Marc Gasol vs. Josh Giddey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Josh Giddey 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, 9 more than Josh Giddey, who played 4. Marc Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Josh Giddey had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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	Josh Giddey
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	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:	+28	+0.8	+0.6	+0.7	+1.1	+0.4	+4.7	+0.1	+0.7	-1.2	-1.6	+0.9	+4.3	+.111	+1.0	+3.9		+2.4	+3.1	+.024
Josh Giddey	54	31.5	12.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	3.2	1.6	5.2	12.4	.419	1.0	3.9	.263	1.0	1.5	.709
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Marc Gasol nor Josh Giddey played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Marc Gasol	Josh Giddey
Season	2011-12	2024-25
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
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:	+5	+6.3			+0.8	+0.8	+4.1	+0.2	+1.3	-1.0	-1.4	+0.2		+.017	+1.5	+3.8	+.295	+1.1	+1.7	+.033
Josh Giddey	70	30.2	14.6	1.8	6.3	8.1	7.2	1.2	0.6	2.9	1.7	5.3	11.4	.465	1.5	4.0	.378	2.5	3.2	.781
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
Josh Giddey	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Marc Gasol played 9 seasons more than Josh Giddey in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 13, from 2013 to 2021—Marc Gasol played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Josh Giddey, Marc Gasol got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 2 All-Star Game