Pau Gasol vs. Jaxson Hayes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaxson Hayes 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 12 more than Jaxson Hayes, who played 6. Pau Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Jaxson Hayes had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Pau Gasol 18 12 2001-02 to 2018-19
Jaxson Hayes 6 3 2019-20 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Pau Gasol Jaxson Hayes
Season 2001-022019-20
Team Memphis GrizzliesNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards Achievement Rookie of the Year-
Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+18+19.8+10.2+1.4+3.5+4.9+1.8+0.1+1.2-1.9-0.1+4.0+9.0+.154+.050+2.2+2.8+.062
Jaxson Hayes 64 16.9 7.4 1.5 2.5 4.0 0.9 0.4 0.9 0.8 2.5 2.7 4.0 .672 0.0 0.1 .250 1.9 3.0 .647
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pau Gasol nor Jaxson Hayes played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
Pau Gasol Jaxson Hayes
Season 2002-032020-21
Team Memphis GrizzliesNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Pau Gasol 82 36.0 19.0 2.3 6.4 8.8 2.8 0.4 1.8 2.6 2.7 6.9 13.6 .510 0.0 0.1 .100 5.1 6.9 .736
difference:+22+19.9+11.5+0.8+3.6+4.5+2.2+1.2-1.9-1.0+4.0+8.9+.115+0.1+0.1+.329+3.5+4.9+.039
Jaxson Hayes 60 16.1 7.5 1.5 2.8 4.3 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 1.7 2.9 4.7 .625 0.1 0.2 .429 1.6 2.0 .775
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pau Gasol nor Jaxson Hayes played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
Pau Gasol Jaxson Hayes
Season 2003-042021-22
Team Memphis GrizzliesNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st RdPelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+8+11.5+8.4+1.0+2.2+3.2+1.9+0.1+0.9-1.6-0.2+3.0+7.7+.134+0.2+0.6+.084+2.6+3.9+.052
Jaxson Hayes 70 20.0 9.3 1.6 2.9 4.5 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.8 2.2 3.5 5.7 .616 0.3 0.8 .351 2.1 2.7 .766
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+2+19.7+12.7+0.3+2.2+2.5+2.3+1.0+1.2-0.6-0.7+4.7+8.1+.011+0.5+3.3+3.2+.264
Jaxson Hayes 6 13.8 5.8 0.7 1.8 2.5 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.7 1.8 2.3 4.2 .560 0.0 0.5 .000 1.2 1.8 .636

Season 4
Pau Gasol Jaxson Hayes
Season 2004-052022-23
Team Memphis GrizzliesNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+9+19.0+12.8+1.5+3.0+4.5+1.7+0.3+1.3-1.7-1.2+4.6+9.1+.037+0.1+0.5+.064+3.8+4.8+.069
Jaxson Hayes 47 13.0 5.0 0.8 2.0 2.8 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.4 1.8 3.3 .551 0.1 0.6 .103 1.2 1.8 .699
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Jaxson Hayes DNP------ --- ----------

Season 5
Pau Gasol Jaxson Hayes
Season 2005-062023-24
Team Memphis GrizzliesLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st RdLakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others -NBA Cup NBA Cup Champion
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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+10+26.7+16.1+1.4+4.5+5.9+4.1+0.1+1.5-2.3-0.5+5.7+12.4+.217+0.1+.250+4.6+6.5+.067
Jaxson Hayes 70 12.5 4.3 1.0 2.0 3.0 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 1.8 1.8 2.5 .720 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 1.2 .622
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+33.5+20.0+0.2+3.5+3.8+2.7+0.5+1.3-2.3-1.0+7.3+16.3+.433+0.3+5.5+7.0+.267
Jaxson Hayes 4 6.0 0.3 0.8 2.3 3.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.8 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 - 0.3 0.5 .500

Season 6
Pau Gasol Jaxson Hayes
Season 2006-072024-25
Team Memphis GrizzliesLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayLakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+3+16.7+14.0+1.1+3.9+5.0+2.4+0.1+1.2-1.9-0.1+4.9+10.5+.184+0.1+0.1+.273+4.0+5.0+.126
Jaxson Hayes 56 19.5 6.8 1.4 3.4 4.8 1.0 0.6 0.9 0.8 2.4 2.9 4.0 .722 0.0 0.1 .000 1.1 1.8 .622
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Pau Gasol DNP------ --- ----------
Jaxson Hayes 4 7.8 1.8 1.3 0.8 2.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 2.0 0.8 2.0 .375 0.0 0.0 - 0.3 0.5 .500

Additional Years

* Pau Gasol played 12 seasons more than Jaxson Hayes in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 7 to 18, from 2008 to 2019—Pau Gasol played in 9 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships.

In those 12 extra years over Jaxson Hayes, Pau Gasol got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 2 All-NBA Second Team
Achievement 2 All-NBA Third Team
Achievement 5 All-Star Game
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