Marc Gasol vs. Jaxson Hayes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaxson Hayes 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.

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, 7 more than Jaxson Hayes, who played 6. Marc Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Jaxson Hayes had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Marc Gasol	Jaxson Hayes
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
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	-	3.4	4.6	.733
difference:	+18	+13.8	+4.5	+1.0	+2.4	+3.4	+0.8	+0.4	+0.2	-1.2	-0.7	+1.6	+4.1	+.142		+0.1		+1.5	+1.6	+.086
Jaxson Hayes	64	16.9	7.4	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.9	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.5	2.7	4.0	.672	0.0	0.1	.250	1.9	3.0	.647
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Marc Gasol nor Jaxson Hayes played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Marc Gasol	Jaxson Hayes
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+18	+23.5	+9.6	+1.0	+5.1	+6.1	+2.4	+0.6	+1.5	-1.2	-1.7	+3.7	+8.1	+.069	+0.1	+0.4	+.020	+2.4	+3.1	+.049
Jaxson Hayes	47	13.0	5.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.8	3.3	.551	0.1	0.6	.103	1.2	1.8	.699
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
Jaxson Hayes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Marc Gasol	Jaxson Hayes
Season	2012-13	2023-24
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+10	+22.5	+9.8	+1.3	+3.5	+4.8	+3.5	+0.5	+1.3	-1.4	-1.4	+3.6	+8.4	+.226		+0.1	+.071	+2.7	+2.8	+.226
Jaxson Hayes	70	12.5	4.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.8	1.8	2.5	.720	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.2	.622
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
difference:	+11	+34.6	+16.9	+0.9	+4.5	+5.5	+2.9	+0.9	+2.2	-0.7	-1.7	+6.2	+13.2	+.454				+4.5	+5.5	+.300
Jaxson Hayes	4	6.0	0.3	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.8	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500

Additional Years
* Marc Gasol played 7 seasons more than Jaxson Hayes in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 13, from 2015 to 2021—Marc Gasol played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Jaxson Hayes, Marc Gasol got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-Star Game