Pau Gasol vs. Karl Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl Malone 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 / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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, 1 less than Karl Malone, who played 19. Pau Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Karl Malone had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
Karl Malone	19	19	1985-86 to 2003-04

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2001-02	1985-86
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+1	+6.1	+2.7	+0.8	+0.7		+0.2	+0.8	+1.6	-0.7	-1.2	+0.5	+0.5	+.022		+0.1		+1.7	+0.8	+.228
Karl Malone	81	30.6	14.9	2.1	6.7	8.9	2.9	1.3	0.5	3.4	3.6	6.2	12.5	.496	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	5.0	.481

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	4	36.0	21.8	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	4.5	9.5	18.0	.528	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	6.5	.423


Season 2
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2002-03	1986-87
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd 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	36.0	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:		+1.2	+2.7	+1.1	+0.6	+1.6	+0.9	+0.9	+1.1	-0.3	-1.2	+2.0	+3.7	+.002			+.100	+1.2	+0.3	+.138
Karl Malone	82	34.8	21.7	3.4	7.0	10.4	1.9	1.3	0.7	2.9	3.9	8.9	17.3	.512	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	6.6	.598

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	5	40.0	20.0	3.0	6.6	9.6	1.2	2.2	0.8	3.4	4.0	7.4	17.6	.420	0.0	0.0	-	5.2	7.2	.722


Season 3
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2003-04	1987-88
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+4	+7.5	+10.0	+0.8	+3.5	+4.3	+0.1	+0.8	+1.1	-1.6	-1.2	+4.0	+6.7	+.038	+0.1	+0.1	+.267	+2.0	+3.0	+.014
Karl Malone	82	39.0	27.7	3.4	8.6	12.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	4.0	3.6	10.5	20.1	.520	0.0	0.1	.000	6.7	9.6	.700

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:	+7	+11.4	+11.2	+2.0	+4.8	+6.8	+1.0	+0.2	+0.9	-2.2	-0.7	+4.2	+10.9	+.089		+0.1		+2.9	+5.2	+.177
Karl Malone	11	44.9	29.7	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.5	1.2	0.6	3.5	3.2	11.2	23.2	.482	0.0	0.1	.000	7.4	10.2	.723


Season 4
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2004-05	1988-89
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th 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	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:	+24	+7.1	+11.3	+0.9	+2.4	+3.4	+0.3	+1.1	+0.8	-1.2	-1.0	+3.7	+7.1	+.005	+0.1	+0.1	+.146	+3.8	+4.9	+.002
Karl Malone	80	39.1	29.1	3.2	7.4	10.7	2.7	1.8	0.9	3.6	3.6	10.1	19.5	.519	0.1	0.2	.313	8.8	11.5	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	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
difference:	+1	+12.3	+9.4	+3.5	+5.2	+8.8	+1.2	+0.5	+1.5	-2.5	-2.3	+1.2	+2.0	+.012	+0.3	+0.3		+7.2	+7.7	+.313
Karl Malone	3	45.3	30.7	7.3	9.0	16.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	4.3	5.3	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	8.7	10.7	.813


Season 5
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2005-06	1989-90
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+1.1	+10.6	+0.4	+1.8	+2.2	+1.8	+0.9	+1.3	-0.8	-0.9	+3.6	+4.9	+.059	+0.2	+0.3	+.122	+3.2	+3.4	+.073
Karl Malone	82	38.1	31.0	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	3.7	3.2	11.1	19.8	.562	0.2	0.5	.372	8.5	11.1	.762

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
difference:	+1	+1.1	+4.9	+2.2	+1.2	+3.4	+0.8	+1.7	+0.3	-0.4	-1.6	+1.9	+4.2	+.005		+0.1		+1.0	+1.5	+.011
Karl Malone	5	40.6	25.2	3.2	7.0	10.2	2.2	2.2	1.0	2.4	4.4	9.2	21.0	.438	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	9.0	.756


Season 6
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2006-07	1990-91
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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6th 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	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:	+23	+4.1	+8.2	+0.4	+1.6	+2.0	+0.1	+0.6	+1.1	-0.3	-1.0	+2.5	+5.1	+.011	+0.1		+.013	+3.2	+4.0	+.022
Karl Malone	82	40.3	29.0	2.9	8.9	11.8	3.3	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.3	10.3	19.6	.527	0.0	0.2	.286	8.3	10.8	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	9	42.6	29.7	2.6	10.8	13.3	3.2	1.0	1.2	2.9	3.9	10.6	23.2	.455	0.0	0.9	.000	8.6	10.1	.846


