Players
Alex Caruso

Alex CARUSO

Oklahoma City Thunder · SG · Age 32 · 8 YOS
6.2 PPG 2.8 RPG 2.0 APG 54.0% TS 12.5 PER 2025-26
Off
22
Def
99
Ovr
82

Player Info

Height
6'5"
Weight
186 lbs
Age
32
Born
1994-02-28
Position
SG
Service
8 yrs
Bird Rights
Full
Trade Status
Eligible

Contract

2025-26 – 2028-29 Veteran Extension OKC via Bird Rights

Alex Caruso signed a 4 year, $81,096,960 contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder, including $81,096,960 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $20,274,240. In 2026-27, Caruso will earn a base salary of $19,550,160, while carrying a cap hit of $19,550,160 and a dead cap value of $19,550,160.

extension
Season Salary Cap Hit Guaranteed Option
2025-26 $18.1M $18.1M $18.1M —
2026-27 now $19.6M $19.6M $19.6M —
2027-28 $21.0M $21.0M $21.0M —
2028-29 $22.4M $22.4M $22.4M —
2021-22 – 2024-25 Free Agent CHI via non-taxpayer-mid-level-exception

Alex Caruso signed a 4 year, $36,980,000 contract with the Chicago Bulls, including $36,980,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $9,245,000.

  • •2024-25 $3,000,000 guaranteed, fully guaranteed on 6/30/24
non_taxpayer_mle Bird Clock Start
Season Salary Cap Hit Guaranteed Option
2021-22 $8.6M $8.6M $8.6M —
2022-23 $9.0M $9.0M $9.0M —
2023-24 $9.5M $9.5M $9.5M —
2024-25 $9.9M $9.9M $9.9M —
2019-20 – 2020-21 Free Agent LAL via room-mid-level-exception

Alex Caruso signed a 2 year, $5,500,000 contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, including $5,500,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $2,750,000.

room_mle Bird Clock Start
Season Salary Cap Hit Guaranteed Option
2019-20 $2.8M $2.8M $2.8M —
2020-21 $2.8M $2.8M $2.8M —
2016-17 OKC via Minimum

Alex Caruso signed a 1 year, $543,471 contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder, including $50,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $543,471.

  • •$50k guaranteed
minimum Bird Clock Start
Season Salary Cap Hit Guaranteed Option
2016-17 $543K $543K $543K —

Contract Value

5/100 Significant Overpay Projected fair value $5.3M · $14.2M over market
Low confidence · 15 comps

Per-Game Stats

Season GP GS MPG PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT% FGA FTA
2017-18 37 7 15.2 3.6 1.8 2.0 0.6 0.3 1.1 43.1% 30.2% 70.0% 3.1 0.8
2018-19 25 4 21.2 9.2 2.7 3.1 1.0 0.4 1.7 44.5% 48.0% 79.7% 6.9 2.6
2019-20 64 2 18.4 5.5 1.9 1.9 1.1 0.3 0.8 41.2% 33.3% 73.4% 4.5 1.5
2020-21 58 6 21.0 6.4 2.9 2.8 1.1 0.3 1.3 43.6% 40.1% 64.5% 5.3 1.3
2021-22 41 18 28.0 7.4 3.6 4.0 1.7 0.4 1.4 39.8% 33.3% 79.5% 6.2 1.8
2022-23 67 36 23.5 5.6 2.9 2.9 1.5 0.7 1.1 45.5% 36.4% 80.8% 4.3 1.1
2023-24 71 57 28.7 10.1 3.8 3.5 1.7 1.0 1.4 46.8% 40.8% 76.0% 7.6 1.4
2024-25 54 3 19.3 7.1 2.9 2.5 1.6 0.6 0.7 44.6% 35.3% 82.4% 5.8 0.9
2025-26 56 0 18.2 6.2 2.8 2.0 1.3 0.3 0.9 42.3% 29.3% 80.4% 5.4 0.9

Advanced Stats

Season GP MPG TS% USG% PER BPM OBPM DBPM VORP WS WS/48 ORtg DRtg
2017-18 37 15.2 51.9% 12.8% 7.6 -1.9 -1.2 -0.8 0.0 0.6 0.049 100.5 100.8
2018-19 25 21.2 56.9% 18.4% 12.5 -0.7 -0.4 -0.3 0.2 1.7 0.154 105.6 102.4
2019-20 64 18.4 52.5% 13.6% 9.8 -0.9 -0.6 -0.4 0.3 5.0 0.204 110.8 101.0
2020-21 58 21.0 54.7% 14.4% 10.0 -0.9 -0.6 -0.4 0.3 2.8 0.112 107.2 101.7
2021-22 41 28.0 52.8% 13.0% 10.7 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0.4 3.7 0.156 110.5 105.5
2022-23 67 23.5 58.8% 10.9% 10.7 -0.6 -0.3 -0.2 0.6 3.9 0.119 112.6 106.5
2023-24 71 28.7 61.3% 14.6% 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 5.4 0.127 110.9 110.6
2024-25 54 19.3 56.8% 14.7% 15.6 +1.3 +0.8 +0.5 0.9 5.8 0.267 117.5 102.5
2025-26 56 18.2 54.0% 15.2% 12.5 +0.1 +0.1 0.0 0.5 5.2 0.245 116.9 99.3