Pau Gasol vs. Allen Iverson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Allen Iverson and Pau 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.

Pau Gasol played 18 years in the NBA, 4 more than Allen Iverson, who played 14. Pau Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Allen Iverson had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
	Pau Gasol	Allen Iverson
Season	2001-02	1996-97
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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		%
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
difference:	+6	+3.4	+5.9	+1.4	+3.4	+4.8	+4.8	+1.6	+1.8	-1.7	-0.7	+1.5	+6.8	+.102	+2.0	+5.9	+.141	+0.9	+1.4	+.007
Allen Iverson	76	40.1	23.5	1.5	2.6	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	4.4	3.1	8.2	19.8	.416	2.0	6.0	.341	5.0	7.2	.702
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pau Gasol nor Allen Iverson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Pau Gasol	Allen Iverson
Season	2003-04	1998-99
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	78	31.5	17.7	2.6	5.1	7.7	2.5	0.6	1.7	2.4	2.4	6.5	13.4	.482	0.1	0.2	.267	4.7	6.6	.714
difference:	+30	+10.0	+9.1	+1.2	+1.6	+2.8	+2.1	+1.7	+1.6	-1.1	-0.4	+2.6	+8.6	+.070	+1.1	+3.9	+.024	+2.7	+3.3	+.037
Allen Iverson	48	41.5	26.8	1.4	3.5	4.9	4.6	2.3	0.1	3.5	2.0	9.1	22.0	.412	1.2	4.1	.291	7.4	9.9	.751
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	4	33.5	18.5	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	1.3	2.5	7.0	12.3	.571	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	5.0	.900
difference:	+4	+11.5	+10.0	+0.8	+1.6	+0.9	+2.4	+1.5	+1.2	-1.7	-0.1	+4.0	+14.5	+.160	+1.9	+6.6		+0.1	+1.5	+.188
Allen Iverson	8	45.0	28.5	1.8	2.4	4.1	4.9	2.5	0.3	3.0	2.4	11.0	26.8	.411	1.9	6.6	.283	4.6	6.5	.712

Season 4
	Pau Gasol	Allen Iverson
Season	2004-05	1999-00
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+14	+8.8	+10.6	+1.3	+2.2	+3.5	+2.3	+1.4	+1.6	-0.9	-0.3	+4.0	+12.4	+.093	+1.3	+3.6	+.174	+1.3	+2.3	+.055
Allen Iverson	70	40.8	28.4	1.0	2.8	3.8	4.7	2.1	0.1	3.3	2.3	10.4	24.8	.421	1.3	3.7	.341	6.3	8.9	.713
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+6	+11.4	+4.9	+2.4	+1.2	+3.5	+2.0	+0.7	+1.7	-1.4	-0.6	+0.7	+3.7	+.104	+0.9	+3.6	+.692	+5.3	+6.2	+.239
Allen Iverson	10	44.4	26.2	1.4	2.6	4.0	4.5	1.2	0.1	3.2	2.4	9.1	23.7	.384	1.2	3.9	.308	6.8	9.2	.739

Season 5
	Pau Gasol	Allen Iverson
Season	2005-06	2000-01
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+9	+2.8	+10.7	+1.7	+3.4	+5.1		+1.9	+1.6	-0.4	-0.2	+3.2	+10.6	+.083	+1.4	+4.1	+.070	+2.9	+2.4	+.125
Allen Iverson	71	42.0	31.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	4.6	2.5	0.3	3.3	2.1	10.7	25.5	.420	1.4	4.3	.320	8.2	10.1	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+18	+7.0	+12.6	+0.3	+1.8	+2.1	+3.1	+1.9	+1.0	-0.1	-0.3	+4.4	+13.2	+.044	+2.2	+6.2	+.338	+1.5	+2.0	+.007
Allen Iverson	22	46.5	32.9	0.7	4.0	4.7	6.1	2.4	0.3	2.9	2.5	11.7	30.0	.389	2.2	6.5	.338	7.3	9.5	.774

