Pau Gasol vs. Andrew Wiggins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andrew Wiggins 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, 7 more than Andrew Wiggins, who played 11. Pau Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Andrew Wiggins had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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	Andrew Wiggins
Season	2001-02	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Minnesota Timberwolves
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:		+0.5	+0.7	+1.3	+3.1	+4.3	+0.6	+0.5	+1.5	-0.5	-0.1	+0.6	+0.9	+.081	+0.5	+1.4	+.110	+0.2	+0.1	+.051
Andrew Wiggins	82	36.2	16.9	1.6	2.9	4.6	2.1	1.0	0.6	2.2	2.3	6.1	13.9	.437	0.5	1.5	.310	4.3	5.7	.760
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pau Gasol nor Andrew Wiggins played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Pau Gasol	Andrew Wiggins
Season	2005-06	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+7	+4.4	+2.3	+1.3	+2.8	+4.1	+2.1	+0.4	+1.2	-1.0	-0.2	+0.7	+1.7	+.091	+1.6	+4.6	+.089	+2.5	+3.6	+.010
Andrew Wiggins	73	34.8	18.1	1.1	3.7	4.8	2.5	1.0	0.7	1.9	2.1	6.8	16.6	.412	1.6	4.8	.339	2.8	4.1	.699
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
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Pau Gasol	Andrew Wiggins
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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:	+8	+5.1	+1.7	+2.0	+3.1	+5.1	+1.3	+0.4	+0.3	-0.4	-0.1	+0.8	+1.1	+.101	+2.2	+5.5		+2.2	+2.2	+.147
Andrew Wiggins	73	31.9	17.2	1.2	3.3	4.5	2.2	1.0	0.7	1.5	2.2	6.5	14.0	.466	2.2	5.5	.393	2.0	3.2	.634
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
difference:	+1	+5.6	+1.8	+0.5	+2.9	+3.3	+0.7	+0.2	+1.0	-0.5	-0.5	+0.5	+1.9	+.111	+1.6	+4.8		+2.4	+3.1	+.068
Andrew Wiggins	22	34.9	16.5	2.5	5.0	7.5	1.8	1.0	1.0	1.4	2.5	6.5	13.9	.469	1.6	4.8	.333	1.9	3.0	.646

Season 9
	Pau Gasol	Andrew Wiggins
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+28	+4.8	+1.2	+2.1	+4.2	+6.3	+1.1	+0.6	+0.9	-0.9	-0.6	+0.2	+1.3	+.063	+2.4	+6.0	+.396	+3.2	+3.7	+.179
Andrew Wiggins	37	32.2	17.1	1.6	3.4	5.0	2.3	1.2	0.8	1.3	2.9	6.8	14.3	.473	2.4	6.1	.396	1.2	1.9	.611
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:	+10	+5.7	+2.9	+2.2	+3.3	+5.5	+1.6	+0.4	+0.9	-0.6	-0.8	+0.8	+0.6	+.080	+1.5	+4.8	+.297	+2.7	+3.3	+.078
Andrew Wiggins	13	34.0	16.7	1.8	3.8	5.6	1.9	0.8	1.2	1.3	3.5	6.4	13.9	.459	1.5	4.9	.297	2.5	3.6	.681

Season 10
	Pau Gasol	Andrew Wiggins
Season	2010-11	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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:	+11	+10.0	+5.6	+1.8	+3.9	+5.7	+1.6		+1.0	-0.5	-0.4	+2.2	+2.7	+.076	+1.3	+3.6		+2.3	+2.5	+.072
Andrew Wiggins	71	27.0	13.2	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.7	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.1	5.0	11.0	.453	1.3	3.6	.358	2.0	2.7	.751
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
Andrew Wiggins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Pau Gasol played 7 seasons more than Andrew Wiggins in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 18, from 2013 to 2019—Pau Gasol played in 4 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Andrew Wiggins, Pau Gasol got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game