Marc Gasol vs. David Lee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Lee and Marc Gasol, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Marc Gasol played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than David Lee, who played 12. Marc Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while David Lee had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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
Marc Gasol	13	9	2008-09 to 2020-21
David Lee	12	5	2005-06 to 2016-17

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Marc Gasol	David Lee
Season	2008-09	2005-06
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Marc Gasol	82	30.7	11.9	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.7	0.8	1.1	2.0	3.2	4.3	8.1	.530	0.0	0.0	.000	3.4	4.6	.733
David Lee	67	16.9	5.1	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.9	2.0	3.4	.596	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.8	.577

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Marc Gasol	David Lee
Season	2009-10	2006-07
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New York Knicks
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		%
Marc Gasol	69	35.8	14.6	3.0	6.3	9.3	2.4	1.0	1.6	2.0	3.7	5.5	9.4	.581	0.0	0.0	.000	3.7	5.4	.670
David Lee	58	29.8	10.7	3.4	7.0	10.4	1.8	0.8	0.4	1.6	2.7	4.1	6.9	.600	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.0	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Marc Gasol	David Lee
Season	2010-11	2007-08
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Marc Gasol	81	31.9	11.7	1.9	5.1	7.0	2.5	0.9	1.7	1.8	3.3	4.5	8.5	.527	0.0	0.1	.429	2.7	3.6	.748
David Lee	81	29.1	10.8	3.0	6.0	8.9	1.2	0.7	0.4	1.2	2.6	4.2	7.6	.552	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	2.9	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	13	39.9	15.0	3.2	8.1	11.2	2.2	1.1	2.2	2.0	3.4	5.5	10.8	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	3.9	5.6	.699
David Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Marc Gasol	David Lee
Season	2011-12	2008-09
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Marc Gasol	65	36.5	14.6	1.8	7.1	8.9	3.1	1.0	1.9	1.9	3.1	5.5	11.4	.482	0.0	0.2	.083	3.6	4.9	.748
David Lee	81	34.9	16.0	3.2	8.6	11.7	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.9	3.2	6.4	11.7	.549	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.1	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	7	37.3	15.1	2.3	4.4	6.7	3.1	0.3	1.9	1.9	3.6	5.1	9.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	4.9	6.1	.791
David Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Marc Gasol	David Lee
Season	2012-13	2009-10
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Marc Gasol	80	35.0	14.1	2.3	5.5	7.8	4.0	1.0	1.7	2.0	3.2	5.4	10.9	.494	0.0	0.2	.071	3.4	4.0	.848
David Lee	81	37.3	20.2	2.8	8.9	11.7	3.6	1.0	0.5	2.3	3.2	8.5	15.5	.545	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	4.1	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	15	40.6	17.2	1.7	6.8	8.5	3.2	0.9	2.2	1.2	3.5	6.2	13.7	.454	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.0	.800
David Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Marc Gasol	David Lee
Season	2013-14	2010-11
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Marc Gasol	59	33.4	14.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	3.6	1.0	1.3	1.9	2.5	5.7	12.1	.473	0.0	0.2	.182	3.1	4.1	.768
David Lee	73	36.1	16.5	3.0	6.8	9.8	3.2	1.0	0.4	2.3	2.9	6.8	13.4	.507	0.0	0.0	.333	2.9	3.7	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	7	42.7	17.3	1.9	5.9	7.7	4.4	1.7	0.9	1.7	3.9	6.7	16.6	.405	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.9	.794
David Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Marc Gasol	David Lee
Season	2014-15	2011-12
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Marc Gasol	81	33.2	17.4	1.4	6.4	7.8	3.8	0.9	1.6	2.2	2.6	6.5	13.2	.494	0.0	0.2	.176	4.3	5.4	.795
David Lee	57	37.2	20.1	3.0	6.6	9.6	2.8	0.9	0.4	2.6	3.1	8.1	16.2	.503	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	4.9	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	11	37.8	19.7	1.7	8.5	10.3	4.5	0.9	1.7	1.5	3.0	6.5	16.4	.394	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	8.0	.852
David Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Marc Gasol	David Lee
Season	2015-16	2012-13
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Marc Gasol	52	34.4	16.6	1.1	5.8	7.0	3.8	1.0	1.3	2.3	2.7	6.3	13.6	.464	0.0	0.1	.667	3.9	4.7	.829
David Lee	79	36.8	18.5	2.8	8.5	11.2	3.5	0.8	0.3	2.6	3.1	7.6	14.7	.519	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	4.1	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Lee	6	10.8	5.0	1.0	3.7	4.7	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.8	0.8	2.2	5.5	.394	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.667