Season 6
	Pau Gasol	Allen Iverson
Season	2006-07	2001-02
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Pau Gasol	59	36.2	20.8	2.5	7.3	9.8	3.4	0.5	2.1	2.7	2.3	7.8	14.5	.538	0.1	0.2	.273	5.1	6.8	.748
difference:	+1	+7.5	+10.6	+1.8	+3.5	+5.3	+2.1	+2.3	+1.9	-1.3	-0.6	+3.3	+13.3	+.140	+1.2	+4.3	+.018	+2.8	+3.0	+.064
Allen Iverson	60	43.7	31.4	0.7	3.8	4.5	5.5	2.8	0.2	4.0	1.7	11.1	27.8	.398	1.3	4.5	.291	7.9	9.8	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Allen Iverson	5	42.0	30.0	0.2	3.4	3.6	4.2	2.6	0.0	2.4	1.6	9.0	23.6	.381	1.8	5.4	.333	10.2	12.6	.810

Season 7
	Pau Gasol	Allen Iverson
Season	2007-08	2002-03
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+16	+6.9	+8.7	+1.5	+2.6	+4.2	+2.3	+2.2	+1.3	-1.6	-0.3	+2.6	+10.2	+.120	+0.9	+3.5	+.027	+2.6	+3.5	+.033
Allen Iverson	82	42.5	27.6	0.8	3.4	4.2	5.5	2.7	0.2	3.5	1.8	9.8	23.7	.414	1.0	3.7	.277	7.0	9.0	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+9	+6.6	+14.8	+1.7	+3.3	+5.0	+3.4	+1.9	+1.8	-1.8	-0.8	+4.7	+14.7	+.114	+1.6	+4.6		+3.9	+4.8	+.045
Allen Iverson	12	46.4	31.7	0.9	3.4	4.3	7.4	2.4	0.1	3.9	2.1	11.4	27.4	.416	1.6	4.6	.345	7.3	9.8	.737

Season 8
	Pau Gasol	Allen Iverson
Season	2008-09	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+33	+5.5	+7.5	+2.5	+3.4	+5.9	+3.3	+1.8	+0.9	-2.5	-0.3	+1.8	+10.5	+.180	+1.2	+4.1		+2.9	+4.1	+.036
Allen Iverson	48	42.5	26.4	0.7	3.0	3.7	6.8	2.4	0.1	4.4	1.8	9.1	23.4	.387	1.2	4.1	.286	7.1	9.5	.745
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Allen Iverson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Pau Gasol	Allen Iverson
Season	2009-10	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+10	+5.3	+12.4	+3.0	+4.3	+7.3	+4.5	+1.8	+1.6	-2.4	-0.4	+3.3	+11.2	+.112	+1.4	+4.4	+.308	+4.3	+4.9	+.045
Allen Iverson	75	42.3	30.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.9	2.4	0.1	4.6	1.9	10.3	24.2	.424	1.4	4.5	.308	8.7	10.5	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+18	+7.9	+11.6	+4.0	+4.9	+8.9	+6.5	+1.6	+1.7	-2.3	-0.3	+4.6	+11.9	+.071	+2.4	+5.7	+.414		+1.1	+.138
Allen Iverson	5	47.6	31.2	0.0	2.2	2.2	10.0	2.0	0.4	4.2	2.4	11.8	25.2	.468	2.4	5.8	.414	5.2	5.8	.897