Season 7
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2007-08	1991-92
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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7th 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	66	35.6	18.9	2.3	6.0	8.4	3.2	0.5	1.5	1.9	2.1	7.2	13.5	.534	0.1	0.2	.250	4.4	5.5	.807
difference:	+15	+2.1	+9.1	+0.5	+2.4	+2.8	+0.2	+0.8	+0.9	-1.2	-0.7	+2.7	+5.2	+.008	+0.1		+.074	+3.9	+5.2	+.029
Karl Malone	81	37.7	28.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.0	1.3	0.6	3.1	2.8	9.9	18.7	.526	0.0	0.2	.176	8.3	10.7	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	21	39.8	16.9	2.6	6.7	9.3	4.0	0.5	1.9	2.1	2.9	6.7	12.7	.530	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.692
difference:	+5	+3.2	+12.2	+0.1	+1.9	+2.0	+1.4	+0.9	+0.7	-0.8	-0.7	+2.6	+5.1	+.009		+0.1		+7.2	+8.1	+.113
Karl Malone	16	43.0	29.1	2.7	8.6	11.3	2.6	1.4	1.2	2.9	3.6	9.3	17.8	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	10.6	13.1	.805


Season 8
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2008-09	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West 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:	+1	+0.8	+8.1	+0.4	+2.0	+1.6	+0.3	+0.9		-1.0	-1.1	+2.4	+4.7	+.015		+0.2		+3.3	+4.8	+.041
Karl Malone	82	37.8	27.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.8	1.5	1.0	2.9	3.2	9.7	17.6	.552	0.0	0.2	.200	7.5	10.2	.740

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:	+18	+2.7	+5.7	+0.6	+0.1	+0.4	+0.5	+0.4	+1.6	-2.1	-1.2	+1.8	+7.4	+.126	+0.2	+0.4		+1.9	+1.5	+.102
Karl Malone	5	43.2	24.0	2.4	8.0	10.4	2.0	1.2	0.4	4.0	4.2	8.8	19.4	.454	0.2	0.4	.500	6.2	7.6	.816


Season 9
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2009-10	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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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	+3.6	+6.9	+0.8	+1.0	+0.2	+0.6	+0.9	+0.2	-0.7	-1.0	+2.4	+5.9	+.039	+0.1	+0.3	+.250	+1.8	+3.4	+.096
Karl Malone	82	40.6	25.2	2.9	8.6	11.5	4.0	1.5	1.5	2.9	3.3	9.4	18.9	.497	0.1	0.4	.250	6.2	9.0	.694

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:	+7	+4.2	+7.5	+0.7	+2.0	+1.3	+0.1	+1.0	+1.3	-0.2	-1.0	+2.7	+7.8	+.072		+0.2		+2.2	+3.1	+.021
Karl Malone	16	43.9	27.1	3.3	9.1	12.4	3.4	1.4	0.8	2.1	3.7	9.9	21.1	.467	0.0	0.3	.000	7.4	10.0	.738


Season 10
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2010-11	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:		+1.1	+7.9	+1.4	+1.8	+0.4	+0.2	+1.0	+0.6	-1.2	-0.8	+2.9	+5.2	+.007	+0.1	+0.5		+2.0	+3.3	+.081
Karl Malone	82	38.1	26.7	1.9	8.7	10.6	3.5	1.6	1.0	2.9	3.3	10.1	18.9	.536	0.1	0.5	.268	6.3	8.5	.742

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
difference:	+5	+7.4	+17.1	+0.2	+5.6	+5.4		+1.0	+1.3	-1.1	-0.3	+4.9	+9.4	+.046	+0.1	+0.4	+.167	+7.2	+11.1	+.108
Karl Malone	5	43.2	30.2	3.0	10.2	13.2	3.8	1.4	0.4	2.8	3.6	9.6	20.6	.466	0.2	0.6	.333	10.8	15.6	.692


Season 11
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2011-12	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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11th 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	37.4	17.4	2.8	7.6	10.4	3.6	0.6	1.4	2.2	2.0	7.1	14.1	.501	0.1	0.4	.259	3.1	4.0	.782
difference:	+17	+0.6	+8.3	+0.7	+0.1	+0.6	+0.6	+1.1	+0.7	-0.2	-1.0	+2.5	+4.4	+.018	+0.1	+0.1	+.141	+3.1	+4.6	+.059
Karl Malone	82	38.0	25.7	2.1	7.7	9.8	4.2	1.7	0.7	2.4	3.0	9.6	18.5	.519	0.2	0.5	.400	6.2	8.6	.723

