Pau Gasol vs. Khris Middleton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Khris Middleton 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, 4 more than Khris Middleton, who played 14. Pau Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Khris Middleton had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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	Khris Middleton
Season	2001-02	2012-13
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Detroit Pistons
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:	+55	+19.1	+11.5	+2.8	+4.3	+7.0	+1.7	+0.1	+2.0	-2.3	-0.4	+4.4	+7.8	+.078	+0.5	+1.6	+.111	+3.1	+4.6	+.135
Khris Middleton	27	17.6	6.1	0.1	1.7	1.9	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.4	2.0	2.3	5.2	.440	0.5	1.7	.311	1.0	1.2	.844
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pau Gasol nor Khris Middleton played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Pau Gasol	Khris Middleton
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East 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:	+51	+8.5	+5.7	+2.0	+2.6	+4.7	+1.2	+0.8	+1.7	-0.7	-0.4	+2.3	+3.4	+.053	+1.6	+3.4	+.183	+2.5	+4.5	+.191
Khris Middleton	29	30.7	14.7	0.4	3.9	4.2	3.4	1.4	0.2	2.2	2.7	5.2	11.5	.450	1.6	3.6	.433	2.8	3.2	.880
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:	+2	+1.0	+5.8	+1.0	+1.1	+2.1	+2.3	+1.5	+1.3	-1.0		+2.1	+3.8	+.036	+1.2	+2.9	+.368	+2.8	+3.8	+.051
Khris Middleton	6	38.5	14.5	0.0	4.7	4.7	5.3	2.0	0.0	1.8	2.8	5.2	13.0	.397	1.2	3.2	.368	3.0	3.7	.818

Season 7
	Pau Gasol	Khris Middleton
Season	2007-08	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bucks Lost East 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:	+11	+4.5	+0.6	+1.7	+0.7	+2.4	+1.1	+0.5	+1.4	-0.4	-0.1	+0.6	+1.4	+.093	+2.2	+6.0	+.128	+1.6	+2.1	+.030
Khris Middleton	77	31.1	18.3	0.6	5.3	6.0	4.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.2	6.6	14.9	.441	2.3	6.2	.378	2.8	3.4	.837
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:	+6	+5.5		+2.0	+1.0	+3.0	+0.4	+0.1	+1.9	-0.2		+1.1	+0.7	+.112	+2.7	+6.1		+0.3	+1.5	+.193
Khris Middleton	15	34.3	16.9	0.6	5.7	6.3	4.4	0.6	0.0	1.9	2.9	5.6	13.4	.418	2.7	6.1	.435	3.1	3.5	.885

Season 8
	Pau Gasol	Khris Middleton
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+19	+7.1	+2.0	+2.5	+0.9	+3.4	+0.8	+0.3	+0.9	-0.3	-0.2	+0.3	+2.4	+.070	+2.4	+5.7		+0.8	+1.7	+.135
Khris Middleton	62	29.9	20.9	0.7	5.5	6.2	4.3	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.3	7.6	15.3	.497	2.4	5.7	.415	3.4	3.7	.916
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:	+13	+5.0	+2.0	+2.5	+1.5	+3.9	+3.5	+0.3	+1.8	-1.5	-1.1	+0.1	+6.0	+.186	+2.3	+6.5		+0.5	+1.5	+.112
Khris Middleton	10	35.5	20.3	0.5	6.4	6.9	6.0	1.1	0.2	3.4	4.1	7.1	18.0	.394	2.3	6.5	.354	3.8	4.6	.826

Season 9
	Pau Gasol	Khris Middleton
Season	2009-10	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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:	+3	+3.6	+2.1	+2.9	+2.4	+5.3	+2.0	+0.5	+1.6	-0.4	-0.1	+0.5	+2.8	+.060	+2.2	+5.3	+.414	+1.3	+2.1	+.108
Khris Middleton	68	33.4	20.4	0.8	5.2	6.0	5.4	1.1	0.1	2.6	2.4	7.5	15.8	.476	2.2	5.4	.414	3.1	3.5	.898
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:		+0.4	+4.0	+2.9	+0.6	+3.5	+1.6	+1.1	+1.9	-1.3	-0.2	+1.4	+6.4	+.101	+2.6	+7.5	+.343	+1.5	+2.7	+.128
Khris Middleton	23	40.1	23.6	1.1	6.5	7.6	5.1	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.6	19.7	.438	2.6	7.6	.343	3.7	4.2	.887

Season 10
	Pau Gasol	Khris Middleton
Season	2010-11	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+16	+4.6	+1.3	+2.7	+2.1	+4.8	+2.1	+0.6	+1.3	-1.2	-0.1	+0.4	+1.8	+.086	+2.5	+6.6		+0.4	+0.8	+.067
Khris Middleton	66	32.4	20.1	0.6	4.8	5.4	5.4	1.2	0.3	2.9	2.4	6.8	15.5	.443	2.5	6.6	.373	3.9	4.4	.890
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:	+8	+0.2	+1.4	+2.7	+0.1	+2.8	+3.2	+1.1	+1.7	-3.8	-0.3	+0.3	+0.8	+.003	+2.9	+6.8	+.071	+2.1	+3.0	+.200
Khris Middleton	2	36.0	14.5	0.5	4.5	5.0	7.0	1.5	0.0	5.5	3.0	5.0	12.0	.417	3.0	7.0	.429	1.5	1.5	1.000

Season 13
	Pau Gasol	Khris Middleton
Season	2013-14	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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:	+23	+8.6	+5.5	+1.7	+4.2	+6.0	+0.7	+0.4	+1.3	-0.9	-0.1	+2.8	+5.7	+.005	+1.2	+3.4	+.075	+1.2	+1.9	+.121
Khris Middleton	37	22.8	11.9	0.4	3.4	3.7	4.1	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.0	4.3	9.1	.475	1.3	3.6	.361	1.9	2.3	.857
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pau Gasol nor Khris Middleton played in the postseason in their season 13

Season 14
	Pau Gasol	Khris Middleton
Season	2014-15	2025-26
Team	Chicago Bulls	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+62	+8.6	+8.1	+1.6	+6.0	+7.6	+0.8	+0.4	+1.5	-0.2	-1.1	+3.1	+6.3	+.001	+0.7	+2.2	+.112	+2.6	+3.1	+.072
Khris Middleton	16	25.8	10.4	1.2	3.0	4.2	3.5	0.7	0.4	1.8	3.0	4.2	8.5	.493	0.9	2.5	.350	1.2	1.6	.731
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
Khris Middleton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Pau Gasol played 4 seasons more than Khris Middleton in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 15 to 18, from 2016 to 2019—Pau Gasol played in two Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Khris Middleton, Pau Gasol got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game