Nick Anderson vs. Alex Caruso Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex Caruso and Nick Anderson, 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.

Nick Anderson played 13 years in the NBA, 6 more than Alex Caruso, who played 7. Nick Anderson 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
Nick Anderson	13	6	1989-90 to 2001-02
Alex Caruso	7	3	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nick Anderson	Alex Caruso
Season	1989-90	2017-18
Team	Orlando Magic	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		%
Nick Anderson	81	22.0	11.5	1.3	2.6	3.9	1.5	0.9	0.4	1.7	1.7	4.6	9.3	.494	0.0	0.2	.059	2.3	3.3	.705
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		%
Nick Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Nick Anderson	Alex Caruso
Season	1990-91	2018-19
Team	Orlando Magic	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		%
Nick Anderson	70	28.2	14.1	1.3	4.2	5.5	1.5	1.1	0.6	1.6	2.1	5.7	12.2	.467	0.2	0.8	.293	2.5	3.7	.668
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		%
Nick Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Nick Anderson	Alex Caruso
Season	1991-92	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Nick Anderson	60	36.7	19.9	1.6	4.8	6.4	2.7	1.6	0.6	2.1	2.2	8.0	17.4	.463	0.5	1.4	.353	3.4	5.1	.667
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		%
Nick Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Nick Anderson	Alex Caruso
Season	1992-93	2020-21
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Nick Anderson	79	37.0	19.9	1.5	4.5	6.0	3.4	1.6	0.7	2.1	2.5	7.5	16.8	.449	1.1	3.2	.353	3.8	5.1	.741
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		%
Nick Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Nick Anderson	Alex Caruso
Season	1993-94	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Nick Anderson	81	34.7	15.8	1.4	4.5	5.9	3.6	1.7	0.4	2.0	1.8	6.2	13.0	.478	1.2	3.9	.322	2.1	3.1	.672
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		%
Nick Anderson	3	40.0	14.3	0.7	2.7	3.3	3.3	1.7	0.7	1.7	2.7	4.3	11.3	.382	2.7	6.7	.400	3.0	4.0	.750
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
	Nick Anderson	Alex Caruso
Season	1994-95	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA 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		%
Nick Anderson	76	34.1	15.8	1.1	3.3	4.4	4.1	1.6	0.3	1.9	1.6	5.8	12.1	.476	2.4	5.7	.415	1.9	2.7	.704
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		%
Nick Anderson	21	38.8	14.2	1.0	3.8	4.8	3.1	1.6	0.5	1.4	2.3	5.1	11.4	.448	2.0	5.1	.383	2.0	3.0	.683
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Nick Anderson	Alex Caruso
Season	1995-96	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Nick Anderson	77	35.3	14.7	1.2	4.2	5.4	3.6	1.6	0.6	1.8	1.8	5.2	11.7	.442	2.2	5.6	.391	2.2	3.1	.692
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		%
Nick Anderson	11	38.0	14.2	1.5	3.5	5.0	1.9	1.9	0.5	1.9	2.0	5.0	11.5	.433	1.6	5.7	.286	2.5	4.1	.622
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Nick Anderson	Alex Caruso
Season	1996-97	-
Team	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		%
Nick Anderson	63	34.3	12.0	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.9	1.9	0.5	1.4	2.5	4.6	11.5	.397	2.3	6.4	.353	0.6	1.5	.404
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	5	26.0	5.6	0.6	5.2	5.8	0.6	0.6	1.8	1.2	1.6	2.4	7.2	.333	0.8	3.0	.267	0.0	0.4	.000
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Nick Anderson	Alex Caruso
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
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		%
Nick Anderson	58	29.3	15.3	1.7	3.4	5.1	2.1	1.2	0.4	1.5	1.7	5.9	13.0	.455	1.3	3.7	.360	2.2	3.4	.638
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 10
	Nick Anderson	Alex Caruso
Season	1998-99	-
Team	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		%
Nick Anderson	47	33.6	14.9	1.1	4.8	5.9	1.9	1.4	0.3	1.8	1.5	5.4	13.6	.395	2.0	5.9	.347	2.1	3.4	.611
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	4	37.8	20.8	1.8	5.0	6.8	2.3	2.3	0.0	2.5	3.0	7.3	19.8	.367	2.8	10.5	.262	3.5	4.8	.737
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Nick Anderson	Alex Caruso
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Nick Anderson	72	29.1	10.8	1.2	3.6	4.7	1.7	1.3	0.2	1.3	1.6	4.3	10.9	.391	1.8	5.5	.332	0.5	1.1	.487
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	5	26.4	7.2	0.8	2.6	3.4	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.8	2.2	6.8	.324	1.4	4.0	.350	1.4	1.6	.875
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Nick Anderson	Alex Caruso
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
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		%
Nick Anderson	21	8.0	1.8	0.1	1.0	1.2	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.7	2.7	.246	0.5	1.9	.256	0.0	0.0	-
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Nick Anderson	Alex Caruso
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
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		%
Nick Anderson	15	14.6	4.0	0.1	2.1	2.2	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.9	1.1	1.4	5.1	.276	0.9	3.2	.271	0.3	0.6	.556
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Nick Anderson vs. Alex Caruso Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex Caruso and Nick Anderson, 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