Pau Gasol vs. Lamar Odom Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lamar Odom 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 Lamar Odom, who played 14. Pau Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Lamar Odom had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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	Lamar Odom
Season	2001-02	1999-00
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+6	+0.3	+1.0	+0.8	+0.3	+1.1	+1.5	+0.7	+0.8	-0.7	-1.4	+0.8	+0.5	+.080	+0.8	+2.1	+.160	+0.1	+0.3	+.010
Lamar Odom	76	36.4	16.6	2.1	5.7	7.8	4.2	1.2	1.3	3.4	3.8	5.9	13.5	.438	0.8	2.2	.360	4.0	5.5	.719
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pau Gasol nor Lamar Odom played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Pau Gasol	Lamar Odom
Season	2005-06	2003-04
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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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:		+1.7	+3.3	+0.4	+1.2	+0.8	+0.5	+0.5	+1.0	-0.1	-1.1	+1.4	+0.8	+.073	+0.8	+2.4	+.048	+1.0	+2.0	+.053
Lamar Odom	80	37.5	17.1	2.0	7.7	9.7	4.1	1.1	0.9	3.0	3.4	6.1	14.1	.430	0.8	2.6	.298	4.3	5.7	.742
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:	+9	+0.3	+3.5	+1.5		+1.5	+0.2	+0.7	+0.5	-0.4	-1.7	+1.1	+2.8	+.012	+0.6	+1.7	+.308	+2.0	+2.0	+.086
Lamar Odom	13	39.2	16.8	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.8	1.2	0.8	3.2	4.5	6.2	14.0	.445	0.6	2.0	.308	3.8	5.5	.681

Season 8
	Pau Gasol	Lamar Odom
Season	2008-09	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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:	+25	+2.3	+3.0	+1.4	+1.5	+0.2	+1.3	+0.3	+0.4	-1.0	-1.2	+1.6	+0.7	+.099	+1.0	+3.3		+0.7	+0.3	+.081
Lamar Odom	56	39.3	15.9	1.8	7.9	9.8	4.8	0.9	0.6	2.9	3.3	5.7	12.2	.468	1.0	3.3	.297	3.5	5.1	.700
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	+2.1	+1.1	+1.0	+1.1	+2.2	+0.3	+0.4	+0.8	-0.1	-0.4	+1.2	+5.0	+.098	+0.6	+2.2		+1.9	+1.3	+.214
Lamar Odom	5	38.4	19.4	4.0	9.0	13.0	2.2	0.4	1.2	2.0	3.4	8.2	17.0	.482	0.6	2.2	.273	2.4	4.8	.500

Season 9
	Pau Gasol	Lamar Odom
Season	2009-10	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost NBA 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:	+12	+0.9	+4.1	+1.1	+0.5	+0.7	+0.1	+0.4	+0.8	-0.2	-0.6	+1.6	+2.7	+.011	+0.4	+1.4	+.274	+1.4	+1.3	+.092
Lamar Odom	77	37.9	14.2	2.6	8.1	10.6	3.5	1.0	0.9	2.0	2.9	5.4	10.3	.525	0.4	1.5	.274	3.0	4.3	.698
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:	+2	+2.3	+5.3	+1.8	+0.6	+1.1	+0.5	+0.3	+0.8	-0.3	-0.7	+2.1	+2.9	+.048	+0.1	+0.4	+.273	+1.2	+0.9	+.098
Lamar Odom	21	37.4	14.3	2.2	7.7	10.0	3.0	0.7	1.3	2.2	3.4	5.1	10.4	.491	0.1	0.5	.273	4.0	6.0	.661

Season 10
	Pau Gasol	Lamar Odom
Season	2010-11	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+4	+7.3	+7.5	+1.0	+1.0	+2.0	+0.7	+0.4	+0.3	-0.1	-0.5	+2.8	+4.7	+.037	+0.4	+1.3		+2.2	+1.9	+.200
Lamar Odom	78	29.7	11.3	2.3	5.9	8.2	2.6	1.0	1.3	1.8	3.0	4.4	9.0	.492	0.4	1.3	.320	2.1	3.3	.623
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:	+13	+3.8	+0.8	+0.4	+1.7	+1.3	+2.0	+0.3	+0.4				+2.2	+.104	+0.7	+1.3	+.014	+1.5	+1.0	+.187
Lamar Odom	23	32.0	12.3	2.8	6.3	9.1	1.8	0.7	1.3	1.7	3.3	4.7	9.0	.524	0.8	1.5	.514	2.1	3.5	.613

Season 11
	Pau Gasol	Lamar Odom
Season	2011-12	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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	+5.9	+6.6	+0.6	+0.1	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3	+0.7	-0.4	-0.8	+2.9	+5.1	+.038	+0.6	+1.8	+.060	+1.4	+1.5	+.089
Lamar Odom	82	31.5	10.8	2.2	7.5	9.8	3.3	0.9	0.7	1.8	2.8	4.2	9.0	.463	0.7	2.2	.319	1.7	2.5	.693
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:	+11	+8.0	+2.8	+0.6	+0.3	+0.9	+1.7	+0.2	+1.2	-0.5	-0.7	+1.2	+3.5	+.035	+0.2	+1.4	+.156	+0.7	+0.2	+.228
Lamar Odom	23	29.0	9.7	2.6	6.0	8.6	2.0	0.7	0.9	1.2	3.7	4.0	8.4	.469	0.4	1.8	.244	1.3	2.2	.600

Season 12
	Pau Gasol	Lamar Odom
Season	2012-13	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+1.6	+0.7	+0.2	+0.2	+0.1	+1.1	+0.1	+0.5	-0.4	-0.5	+0.3	+0.9	+.064	+0.6	+1.6	+.096	+0.6	+0.6	+.027
Lamar Odom	82	32.2	14.4	2.1	6.5	8.7	3.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	2.4	5.8	10.9	.530	0.8	2.2	.382	2.0	3.0	.675
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:	+6	+7.9	+1.9	+0.5	+4.6	+5.0	+4.4	+0.3	+0.4	-1.8	-1.5	+1.8	+3.2	+.022	+0.4	+2.0		+1.2	+1.0	+.166
Lamar Odom	10	28.6	12.1	1.3	5.2	6.5	2.1	0.2	0.4	1.5	2.5	4.5	9.8	.459	0.4	2.0	.200	2.7	3.8	.711

Season 14
	Pau Gasol	Lamar Odom
Season	2014-15	2012-13
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+4	+14.7	+14.5	+1.4	+4.6	+5.9	+1.0	+0.5	+1.2	-1.0	-0.7	+5.5	+10.3	+.095		+0.8	+.262	+3.6	+4.2	+.327
Lamar Odom	82	19.7	4.0	1.4	4.4	5.9	1.7	0.8	0.7	1.0	2.6	1.8	4.5	.399	0.2	1.1	.200	0.2	0.5	.476
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:	+4	+13.9	+9.4	+1.0	+4.5	+5.6	+1.3	+0.3	+1.3	-0.4	-0.9	+3.8	+6.5	+.120	+0.8	+1.9	+.357	+2.7	+3.2	+.262
Lamar Odom	6	17.8	5.0	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.8	0.8	0.8	1.7	2.7	1.8	5.0	.367	0.8	2.3	.357	0.5	1.0	.500

Additional Years
* Pau Gasol played 4 seasons more than Lamar Odom 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 Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game