Alex Caruso Profile

Game by game

Seismograph

DARKO updates every rating after every game. The lines show the rating going into each game; the bars show how much each game moved it, split into offense and defense.

Season change: +0.26; +2.33 before the first game, +2.59 before the last game
Biggest boost: +0.20; Dec 19 vs MIN · 22 min
Biggest drop: -0.24; Jan 2 vs GSW · 11 min
Typical change per game: 0.07; Last 20 games, vs 0.08 in the first 20. Smaller changes mean each game moves DARKO's view less.

Historical comps

Comps & futures

The ten most similar player-seasons since 1996-97 at the same age, and what happened to them next.

+2.6 at age 32 in 2025-26 ranks 41st of 530 age-32 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: Danny Green, 2018-19.

Comp	Age	DPM then	Next 5 seasons	Match
Danny Green 2018-19	31	+2.8	+2.3, +2.2, +1.7, -0.9, under 10 games	86
Andre Iguodala 2015-16	32	+2.8	+2.5, +2.0, +2.5, -0.1, -1.3	82
Patrick Beverley 2020-21	32	+1.7	+1.8, -0.8, -2.3, under 10 games, under 10 games	82
Robert Horry 2001-02	31	+2.5	+1.9, +1.8, +2.1, +1.7, +0.8	81
Thabo Sefolosha 2015-16	32	+1.7	+0.2, +1.4, +1.5, -0.7, under 10 games	81
Metta World Peace 2011-12	32	+1.3	+1.7, +0.2, under 10 games, -0.6, -2.0	80
Andrei Kirilenko 2012-13	32	+1.8	-0.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	79
Charlie Ward 2001-02	31	+1.5	+1.5, -0.7, -0.1, under 10 games, under 10 games	77
Tony Allen 2013-14	32	+2.0	+2.5, +1.5, +1.5, +0.2, under 10 games	77
Brook Lopez 2019-20	32	+2.4	+2.5, +1.7, +2.3, +1.5, +0.5	77

The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Alex's 2025-26 at the same age: DPM and its offense/defense split, the two seasons before, box-score profile, height, experience and age. Each comp counts once, at his closest season, weighted by the match. Hover or focus a comp to trace his next five seasons. A website presentation, not a DARKO model output.

Historical comps

Echoes today

Current players whose ten closest comps include one of Alex Caruso's seasons, at the same age.

Daniss Jenkins DET like his 2018-19 90
David Jones SAS like his 2018-19 89
Killian Hayes SAC like his 2018-19 86
Josh Okogie HOU like his 2020-21 85
Herbert Jones NOP like his 2020-21 83
JD Davison HOU like his 2017-18 83

Match score out of 100: how close the current player's season is to that one.

Value

Contract & longevity

DARKO's fair salary from projected wins against Alex Caruso's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.

Fair value: $31.3M; DARKO's market estimate
Salary: $18.1M; Actual
Surplus: +$13.2M; Value minus salary
Seasons left: 3.3; Projected
Retires at: 35.8; Projected age

Career

Season by season

DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.

Alex Caruso, season by season
Season	Team	Age	Games	MPG	DPM	Off	Def	For his age
2025-26	OKC	32	56 +15	18.2	+2.59	+0.28	+2.31	41st of 530
2024-25	OKC	31	55 +23	19.4	+2.52	-0.15	+2.67	52nd of 616
2023-24	CHI	30	71	28.7	+1.85	-0.28	+2.14	100th of 697
2022-23	CHI	29	67	23.5	+1.18	-1.24	+2.43	168th of 774
2021-22	CHI	28	41 +4	28.0	+0.70	-0.84	+1.54	249th of 858
2020-21	LAL	27	58 +6	21.0	+0.37	-1.68	+2.04	307th of 924
2019-20	LAL	26	64 +21	18.4	+0.92	-0.86	+1.78	223rd of 1010
2018-19	LAL	25	25	21.2	-1.33	-1.31	-0.02	720th of 1078
2017-18	LAL	24	37	15.2	-0.65	-1.77	+1.12	521st of 1185

Games are regular season; +n are playoff games. "For his age" ranks the season's DPM among every season at the same age since 1996-97 with 20 or more games. A season's DPM opens the leaderboard on its last game day.

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Projections

Projected box score

DARKO's per-100 projections, and per game at 13.6 projected minutes and a pace of 94.3.

Alex Caruso, projected box score
Stat	Per 100	Per game
Points	18.2	4.9
Rebounds	7.0	1.9
Offensive	1.2	0.3
Defensive	5.7	1.5
Assists	4.2	1.1
Steals	3.2	0.8
Blocks	1.0	0.3
Turnovers	2.3	0.6
3-pt attempts	9.8	2.6
FG attempts	15.6	4.2
FT attempts	3.4	0.9
FG% · 3P% · FT%	40.6% · 34.7% · 78.5%