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	12	37.0	12.5	3.2	6.3	9.5	3.7	0.5	2.1	1.7	3.0	5.2	11.9	.434	0.2	0.4	.400	2.0	2.4	.828
difference:	+6	+3.3	+14.0	+0.6	+1.4	+0.8	+0.7	+1.4	+1.5	-0.8	-0.4	+5.2	+10.4	+.035	+0.2	+0.2	+.400	+3.6	+7.4	+.254
Karl Malone	18	40.3	26.5	2.6	7.7	10.3	4.4	1.9	0.6	2.5	3.4	10.4	22.3	.469	0.0	0.2	.000	5.6	9.8	.574


Season 12
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2012-13	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost NBA Finals

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12th 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	49	33.8	13.7	2.3	6.3	8.6	4.1	0.5	1.2	2.1	1.9	5.5	11.8	.466	0.2	0.6	.286	2.6	3.6	.702
difference:	+33	+2.8	+13.7	+0.1	+1.2	+1.3	+0.4	+0.9	+0.6	-0.7	-0.7	+5.0	+7.4	+.084	+0.2	+0.4	+.286	+3.8	+4.8	+.053
Karl Malone	82	36.6	27.4	2.4	7.5	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	2.8	2.6	10.5	19.2	.550	0.0	0.2	.000	6.4	8.4	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	4	36.5	14.0	1.8	9.8	11.5	6.5	0.5	0.8	3.3	1.0	6.3	13.0	.481	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.8	.545
difference:	+16	+4.3	+12.0	+1.2	+1.4	+0.1	+3.6	+0.9		-0.6	-2.0	+3.1	+8.5	+.046	+0.1	+0.1		+5.7	+7.2	+.175
Karl Malone	20	40.8	26.0	3.0	8.4	11.4	2.9	1.4	0.8	2.7	3.0	9.4	21.5	.435	0.1	0.1	.500	7.2	10.0	.720


Season 13
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2013-14	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost NBA Finals

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13th 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	60	31.4	17.4	2.1	7.6	9.7	3.4	0.5	1.5	2.4	2.1	7.1	14.8	.480	0.1	0.2	.286	3.1	4.2	.736
difference:	+21	+6.0	+9.6	+0.2	+0.4	+0.6	+0.5	+0.7	+0.6	-0.6	-0.8	+2.5	+3.4	+.050	+0.1	+0.1	+.047	+4.7	+6.0	+.025
Karl Malone	81	37.4	27.0	2.3	8.0	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	3.0	2.9	9.6	18.2	.530	0.0	0.1	.333	7.8	10.2	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	20	39.8	26.3	2.4	8.5	10.9	3.4	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.5	9.9	21.0	.471	0.0	0.2	.000	6.5	8.3	.788


Season 14
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2014-15	1998-99
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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14th 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	34.4	18.5	2.8	9.0	11.8	2.7	0.3	1.9	2.0	1.9	7.3	14.8	.494	0.2	0.3	.462	3.8	4.7	.803
difference:	+29	+3.0	+5.3	+0.6	+1.7	+2.4	+1.4	+1.0	+1.3	-1.3	-0.8	+0.7	+1.5	+.001	+0.2	+0.3		+3.9	+5.1	+.015
Karl Malone	49	37.4	23.8	2.2	7.3	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	3.3	2.7	8.0	16.3	.493	0.0	0.0	-	7.7	9.8	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	10	31.7	14.4	1.7	7.7	9.4	3.1	0.5	2.1	2.1	1.8	5.6	11.5	.487	0.0	0.4	.000	3.2	4.2	.762
difference:	+1	+9.3	+7.4	+1.6	+0.3	+1.9	+1.6	+0.7	+1.4	-1.5	-1.6	+2.2	+7.2	+.070		+0.3		+3.0	+3.6	+.029
Karl Malone	11	41.0	21.8	3.3	8.0	11.3	4.7	1.2	0.7	3.6	3.4	7.8	18.7	.417	0.0	0.1	.000	6.2	7.8	.791


