Alex Caruso vs. Sidney Moncrief Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sidney Moncrief 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, 4 less than Sidney Moncrief, who played 11. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Sidney Moncrief had his rookie season in 1979-80. 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
Sidney Moncrief	11	11	1979-80 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Alex Caruso	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2017-18	1979-80
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
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
Sidney Moncrief	77	20.2	8.5	2.0	2.4	4.4	1.7	0.9	0.2	1.5	1.4	2.7	5.9	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	3.8	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sidney Moncrief	7	26.0	12.4	2.4	2.0	4.4	1.6	0.7	0.1	2.0	2.0	4.3	7.3	.588	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	4.4	.871


Season 2
	Alex Caruso	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2018-19	1980-81
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	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
Sidney Moncrief	80	30.2	14.0	2.3	2.8	5.1	3.3	1.1	0.5	1.8	2.0	5.0	9.2	.541	0.0	0.1	.222	4.0	5.0	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sidney Moncrief	7	39.6	14.0	2.7	4.0	6.7	2.9	1.7	0.4	2.9	3.4	4.3	9.9	.435	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	7.3	.745


Season 3
	Alex Caruso	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2019-20	1981-82
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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	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
Sidney Moncrief	80	37.3	19.8	2.8	3.9	6.7	4.8	1.7	0.3	2.6	2.6	7.0	13.3	.523	0.0	0.2	.071	5.9	7.2	.817

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
Sidney Moncrief	6	42.0	15.3	2.5	2.5	5.0	4.0	1.5	0.3	2.0	3.7	5.2	12.3	.419	0.0	0.2	.000	5.0	6.3	.789


Season 4
	Alex Caruso	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2020-21	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 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	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
Sidney Moncrief	76	35.7	22.5	2.5	3.2	5.8	3.9	1.5	0.3	2.6	2.4	8.0	15.2	.524	0.0	0.1	.100	6.6	7.9	.826

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
Sidney Moncrief	9	41.9	18.9	3.1	3.6	6.7	3.7	2.0	0.3	3.0	2.8	6.9	15.8	.437	0.0	0.1	.000	5.1	6.8	.754


Season 5
	Alex Caruso	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2021-22	1983-84
Team	Chicago Bulls	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 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
Sidney Moncrief	79	38.9	20.9	2.7	4.0	6.7	4.5	1.4	0.3	2.7	2.6	7.1	14.2	.498	0.1	0.2	.278	6.7	7.9	.848

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	-
Sidney Moncrief	16	38.6	19.1	2.8	4.2	6.9	4.3	1.8	0.6	3.8	3.4	6.2	11.9	.518	0.1	0.3	.250	6.6	8.4	.791


Season 6
	Alex Caruso	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2022-23	1984-85
Team	Chicago Bulls	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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	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
Sidney Moncrief	73	37.5	21.7	2.0	3.3	5.4	5.2	1.6	0.5	2.5	2.7	7.7	15.9	.483	0.1	0.5	.273	6.2	7.5	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sidney Moncrief	8	39.9	23.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	5.0	0.6	0.5	2.5	3.3	6.9	12.4	.556	0.5	1.3	.400	8.8	9.4	.933


Season 7
	Alex Caruso	Sidney Moncrief
Season	2023-24	1985-86
Team	Chicago Bulls	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf 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	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
Sidney Moncrief	73	35.2	20.2	1.6	3.0	4.6	4.9	1.4	0.2	2.4	2.4	6.4	13.2	.489	0.5	1.4	.320	6.8	7.9	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sidney Moncrief	9	36.3	16.9	1.7	2.9	4.6	4.9	0.6	0.6	2.3	3.3	5.8	13.6	.426	0.4	1.6	.286	4.9	7.0	.698


Season 8
	Alex Caruso	Sidney Moncrief
Season	-	1986-87
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sidney Moncrief	39	25.4	11.8	1.5	1.8	3.3	3.1	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.1	8.3	.488	0.2	0.8	.258	3.5	4.2	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sidney Moncrief	12	35.5	19.4	1.8	2.8	4.5	3.0	1.1	0.5	2.0	3.6	6.5	13.8	.473	0.3	1.2	.286	6.1	7.5	.811


Season 9
	Alex Caruso	Sidney Moncrief
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sidney Moncrief	56	25.5	10.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	3.6	0.7	0.3	1.5	1.9	3.9	7.9	.489	0.1	0.6	.161	2.9	3.5	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sidney Moncrief	5	34.6	15.0	1.2	2.6	3.8	5.2	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.8	4.8	10.0	.480	0.2	0.2	1.000	5.2	5.4	.963


Season 10
	Alex Caruso	Sidney Moncrief
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sidney Moncrief	62	25.7	12.1	0.7	2.0	2.8	3.0	1.0	0.2	1.5	1.8	4.2	8.6	.491	0.4	1.2	.342	3.3	3.8	.865

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sidney Moncrief	9	20.4	6.1	0.9	2.0	2.9	1.4	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	2.1	5.3	.396	0.2	0.8	.286	1.7	1.8	.938

Note: Sidney Moncrief didn't play in 1989-90.


Season 11
	Alex Caruso	Sidney Moncrief
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sidney Moncrief	72	15.2	4.7	0.4	1.3	1.8	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.6	1.6	3.3	.488	0.3	0.9	.328	1.1	1.5	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sidney Moncrief	5	18.2	7.2	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.6	3.2	2.2	4.4	.500	0.2	1.2	.167	2.6	3.2	.813

Alex Caruso vs. Sidney Moncrief Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sidney Moncrief 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