Chuck Cooper vs. Marc Gasol Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marc Gasol and Chuck Cooper, 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.

Chuck Cooper played 6 years in the NBA, 7 less than Marc Gasol, who played 13. Chuck Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Marc Gasol had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Chuck Cooper	Marc Gasol
Season	1950-51	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Chuck Cooper	66	-	9.3	-	-	8.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.3	3.1	9.1	.344	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.753
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Cooper	2	-	5.0	-	-	6.5	1.5	-	-	-	4.0	2.0	6.0	.333	-	-	-	1.0	2.5	.400
Marc Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Chuck Cooper	Marc Gasol
Season	1953-54	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Chuck Cooper	70	15.7	3.3	-	-	4.3	1.1	-	-	-	2.1	1.1	3.7	.299	-	-	-	1.1	1.7	.672
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Cooper	6	18.0	4.0	-	-	5.2	0.7	-	-	-	3.5	1.3	2.7	.500	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.727
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

Season 5
	Chuck Cooper	Marc Gasol
Season	1954-55	2012-13
Team	Milwaukee Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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		%
Chuck Cooper	70	25.0	8.2	-	-	5.5	2.2	-	-	-	3.0	2.8	8.1	.339	-	-	-	2.7	3.6	.751
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 7
	Chuck Cooper	Marc Gasol
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies 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		%
Chuck Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 9
	Chuck Cooper	Marc Gasol
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Chuck Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 11
	Chuck Cooper	Marc Gasol
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
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		%
Chuck Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chuck Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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