Alex Caruso vs. Drew Gooden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Drew Gooden 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.

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.

Alex Caruso played 7 years in the NBA, 7 less than Drew Gooden, who played 14. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Drew Gooden had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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
Alex Caruso	7	3	2017-18 to 2023-24
Drew Gooden	14	6	2002-03 to 2015-16

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Alex Caruso	Drew Gooden
Season	2017-18	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies, Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Drew Gooden	70	26.8	12.5	2.3	4.2	6.5	1.2	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.5	5.1	11.1	.457	0.2	0.7	.292	2.2	3.0	.712

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	7	33.3	14.0	4.0	8.7	12.7	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.7	3.3	5.1	12.9	.400	0.0	0.4	.000	3.7	5.1	.722


Season 2
	Alex Caruso	Drew Gooden
Season	2018-19	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
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		%
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
Drew Gooden	79	27.0	11.6	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.6	2.5	4.7	10.5	.445	0.1	0.5	.214	2.1	3.3	.637

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


Season 3
	Alex Caruso	Drew Gooden
Season	2019-20	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
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
Drew Gooden	82	30.8	14.4	2.5	6.7	9.2	1.6	0.9	0.9	1.6	2.8	5.7	11.5	.492	0.1	0.3	.179	3.1	3.8	.810

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
Drew Gooden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Alex Caruso	Drew Gooden
Season	2020-21	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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		%
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
Drew Gooden	79	27.5	10.7	3.0	5.4	8.4	0.7	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.4	4.2	8.3	.512	0.0	0.0	.333	2.2	3.3	.682

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
Drew Gooden	13	21.6	8.2	2.4	5.2	7.5	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.4	3.1	3.5	6.5	.529	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.4	.944


Season 5
	Alex Caruso	Drew Gooden
Season	2021-22	2006-07
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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		%
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
Drew Gooden	80	28.0	11.1	3.3	5.2	8.5	1.1	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.6	4.6	9.8	.473	0.0	0.1	.167	1.8	2.5	.714

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	-
Drew Gooden	20	30.3	11.4	2.5	5.6	8.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.4	3.1	5.0	10.1	.493	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.0	.769


Season 6
	Alex Caruso	Drew Gooden
Season	2022-23	2007-08
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive 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		%
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
Drew Gooden	69	30.8	12.0	2.5	6.0	8.6	1.2	0.7	0.8	1.8	2.9	4.8	10.7	.449	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.1	.753

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


Season 7
	Alex Caruso	Drew Gooden
Season	2023-24	2008-09
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
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
Drew Gooden	51	24.8	11.9	2.2	4.9	7.1	0.9	0.6	0.4	1.5	2.8	4.6	9.9	.468	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.1	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	4	17.8	7.3	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	3.3	2.8	8.3	.333	0.0	0.5	.000	1.8	1.8	1.000


Season 8
	Alex Caruso	Drew Gooden
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Clippers
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		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	70	25.1	10.9	3.0	4.8	7.7	0.7	0.6	0.8	1.5	2.8	4.1	8.6	.478	0.0	0.1	.125	2.7	3.1	.861

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


Season 9
	Alex Caruso	Drew Gooden
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	35	24.6	11.3	2.1	4.7	6.8	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.8	4.5	10.3	.431	0.1	0.6	.150	2.3	2.9	.794

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


Season 10
	Alex Caruso	Drew Gooden
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	56	26.2	13.7	2.3	4.2	6.5	2.6	0.8	0.6	1.9	2.0	5.1	11.7	.437	0.3	1.0	.291	3.1	3.7	.846

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


Season 11
	Alex Caruso	Drew Gooden
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	16	9.4	3.3	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.3	1.3	3.8	.328	0.1	0.3	.200	0.7	1.0	.688

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


Season 12
	Alex Caruso	Drew Gooden
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Wizards 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		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	22	18.0	8.3	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.4	3.5	6.5	.531	0.3	0.8	.412	1.1	1.2	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	10	14.6	3.4	2.0	2.2	4.2	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	3.0	1.4	3.8	.368	0.0	0.4	.000	0.6	0.8	.750


Season 13
	Alex Caruso	Drew Gooden
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Wizards 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		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	51	16.9	5.4	1.4	3.0	4.4	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.8	2.2	5.4	.399	0.5	1.2	.390	0.7	0.9	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	10	17.8	6.8	1.3	4.2	5.5	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.4	2.1	2.3	6.1	.377	1.2	2.6	.462	1.0	1.3	.769


Season 14
	Alex Caruso	Drew Gooden
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Washington Wizards
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		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Gooden	30	10.2	2.7	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	1.3	1.1	3.4	.320	0.2	1.4	.171	0.3	0.5	.643

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

Alex Caruso vs. Drew Gooden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Drew Gooden 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.

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

Season 14