Pau Gasol vs. Buddy Hield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buddy Hield 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, 8 more than Buddy Hield, who played 10. Pau Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Buddy Hield had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Buddy Hield
Season	2001-02	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	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:		+13.7	+7.0	+2.5	+3.1	+5.6	+1.2		+2.0	-1.5	-1.0	+2.7	+3.6	+.092	+1.8	+4.5	+.191	+3.3	+4.9	+.133
Buddy Hield	82	23.0	10.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.5	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.4	4.0	9.4	.426	1.8	4.6	.391	0.8	0.9	.842
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pau Gasol nor Buddy Hield played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Pau Gasol	Buddy Hield
Season	2005-06	2020-21
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Sacramento Kings
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:	+9	+4.9	+3.8	+2.0	+2.2	+4.2	+1.0	+0.3	+1.5	-1.1	-0.2	+1.8	+0.9	+.097	+4.0	+10.0	+.141	+4.1	+6.2	+.157
Buddy Hield	71	34.3	16.6	0.4	4.3	4.7	3.6	0.9	0.4	1.8	2.5	5.7	14.0	.406	4.0	10.2	.391	1.2	1.5	.846
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
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Pau Gasol	Buddy Hield
Season	2008-09	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East 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		%
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:	+3	+11.3	+6.8	+2.5	+3.9	+6.4	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5	-0.7	-0.1	+2.9	+2.8	+.131	+2.6	+6.8		+3.6	+4.7	+.100
Buddy Hield	84	25.7	12.1	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.8	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.0	4.4	10.1	.436	2.6	6.8	.386	0.6	0.7	.881
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:	+19	+27.7	+12.8	+2.5	+7.1	+9.5	+2.0	+0.8	+1.7	-1.4	-2.0	+5.2	+7.7	+.168	+1.5	+3.3		+3.8	+5.6	+.286
Buddy Hield	4	12.8	5.5	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.8	4.3	.412	1.5	3.3	.462	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 9
	Pau Gasol	Buddy Hield
Season	2009-10	2024-25
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:	+17	+14.3	+7.2	+3.1	+5.0	+8.1	+1.8	+0.2	+1.4	-1.1	-0.7	+3.0	+3.4	+.119	+2.5	+6.6	+.370	+3.8	+4.8	+.038
Buddy Hield	82	22.7	11.1	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.6	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.6	4.0	9.6	.417	2.5	6.7	.370	0.6	0.8	.828
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:	+11	+12.4	+7.1	+2.5	+5.1	+7.6	+1.7	+0.8	+1.7	-0.8	-0.7	+2.9	+2.9	+.123	+2.8	+6.3	+.429	+4.1	+5.7	+.170
Buddy Hield	12	27.3	12.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.1	2.0	4.3	10.4	.416	2.8	6.4	.429	1.1	1.2	.929

Season 10
	Pau Gasol	Buddy Hield
Season	2010-11	2025-26
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:	+74	+19.7	+11.3	+2.9	+5.8	+8.7	+1.7		+1.6	-0.8	-1.5	+4.4	+7.2	+.106	+1.5	+4.6		+3.8	+4.7	+.177
Buddy Hield	8	17.3	7.5	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.6	0.6	0.0	0.9	1.0	2.8	6.5	.423	1.5	4.6	.324	0.5	0.5	1.000
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
Buddy Hield	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Pau Gasol played 8 seasons more than Buddy Hield in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 18, from 2012 to 2019—Pau Gasol played in 5 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Buddy Hield, Pau Gasol got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game