.174	1.9	2.5	.753
difference:	+1	+7.9	+1.2	+0.1	+1.3	+1.1	+2.1	+0.1	+0.4	-0.2	-0.3	+0.1	+0.8	+.042	+1.8	+4.4	+.234	+0.9	+1.1	+.007
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		%
Tony Allen	13	26.9	8.8	1.2	1.8	2.9	1.5	1.9	0.4	1.8	3.3	3.3	7.8	.426	0.1	0.5	.143	2.1	3.2	.659
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Tony Allen	Alex Caruso
Season	2011-12	2024-25
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tony Allen	58	26.3	9.8	1.7	2.3	4.0	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.6	2.4	3.6	7.7	.469	0.1	0.4	.308	2.4	3.0	.800
difference:	+4	+7.0	+2.7	+1.0	+0.1	+1.1	+1.1	+0.2		-0.9	-0.5	+1.0	+1.9	+.023	+1.0	+2.7	+.045	+1.6	+2.1	+.024
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	7	24.3	6.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.4	3.0	2.6	6.4	.400	0.0	0.7	.000	1.7	2.4	.706
difference:	+16	+0.1	+2.3	+0.4		+0.4	+1.5	+0.7	+0.4	-0.6	-0.3	+0.5	+0.6	+.050	+1.6	+3.2	+.411	+0.4	+0.7	+.089
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

Additional Years
* Tony Allen played 6 seasons more than Alex Caruso in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 14, from 2013 to 2018—Tony Allen played in 4 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Alex Caruso, Tony Allen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team