Marc Gasol vs. Tracy McGrady Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tracy McGrady 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, 3 less than Tracy McGrady, who played 16. Marc Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Tracy McGrady had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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	Tracy McGrady
Season	2008-09	1997-98
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Toronto Raptors
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	+12.3	+4.9	+0.9	+2.3	+3.2	+0.2		+0.1	-1.0	-1.9	+1.5	+1.9	+.080	+0.2	+0.6		+2.2	+2.9	+.021
Tracy McGrady	64	18.4	7.0	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.5	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	6.2	.450	0.2	0.6	.341	1.2	1.7	.712
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Marc Gasol nor Tracy McGrady played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Marc Gasol	Tracy McGrady
Season	2011-12	2000-01
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East 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:	+12	+3.6	+12.2	+0.7	+2.1	+1.4	+1.5	+0.5	+0.4	-0.7	-1.0	+4.7	+11.0	+.025	+0.8	+2.0	+.272	+2.0	+2.7	+.015
Tracy McGrady	77	40.1	26.8	2.5	5.0	7.5	4.6	1.5	1.5	2.6	2.1	10.2	22.4	.457	0.8	2.2	.355	5.6	7.6	.733
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	+7.0	+18.7	+0.8	+0.6	+0.2	+5.2	+1.5	+0.6	-0.1	-0.8	+7.7	+20.9	+.107	+0.5	+2.4	+.200	+2.9	+3.4	+.025
Tracy McGrady	4	44.3	33.8	1.5	5.0	6.5	8.3	1.8	1.3	2.0	2.8	12.8	30.8	.415	0.5	2.5	.200	7.8	9.5	.816

Season 5
	Marc Gasol	Tracy McGrady
Season	2012-13	2001-02
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals	Magic Lost East 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	+3.3	+11.5	+0.3	+0.4	+0.1	+1.3	+0.6	+0.7	-0.5	-1.4	+4.0	+10.0	+.043	+1.4	+3.5	+.293	+2.1	+3.3	+.100
Tracy McGrady	76	38.3	25.6	2.0	5.9	7.9	5.3	1.6	1.0	2.5	1.8	9.4	20.9	.451	1.4	3.7	.364	5.5	7.3	.748
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	+3.9	+13.6	+0.2	+2.0	+2.2	+2.3	+0.4	+0.4	-2.1	-0.7	+4.3	+9.1	+.008	+1.3	+4.0		+3.7	+5.5	+.061
Tracy McGrady	4	44.5	30.8	1.5	4.8	6.3	5.5	0.5	1.8	3.3	2.8	10.5	22.8	.462	1.3	4.0	.313	8.5	11.5	.739

Season 6
	Marc Gasol	Tracy McGrady
Season	2013-14	2002-03
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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6th 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	59	33.4	14.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	3.6	1.0	1.3	1.9	2.5	5.7	12.1	.473	0.0	0.2	.182	3.1	4.1	.768
difference:	+16	+6.0	+17.5	+0.2	+0.9	+0.7	+1.9	+0.7	+0.5	-0.7	-0.4	+5.4	+12.1	+.016	+2.3	+5.8	+.204	+4.6	+5.6	+.025
Tracy McGrady	75	39.4	32.1	1.6	4.9	6.5	5.5	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.1	11.1	24.2	.457	2.3	6.0	.386	7.7	9.7	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	7	42.7	17.3	1.9	5.9	7.7	4.4	1.7	0.9	1.7	3.9	6.7	16.6	.405	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.9	.794
difference:		+1.4	+14.4	+0.5	+0.6	+1.0	+0.3	+0.3		-2.0	-1.6	+3.9	+7.0	+.043	+2.3	+6.6	+.340	+4.4	+5.8	+.021
Tracy McGrady	7	44.1	31.7	1.4	5.3	6.7	4.7	2.0	0.9	3.7	2.3	10.6	23.6	.448	2.3	6.7	.340	8.3	10.7	.773

Season 7
	Marc Gasol	Tracy McGrady
Season	2014-15	2003-04
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+14	+6.7	+10.6		+1.8	+1.8	+1.7	+0.5	+1.0	-0.5	-0.7	+3.2	+10.2	+.077	+2.6	+7.5	+.163	+1.6	+2.1	+.001
Tracy McGrady	67	39.9	28.0	1.4	4.6	6.0	5.5	1.4	0.6	2.7	1.9	9.7	23.4	.417	2.6	7.7	.339	5.9	7.5	.796
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
Tracy McGrady	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Marc Gasol	Tracy McGrady
Season	2015-16	2004-05
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+26	+6.4	+9.1	+0.2	+0.5	+0.8	+1.9	+0.7	+0.6	-0.3	-0.6	+2.9	+7.7	+.033	+1.8	+5.5	+.341	+1.6	+2.4	+.055
Tracy McGrady	78	40.8	25.7	0.9	5.3	6.2	5.7	1.7	0.7	2.6	2.1	9.2	21.3	.431	1.8	5.6	.326	5.5	7.1	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	7	43.1	30.7	1.7	5.7	7.4	6.7	1.6	1.4	3.7	2.9	11.1	24.4	.456	2.4	6.6	.370	6.0	7.3	.824

Season 9
	Marc Gasol	Tracy McGrady
Season	2016-17	2005-06
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+27	+2.9	+4.9	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	+0.2	+0.4	+0.4	-0.4	-0.4	+1.5	+5.8	+.053	+0.2	+1.4	+.076	+1.6	+2.7	+.090
Tracy McGrady	47	37.1	24.4	1.0	5.6	6.5	4.8	1.3	0.9	2.6	1.9	8.7	21.5	.406	1.6	5.0	.312	5.4	7.2	.747
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
Tracy McGrady	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Marc Gasol	Tracy McGrady
Season	2017-18	2006-07
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+2.8	+7.4	+0.3	+2.5	+2.8	+2.3	+0.6	+0.9	-0.3	-0.6	+3.1	+6.6	+.011	+0.3	+1.0	+.010	+1.1	+2.3	+.127
Tracy McGrady	71	35.8	24.6	0.8	4.5	5.3	6.5	1.3	0.5	3.0	1.9	9.0	20.8	.431	1.8	5.4	.331	4.9	6.9	.707
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tracy McGrady	7	40.0	25.3	0.7	5.1	5.9	7.3	0.7	0.9	3.0	1.7	9.0	22.9	.394	1.3	5.1	.250	6.0	8.1	.737

Season 11
	Marc Gasol	Tracy McGrady
Season	2018-19	2007-08
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+13	+6.2	+8.0	+0.4	+2.4	+2.8	+1.5	+0.1	+0.6	-0.4	-1.3	+3.4	+8.8	+.029		+1.0	+.071	+1.3	+2.2	+.075
Tracy McGrady	66	37.0	21.6	0.6	4.5	5.1	5.9	1.0	0.5	2.4	1.4	8.3	19.8	.419	1.3	4.5	.292	3.7	5.4	.684
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:	+18	+10.6	+17.6	+0.5	+1.2	+1.8	+3.8	+0.6	+0.3	-2.1	-2.2	+7.1	+16.8	+.003	+0.6	+0.3	+.174	+3.8	+6.9	+.247
Tracy McGrady	6	41.2	27.0	1.2	7.0	8.2	6.8	1.5	0.8	3.0	1.3	10.3	24.3	.425	0.8	4.0	.208	5.5	8.8	.623