Season 15
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2015-16	1999-00
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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15th 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	72	31.8	16.5	2.2	8.9	11.0	4.1	0.6	2.0	2.3	2.1	6.5	13.8	.469	0.3	1.0	.348	3.2	4.0	.792
difference:	+10	+4.1	+9.0	+0.1	+1.5	+1.5	+0.4	+0.4	+1.1	-0.5	-0.7	+2.7	+4.2	+.040	+0.3	+0.9	+.098	+4.0	+5.0	+.005
Karl Malone	82	35.9	25.5	2.1	7.4	9.5	3.7	1.0	0.9	2.8	2.8	9.2	18.0	.509	0.0	0.1	.250	7.2	9.0	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	10	38.6	27.2	1.9	7.0	8.9	3.1	0.7	0.7	2.7	3.1	10.3	19.8	.520	0.2	0.2	1.000	6.4	7.9	.810


Season 16
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2016-17	2000-01
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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16th 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	64	25.4	12.4	1.7	6.2	7.8	2.3	0.4	1.1	1.3	1.7	4.7	9.4	.502	0.9	1.6	.538	2.0	2.9	.707
difference:	+17	+10.3	+10.8	+0.3	+0.7	+0.5	+2.2	+0.7	+0.3	-1.7	-1.0	+3.6	+7.2	+.004	+0.9	+1.5	+.138	+4.6	+5.4	+.086
Karl Malone	81	35.7	23.2	1.4	6.9	8.3	4.5	1.1	0.8	3.0	2.7	8.3	16.6	.498	0.0	0.1	.400	6.6	8.3	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	16	22.8	7.7	2.4	4.7	7.1	1.9	0.4	0.9	1.1	2.2	3.1	7.1	.439	0.4	1.1	.333	1.1	1.5	.708
difference:	+11	+17.2	+19.9	+0.6	+2.3	+1.7	+1.5	+0.6	+0.1	-2.7	-0.4	+6.7	+17.1	+.034	+0.2	+0.7	+.167	+6.7	+8.3	+.088
Karl Malone	5	40.0	27.6	1.8	7.0	8.8	3.4	1.0	0.8	3.8	2.6	9.8	24.2	.405	0.2	0.4	.500	7.8	9.8	.796


Season 17
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2017-18	2001-02
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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17th 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	77	23.5	10.1	1.7	6.4	8.0	3.1	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.6	3.7	8.1	.458	0.6	1.6	.358	2.1	2.7	.756
difference:	+3	+14.5	+12.3	+0.1	+0.4	+0.6	+1.2	+1.6	+0.3	-1.9	-1.3	+4.2	+9.4	+.004	+0.5	+1.3	+.002	+4.3	+5.3	+.041
Karl Malone	80	38.0	22.4	1.8	6.8	8.6	4.3	1.9	0.7	3.3	2.9	7.9	17.5	.454	0.1	0.3	.360	6.4	8.0	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	5	18.0	6.0	0.4	4.4	4.8	2.8	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.0	2.0	4.0	.500	0.2	0.6	.333	1.8	2.0	.900
difference:	+1	+22.8	+14.0	+0.4	+2.4	+2.7	+1.7	+1.3	+0.6	-1.6	-1.8	+5.5	+14.3	+.089	+0.2	+0.3	+.333	+3.2	+5.0	+.186
Karl Malone	4	40.8	20.0	0.8	6.8	7.5	4.5	1.3	0.8	2.8	2.8	7.5	18.3	.411	0.0	0.3	.000	5.0	7.0	.714


Season 18
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2018-19	2002-03
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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18th 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	30	12.0	3.9	0.7	3.8	4.6	1.7	0.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.4	3.1	.447	0.2	0.4	.462	0.9	1.3	.700
difference:	+51	+24.2	+16.7	+0.7	+2.6	+3.2	+3.0	+1.5	+0.1	-2.1	-1.5	+5.9	+12.8	+.015	+0.2	+0.2	+.248	+5.0	+6.4	+.063
Karl Malone	81	36.2	20.6	1.4	6.4	7.8	4.7	1.7	0.4	2.6	2.5	7.3	15.9	.462	0.0	0.2	.214	5.9	7.7	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	5	38.2	19.6	1.4	5.4	6.8	4.0	1.6	0.4	4.0	3.0	6.8	16.8	.405	0.0	0.2	.000	6.0	8.2	.732

Additional Years

* Karl Malone played 1 season more than Pau Gasol in the NBA.

In that period—his season 19 in 2004—Karl Malone played in the Playoffs.

Pau Gasol vs. Karl Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl Malone 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

Season 15

15th Season Stats Comparison

Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

Season 17

17th Season Stats Comparison

Season 18

18th Season Stats Comparison

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