Pau Gasol vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams 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, 15 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Pau Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Jalen Williams had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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 Williams
Season	2001-02	2022-23
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Oklahoma City Thunder
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:	+7	+6.4	+3.5	+1.8	+2.6	+4.4	+0.6	+0.9	+1.6	-1.1	-0.1	+1.2	+2.4	+.003	+1.0	+2.6	+.156	+2.0	+3.3	+.103
Jalen Williams	75	30.3	14.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	2.5	5.5	10.6	.521	1.0	2.7	.356	2.1	2.5	.812
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pau Gasol nor Jalen Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Pau Gasol	Jalen Williams
Season	2003-04	2024-25
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+9	+0.9	+3.9	+1.7	+0.6	+2.4	+2.6	+1.0	+1.0	-0.2	-0.1	+1.7	+3.5	+.002	+1.7	+4.7	+.098	+1.3	+2.3	+.075
Jalen Williams	69	32.4	21.6	0.9	4.5	5.3	5.1	1.6	0.7	2.2	2.3	8.2	16.9	.484	1.8	4.9	.365	3.4	4.3	.789
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:	+19	+1.1	+2.9		+0.5	+0.5	+2.3	+0.4	+1.1	-0.5	-0.3	+0.7	+4.9	+.122	+1.5	+5.0		+0.1	+0.6	+.111
Jalen Williams	23	34.6	21.4	1.0	4.5	5.5	4.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.7	17.2	.449	1.5	5.0	.304	4.4	5.6	.789

Additional Years
* Pau Gasol played 15 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 18, from 2005 to 2019—Pau Gasol played in 11 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 15 extra years over Jalen Williams, Pau Gasol got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Star Game