Anthony Edwards vs. Pau Gasol Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pau Gasol and Anthony Edwards, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Anthony Edwards played 6 years in the NBA, 12 less than Pau Gasol, who played 18. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Anthony Edwards	Pau Gasol
Season	2020-21	2001-02
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	72	32.1	19.3	0.8	3.8	4.7	2.9	1.1	0.5	2.2	1.8	7.0	16.8	.417	2.4	7.2	.329	2.9	3.8	.776
difference:	+10	+4.6	+1.7	+2.1	+2.2	+4.2	+0.2	+0.6	+1.6	-0.5	-0.6	+0.3	+3.8	+.101	+2.4	+7.1	+.129	+1.2	+2.0	+.067
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
* Neiher Anthony Edwards nor Pau Gasol played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Pau Gasol
Season	2022-23	2003-04
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	79	36.0	24.6	0.6	5.2	5.8	4.4	1.6	0.7	3.3	2.4	8.9	19.5	.459	2.7	7.3	.369	4.0	5.3	.756
difference:	+1	+4.5	+6.9	+2.0	+0.1	+1.9	+1.9	+1.0	+1.0	-0.9		+2.4	+6.1	+.023	+2.6	+7.1	+.102	+0.7	+1.3	+.042
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		%
Anthony Edwards	5	39.8	31.6	0.6	4.4	5.0	5.2	1.8	2.0	1.6	2.6	11.0	22.8	.482	3.0	8.6	.349	6.6	7.8	.846
difference:	+1	+6.3	+13.1	+0.4	+0.4		+2.7	+0.8	+0.5	-0.3	-0.1	+4.0	+10.5	+.089	+3.0	+8.6		+2.1	+2.8	+.054
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
	Anthony Edwards	Pau Gasol
Season	2023-24	2004-05
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	79	35.1	25.9	0.7	4.8	5.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	3.1	1.8	9.1	19.7	.461	2.4	6.7	.357	5.4	6.4	.836
difference:	+23	+3.1	+8.1	+1.6	+0.2	+1.9	+2.7	+0.6	+1.2	-0.7	-0.8	+2.7	+7.3	+.053	+2.4	+6.6	+.190	+0.4	+0.2	+.068
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		%
Anthony Edwards	16	40.6	27.6	1.1	5.9	7.0	6.5	1.5	0.6	3.3	2.3	9.8	20.3	.481	2.9	7.2	.400	5.2	6.4	.814
difference:	+12	+7.6	+6.3	+2.7	+2.1	+0.5	+4.0	+1.0	+1.2	-1.5	-0.7		+0.3	+.007	+2.6	+6.9	+.600	+3.7	+3.4	+.314
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
	Anthony Edwards	Pau Gasol
Season	2024-25	2005-06
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	79	36.3	27.6	0.8	4.9	5.7	4.5	1.2	0.6	3.2	1.9	9.1	20.4	.447	4.1	10.3	.395	5.3	6.3	.837
difference:	+1	+2.9	+7.2	+1.6	+1.6	+3.2	+0.1	+0.6	+1.3	-0.3	-0.4	+1.6	+5.5	+.056	+4.1	+10.1	+.145		+1.4	+.148
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		%
Anthony Edwards	15	39.0	25.3	1.2	6.6	7.8	5.5	1.1	0.7	2.6	2.1	9.0	19.9	.453	3.1	8.7	.354	4.3	5.9	.719
difference:	+11	+0.5	+5.0	+0.2	+0.8	+1.0	+2.5	+0.6	+0.6	-0.2	-0.7	+1.7	+3.1	+.020	+3.1	+8.4	+.354	+1.5	+1.6	+.048
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

Additional Years
* Pau Gasol played 12 seasons more than Anthony Edwards in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 18, from 2008 to 2019—Pau Gasol played in 9 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 12 extra years over Anthony Edwards, Pau Gasol got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game