William Bedford vs. Pau Gasol Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pau Gasol and William Bedford, 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.

William Bedford played 6 years in the NBA, 12 less than Pau Gasol, who played 18. William Bedford had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, while Pau Gasol had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
William Bedford	6	3	1986-87 to 1992-93
Pau Gasol	18	12	2001-02 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	William Bedford	Pau Gasol
Season	1986-87	2001-02
Team	Phoenix Suns	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
William Bedford	50	19.6	6.7	1.6	3.3	4.9	1.1	0.4	0.7	1.7	2.5	2.8	7.2	.397	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.7	.581
Pau Gasol	82	36.7	17.6	2.9	6.0	8.9	2.7	0.5	2.1	2.7	2.4	6.7	13.0	.518	0.0	0.1	.200	4.1	5.8	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	William Bedford	Pau Gasol
Season	1987-88	2002-03
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
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		%
William Bedford	38	7.8	2.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.2	1.2	2.7	.436	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.565
Pau Gasol	82	36.0	19.0	2.3	6.4	8.8	2.8	0.4	1.8	2.6	2.7	6.9	13.6	.510	0.0	0.1	.100	5.1	6.9	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: William Bedford didn't play in 1988-89.


Season 3
	William Bedford	Pau Gasol
Season	1989-90	2003-04
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Grizzlies 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		%
William Bedford	42	5.9	2.8	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.3	3.0	.432	0.0	0.1	.167	0.2	0.5	.409
Pau Gasol	78	31.5	17.7	2.6	5.1	7.7	2.5	0.6	1.7	2.4	2.4	6.5	13.4	.482	0.1	0.2	.267	4.7	6.6	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	5	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.2	1.2	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000
Pau Gasol	4	33.5	18.5	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	1.3	2.5	7.0	12.3	.571	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	5.0	.900


Season 4
	William Bedford	Pau Gasol
Season	1990-91	2004-05
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Grizzlies 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		%
William Bedford	60	9.4	4.5	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.0	.438	0.1	0.2	.385	0.9	1.3	.705
Pau Gasol	56	32.0	17.8	2.3	5.0	7.3	2.4	0.7	1.7	2.4	2.6	6.4	12.4	.514	0.0	0.1	.167	5.0	6.6	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	8	8.1	2.4	1.1	1.6	2.8	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.5	1.8	0.6	3.0	.208	0.0	0.3	.000	1.1	1.8	.643
Pau Gasol	4	33.0	21.3	3.8	3.8	7.5	2.5	0.5	1.8	1.8	3.0	9.8	20.0	.488	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.5	3.0	.500


Season 5
	William Bedford	Pau Gasol
Season	1991-92	2005-06
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies 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		%
William Bedford	32	11.3	3.6	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.5	1.8	1.6	3.8	.413	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.7	.636
Pau Gasol	80	39.2	20.4	2.4	6.5	8.9	4.6	0.6	1.9	2.9	2.3	7.5	14.9	.503	0.0	0.2	.250	5.3	7.7	.689

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	1	9.0	6.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	6.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Pau Gasol	4	39.5	20.3	1.0	5.8	6.8	3.0	0.5	1.3	2.8	2.8	7.3	16.8	.433	0.0	0.3	.000	5.8	7.5	.767


Season 6
	William Bedford	Pau Gasol
Season	1992-93	2006-07
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
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		%
William Bedford	16	4.1	1.6	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.6	1.7	.333	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.4	0.8	.500
Pau Gasol	59	36.2	20.8	2.5	7.3	9.8	3.4	0.5	2.1	2.7	2.3	7.8	14.5	.538	0.1	0.2	.273	5.1	6.8	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	William Bedford	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	66	35.6	18.9	2.3	6.0	8.4	3.2	0.5	1.5	1.9	2.1	7.2	13.5	.534	0.1	0.2	.250	4.4	5.5	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	21	39.8	16.9	2.6	6.7	9.3	4.0	0.5	1.9	2.1	2.9	6.7	12.7	.530	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.692


