Marc Gasol vs. Pau Gasol Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pau Gasol 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, 5 less than Pau Gasol, who played 18. Marc Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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
	Marc Gasol	Pau Gasol
Season	2008-09	2001-02
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First 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:		+6.0	+5.7	+0.4	+1.1	+1.5	+1.0	+0.3	+1.0	-0.7	-0.8	+2.4	+4.9	+.012		+0.1		+0.7	+1.2	+.024
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 Marc Gasol nor Pau Gasol played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Marc Gasol	Pau Gasol
Season	2011-12	2004-05
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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:	+9	+4.5	+3.2	+0.5	+2.1	+1.6	+0.7	+0.3	+0.2	-0.5	-0.5	+0.9	+1.0	+.032		+0.1	+.084	+1.4	+1.7	+.020
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		%
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
difference:	+3	+4.3	+6.2	+1.5	+0.6	+0.8	+0.6	+0.2	+0.1	-0.1	-0.6	+4.7	+10.1	+.034	+0.3	+0.2	+1.000	+3.4	+3.1	+.291
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
	Marc Gasol	Pau Gasol
Season	2012-13	2005-06
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies 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		%
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:		+4.2	+6.3	+0.1	+1.0	+1.1	+0.6	+0.4	+0.2	-0.9	-0.9	+2.1	+4.0	+.009			+.179	+1.9	+3.7	+.159
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		%
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	+1.1	+3.1	+0.7	+1.0	+1.7	+0.2	+0.4	+0.9	-1.6	-0.7	+1.1	+3.1	+.021		+0.3		+1.0	+1.5	+.033
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 7
	Marc Gasol	Pau Gasol
Season	2014-15	2007-08
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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7th 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	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
difference:	+15	+2.4	+1.5	+0.9	+0.4	+0.6	+0.6	+0.4	+0.1	-0.3	-0.5	+0.7	+0.3	+.040	+0.1		+.074	+0.1	+0.1	+.012
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		%
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
difference:	+10	+2.0	+2.8	+0.9	+1.8	+1.0	+0.5	+0.4	+0.2	-0.6	-0.1	+0.2	+3.7	+.136		+0.2		+3.4	+3.0	+.160
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
	Marc Gasol	Pau Gasol
Season	2015-16	2008-09
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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8th 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	52	34.4	16.6	1.1	5.8	7.0	3.8	1.0	1.3	2.3	2.7	6.3	13.6	.464	0.0	0.1	.667	3.9	4.7	.829
difference:	+29	+2.6	+2.3	+2.1	+0.6	+2.6	+0.3	+0.4	+0.3	-0.4	-0.6	+1.0	+0.7	+.103		+0.1		+0.3	+0.7	+.048
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	-	4.2	5.4	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Marc Gasol	Pau Gasol
Season	2016-17	2009-10
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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9th 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	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
difference:	+9	+2.8	+1.2	+2.9	+2.1	+5.0	+1.2	+0.3	+0.4			+0.2	+2.7	+.077	+1.4	+3.5	+.388	+0.6	+1.1	+.047
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		%
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
difference:	+17	+0.3	+0.3	+2.8	+1.8	+4.6	+0.7	+0.1	+1.4	-0.6	-1.0	+0.7	+0.5	+.069	+1.2	+1.9	+.583		+1.4	+.180
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
	Marc Gasol	Pau Gasol
Season	2017-18	2010-11
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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10th 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	73	33.0	17.2	1.1	7.0	8.1	4.2	0.7	1.4	2.7	2.5	5.9	14.2	.420	1.5	4.4	.341	3.8	4.6	.834
difference:	+9	+4.0	+1.6	+2.2	+0.1	+2.1	+0.9	+0.1	+0.2	-1.0		+1.3	+0.5	+.109	+1.5	+4.4		+0.5	+0.6	+.011
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	-	4.3	5.2	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Marc Gasol	Pau Gasol
Season	2018-19	2011-12
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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11th 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	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
difference:	+14	+6.6	+3.8	+1.8	+0.7	+2.5	+0.8	+0.5	+0.3	-0.2	-0.7	+2.2	+3.1	+.053	+1.2	+3.1	+.104	+0.7	+0.8	+.023
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		%
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
difference:	+12	+6.4	+3.1	+2.5	+0.5	+3.1	+0.7	+0.4	+1.0	-0.8	-0.5	+2.0	+4.4	+.012	+1.2	+3.3	+.018	+0.3	+0.5	+.042
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

Additional Years
* Pau Gasol played 5 seasons more than Marc Gasol in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 18, from 2015 to 2019—Pau Gasol played in 3 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Marc Gasol, Pau Gasol got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game