Season 9
	Marc Gasol	David Lee
Season	2016-17	2013-14
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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		%
Marc Gasol	74	34.2	19.5	0.8	5.5	6.3	4.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	2.3	7.2	15.7	.459	1.4	3.6	.388	3.8	4.5	.837
David Lee	69	33.2	18.2	2.6	6.7	9.3	2.1	0.7	0.4	2.2	3.0	7.4	14.2	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	4.3	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	6	40.0	19.3	1.2	5.3	6.5	4.2	0.3	0.7	2.5	3.7	6.5	13.8	.470	1.2	2.0	.583	5.2	5.5	.939
David Lee	7	31.0	13.9	3.4	5.7	9.1	2.6	0.6	0.0	2.4	4.0	5.9	11.0	.532	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.7	.789


Season 10
	Marc Gasol	David Lee
Season	2017-18	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Marc Gasol	73	33.0	17.2	1.1	7.0	8.1	4.2	0.7	1.4	2.7	2.5	5.9	14.2	.420	1.5	4.4	.341	3.8	4.6	.834
David Lee	49	18.4	7.9	1.7	3.6	5.2	1.7	0.6	0.5	1.0	1.7	3.3	6.4	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.1	.654

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Lee	13	8.2	3.1	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.3	1.2	3.1	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.2	.533


Season 11
	Marc Gasol	David Lee
Season	2018-19	2015-16
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks 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		%
Marc Gasol	79	30.8	13.6	1.0	6.9	7.9	4.4	1.1	1.1	2.0	2.7	4.9	11.0	.448	1.3	3.5	.363	2.4	3.2	.759
David Lee	55	16.4	7.8	1.8	3.7	5.5	1.5	0.4	0.5	1.2	2.1	3.2	6.1	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.7	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	24	30.6	9.4	0.7	5.8	6.4	3.0	0.9	1.1	0.9	3.5	3.2	7.5	.422	1.4	3.7	.382	1.7	1.9	.870
David Lee	2	16.5	6.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	3.0	4.0	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Marc Gasol	David Lee
Season	2019-20	2016-17
Team	Toronto Raptors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Marc Gasol	44	26.4	7.5	0.7	5.5	6.3	3.3	0.8	0.9	1.3	2.8	2.7	6.3	.427	1.3	3.4	.385	0.8	1.1	.735
David Lee	79	18.7	7.3	1.9	3.7	5.6	1.6	0.4	0.5	1.0	1.6	3.1	5.3	.590	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	11	20.7	6.0	0.4	4.0	4.4	2.6	0.5	0.6	1.5	2.9	2.3	5.8	.391	0.5	2.5	.185	1.0	1.4	.733
David Lee	15	16.3	4.1	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.4	1.3	1.7	3.2	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.1	.647


Season 13
	Marc Gasol	David Lee
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Marc Gasol	52	19.1	5.0	0.7	3.4	4.1	2.1	0.5	1.1	1.0	2.2	1.7	3.7	.454	1.0	2.3	.410	0.7	1.0	.720
David Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	5	17.4	5.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	3.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	3.2	1.6	2.6	.615	1.4	2.2	.636	0.6	0.8	.750
David Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Marc Gasol vs. David Lee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Lee and Marc Gasol, 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