Season 8
	William Bedford	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	81	37.0	18.9	3.2	6.4	9.6	3.5	0.6	1.0	1.9	2.1	7.3	12.9	.567	0.0	0.0	.500	4.2	5.4	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	23	40.5	18.3	3.0	7.9	10.8	2.5	0.8	2.0	1.9	3.0	7.0	12.0	.580	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	6.1	.714


Season 9
	William Bedford	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	65	37.0	18.3	3.7	7.6	11.3	3.4	0.6	1.7	2.2	2.3	7.0	13.0	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	5.6	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	23	39.7	19.6	4.0	7.1	11.1	3.5	0.4	2.1	1.9	2.7	7.2	13.3	.539	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	6.9	.759


Season 10
	William Bedford	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	82	37.0	18.8	3.3	6.9	10.2	3.3	0.6	1.6	1.7	2.5	7.2	13.7	.529	0.0	0.0	.333	4.3	5.2	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	10	35.8	13.1	3.2	4.6	7.8	3.8	0.4	1.7	1.7	3.3	4.7	11.2	.420	0.1	0.2	.500	3.6	4.5	.800


Season 11
	William Bedford	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	65	37.4	17.4	2.8	7.6	10.4	3.6	0.6	1.4	2.2	2.0	7.1	14.1	.501	0.1	0.4	.259	3.1	4.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	12	37.0	12.5	3.2	6.3	9.5	3.7	0.5	2.1	1.7	3.0	5.2	11.9	.434	0.2	0.4	.400	2.0	2.4	.828


Season 12
	William Bedford	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2012-13
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		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	49	33.8	13.7	2.3	6.3	8.6	4.1	0.5	1.2	2.1	1.9	5.5	11.8	.466	0.2	0.6	.286	2.6	3.6	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	4	36.5	14.0	1.8	9.8	11.5	6.5	0.5	0.8	3.3	1.0	6.3	13.0	.481	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.8	.545


Season 13
	William Bedford	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	60	31.4	17.4	2.1	7.6	9.7	3.4	0.5	1.5	2.4	2.1	7.1	14.8	.480	0.1	0.2	.286	3.1	4.2	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	William Bedford	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bulls 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		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	78	34.4	18.5	2.8	9.0	11.8	2.7	0.3	1.9	2.0	1.9	7.3	14.8	.494	0.2	0.3	.462	3.8	4.7	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	10	31.7	14.4	1.7	7.7	9.4	3.1	0.5	2.1	2.1	1.8	5.6	11.5	.487	0.0	0.4	.000	3.2	4.2	.762


Season 15
	William Bedford	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	72	31.8	16.5	2.2	8.9	11.0	4.1	0.6	2.0	2.3	2.1	6.5	13.8	.469	0.3	1.0	.348	3.2	4.0	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	William Bedford	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	64	25.4	12.4	1.7	6.2	7.8	2.3	0.4	1.1	1.3	1.7	4.7	9.4	.502	0.9	1.6	.538	2.0	2.9	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	16	22.8	7.7	2.4	4.7	7.1	1.9	0.4	0.9	1.1	2.2	3.1	7.1	.439	0.4	1.1	.333	1.1	1.5	.708


Season 17
	William Bedford	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	77	23.5	10.1	1.7	6.4	8.0	3.1	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.6	3.7	8.1	.458	0.6	1.6	.358	2.1	2.7	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	5	18.0	6.0	0.4	4.4	4.8	2.8	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.0	2.0	4.0	.500	0.2	0.6	.333	1.8	2.0	.900


Season 18
	William Bedford	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	30	12.0	3.9	0.7	3.8	4.6	1.7	0.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.4	3.1	.447	0.2	0.4	.462	0.9	1.3	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
William Bedford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

William Bedford vs. Pau Gasol Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pau Gasol and William Bedford, 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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18