Season 10
	Pau Gasol	Allen Iverson
Season	2010-11	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+10	+6.1	+14.2	+2.7	+4.3	+7.0	+4.1	+1.3	+1.5	-1.7	-0.8	+4.1	+11.6	+.082	+1.0	+3.1		+5.1	+6.3	+.009
Allen Iverson	72	43.1	33.0	0.6	2.6	3.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	3.4	1.7	11.3	25.3	.447	1.0	3.1	.323	9.4	11.5	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Allen Iverson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Pau Gasol	Allen Iverson
Season	2011-12	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets 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		%
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
difference:		+5.1	+8.9	+2.4	+5.0	+7.4	+3.6	+1.3	+1.2	-1.9	-0.5	+1.8	+6.1	+.059	+0.9	+2.6	+.056	+4.4	+5.4	+.013
Allen Iverson	65	42.5	26.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	7.2	1.9	0.2	4.1	1.5	8.9	20.2	.442	1.0	3.0	.315	7.5	9.4	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+7	+7.6	+10.3	+3.2	+5.7	+8.9	+2.1	+0.9	+2.1	-1.3	-0.8	+3.2	+10.9	+.066	+0.8	+3.0	+.106	+3.0	+3.8	+.022
Allen Iverson	5	44.6	22.8	0.0	0.6	0.6	5.8	1.4	0.0	3.0	2.2	8.4	22.8	.368	1.0	3.4	.294	5.0	6.2	.806

Season 12
	Pau Gasol	Allen Iverson
Season	2012-13	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	49	33.8	13.7	2.3	6.3	8.6	4.1	0.5	1.2	2.1	1.9	5.5	11.8	.466	0.2	0.6	.286	2.6	3.6	.702
difference:	+33	+8.0	+12.7	+1.7	+3.9	+5.6	+3.0	+1.5	+1.1	-0.9	-0.6	+3.2	+7.2	+.008	+1.0	+2.8	+.059	+5.3	+6.1	+.107
Allen Iverson	82	41.8	26.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	7.1	2.0	0.1	3.0	1.3	8.7	19.0	.458	1.2	3.4	.345	7.9	9.7	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	4	36.5	14.0	1.8	9.8	11.5	6.5	0.5	0.8	3.3	1.0	6.3	13.0	.481	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.8	.545
difference:		+3.0	+10.5	+0.8	+7.8	+8.5	+2.0	+0.5	+0.5	-1.5	-0.2	+2.7	+7.8	+.047	+0.8	+3.5		+4.3	+5.5	+.152
Allen Iverson	4	39.5	24.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.5	1.0	0.3	1.8	0.8	9.0	20.8	.434	0.8	3.5	.214	5.8	8.3	.697

Season 13
	Pau Gasol	Allen Iverson
Season	2013-14	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	60	31.4	17.4	2.1	7.6	9.7	3.4	0.5	1.5	2.4	2.1	7.1	14.8	.480	0.1	0.2	.286	3.1	4.2	.736
difference:	+3	+5.3	+0.1	+1.6	+5.1	+6.7	+1.6	+1.0	+1.4	-0.2	-0.6	+1.0	+0.2	+.063	+0.4	+1.5	+.003	+1.7	+1.9	+.045
Allen Iverson	57	36.7	17.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	5.0	1.5	0.1	2.6	1.5	6.1	14.6	.417	0.5	1.7	.283	4.8	6.1	.781
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pau Gasol nor Allen Iverson played in the postseason in their season 13

Season 14
	Pau Gasol	Allen Iverson
Season	2014-15	2009-10
Team	Chicago Bulls	Memphis Grizzlies, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	78	34.4	18.5	2.8	9.0	11.8	2.7	0.3	1.9	2.0	1.9	7.3	14.8	.494	0.2	0.3	.462	3.8	4.7	.803
difference:	+50	+3.5	+4.7	+2.2	+6.7	+9.0	+1.3	+0.4	+1.8	-0.3	-0.2	+2.4	+3.5	+.064	+0.1	+0.6	+.102	+0.1		+.009
Allen Iverson	28	30.9	13.8	0.6	2.3	2.8	4.0	0.7	0.1	2.3	1.7	4.9	11.3	.430	0.3	0.9	.360	3.7	4.7	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	10	31.7	14.4	1.7	7.7	9.4	3.1	0.5	2.1	2.1	1.8	5.6	11.5	.487	0.0	0.4	.000	3.2	4.2	.762
Allen Iverson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Pau Gasol played 4 seasons more than Allen Iverson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 15 to 18, from 2016 to 2019—Pau Gasol played in two Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Allen Iverson, Pau Gasol got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game