Pau Gasol vs. Jalen Suggs Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Suggs 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, 13 more than Jalen Suggs, who played 5. Pau Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Jalen Suggs had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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	Jalen Suggs
Season	2001-02	2021-22
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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:	+34	+9.5	+5.8	+2.4	+3.0	+5.3	+1.7	+0.7	+1.7	-0.3	-0.6	+2.6	+1.6	+.157	+0.9	+4.0	+.014	+1.5	+2.4	+.064
Jalen Suggs	48	27.2	11.8	0.5	3.0	3.6	4.4	1.2	0.4	3.0	3.0	4.1	11.4	.361	0.9	4.1	.214	2.6	3.4	.773
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pau Gasol nor Jalen Suggs played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Pau Gasol	Jalen Suggs
Season	2003-04	2023-24
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+3	+4.5	+5.1	+2.0	+2.7	+4.6	+0.2	+0.8	+1.1	-0.6	-0.3	+2.0	+3.9	+.011	+1.9	+4.9	+.130	+3.1	+4.5	+.042
Jalen Suggs	75	27.0	12.6	0.6	2.4	3.1	2.7	1.4	0.6	1.8	2.7	4.5	9.5	.471	2.0	5.1	.397	1.6	2.1	.756
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:	+3	+0.4	+3.8	+0.6	+0.4	+0.1	+0.8	+0.3	+1.1	-1.6	-0.1	+2.3	+0.6	+.169	+2.0	+6.9		+1.2	+0.7	+.133
Jalen Suggs	7	33.1	14.7	1.6	3.6	5.1	3.3	1.3	0.4	2.9	2.6	4.7	11.7	.402	2.0	6.9	.292	3.3	4.3	.767

Season 5
	Pau Gasol	Jalen Suggs
Season	2005-06	2025-26
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Orlando Magic
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:	+59	+13.6	+5.0	+1.6	+3.5	+5.2	+0.2	+1.3	+1.3	-0.2	-0.7	+2.1	+3.5	+.032	+2.0	+5.9	+.078	+2.6	+4.6	+.173
Jalen Suggs	21	25.6	15.4	0.8	3.0	3.7	4.8	1.9	0.6	2.7	3.0	5.4	11.4	.471	2.0	6.1	.328	2.7	3.1	.862
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
Jalen Suggs	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Pau Gasol played 13 seasons more than Jalen Suggs in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 18, from 2007 to 2019—Pau Gasol played in 9 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 13 extra years over Jalen Suggs, Pau Gasol got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Star Game