Pau Gasol vs. LeBron James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LeBron James 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 less than LeBron James, who played 22. Pau Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while LeBron James had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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	LeBron James
Season	2001-02	2003-04
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	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:	+3	+2.8	+3.3	+1.6	+1.8	+3.4	+3.2	+1.1	+1.4	-0.8	-0.5	+1.2	+5.9	+.101	+0.8	+2.6	+.090	+0.3		+.045
LeBron James	79	39.5	20.9	1.3	4.2	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.7	3.5	1.9	7.9	18.9	.417	0.8	2.7	.290	4.4	5.8	.754
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pau Gasol nor LeBron James played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Pau Gasol	LeBron James
Season	2002-03	2004-05
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+2	+6.4	+8.2	+0.9	+0.4	+1.4	+4.4	+1.8	+1.1	-0.7	-0.9	+3.0	+7.5	+.038	+1.4	+3.8	+.251	+0.9	+1.1	+.014
LeBron James	80	42.4	27.2	1.4	6.0	7.4	7.2	2.2	0.7	3.3	1.8	9.9	21.1	.472	1.4	3.9	.351	6.0	8.0	.750
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pau Gasol nor LeBron James played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Pau Gasol	LeBron James
Season	2003-04	2005-06
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East 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:	+1	+11.0	+13.7	+1.7	+1.0	+0.7	+4.1	+1.0	+0.9	-0.9	-0.1	+4.6	+9.7	+.002	+1.5	+4.6	+.068	+2.9	+3.7	+.024
LeBron James	79	42.5	31.4	0.9	6.1	7.0	6.6	1.6	0.8	3.3	2.3	11.1	23.1	.480	1.6	4.8	.335	7.6	10.3	.738
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:	+9	+13.0	+12.3	+0.7	+2.4	+3.1	+3.3	+0.4	+0.8	-3.7	-0.9	+4.2	+11.3	+.095	+1.6	+4.8		+2.2	+4.1	+.163
LeBron James	13	46.5	30.8	1.7	6.4	8.1	5.8	1.4	0.7	5.0	3.4	11.2	23.6	.476	1.6	4.8	.333	6.7	9.1	.737

Season 4
	Pau Gasol	LeBron James
Season	2004-05	2006-07
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+22	+8.9	+9.5	+1.2	+0.7	+0.6	+3.6	+0.9	+1.0	-0.8	-0.4	+3.5	+8.4	+.038	+1.3	+3.9	+.152	+1.3	+2.4	+.070
LeBron James	78	40.9	27.3	1.1	5.7	6.7	6.0	1.6	0.7	3.2	2.2	9.9	20.8	.476	1.3	4.0	.319	6.3	9.0	.698
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:	+16	+11.7	+3.8	+2.5	+3.0	+0.6	+5.5	+1.2	+1.3	-1.5	-1.0	+1.5		+.072	+0.8	+3.5	+.720	+5.9	+6.8	+.255
LeBron James	20	44.7	25.1	1.3	6.8	8.1	8.0	1.7	0.5	3.3	2.0	8.3	20.0	.416	1.1	3.8	.280	7.4	9.8	.755

Season 5
	Pau Gasol	LeBron James
Season	2005-06	2007-08
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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:	+5	+1.2	+9.6	+0.6	+0.4	+1.0	+2.6	+1.2	+0.8	-0.5	-0.1	+3.1	+7.0	+.019	+1.5	+4.6	+.065	+2.0	+2.6	+.023
LeBron James	75	40.4	30.0	1.8	6.1	7.9	7.2	1.8	1.1	3.4	2.2	10.6	21.9	.484	1.5	4.8	.315	7.3	10.3	.712
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	+3.0	+7.9	+0.2	+0.8	+1.0	+4.6	+1.3		-1.4	-0.3	+1.4	+4.4	+.022	+1.4	+5.1	+.257	+3.6	+5.3	+.036
LeBron James	13	42.5	28.2	1.2	6.6	7.8	7.6	1.8	1.3	4.2	2.5	8.7	21.2	.411	1.4	5.4	.257	9.4	12.8	.731

Season 6
	Pau Gasol	LeBron James
Season	2006-07	2008-09
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+22	+1.5	+7.6	+1.2	+1.0	+2.2	+3.8	+1.2	+1.0	-0.3	-0.6	+1.9	+5.4	+.049	+1.5	+4.5	+.071	+2.2	+2.6	+.032
LeBron James	81	37.7	28.4	1.3	6.3	7.6	7.2	1.7	1.1	3.0	1.7	9.7	19.9	.489	1.6	4.7	.344	7.3	9.4	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LeBron James	14	41.4	35.3	1.4	7.8	9.1	7.3	1.6	0.9	2.7	2.1	11.4	22.3	.510	1.9	5.8	.333	10.6	14.2	.749

Season 7
	Pau Gasol	LeBron James
Season	2007-08	2009-10
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+10	+3.4	+10.8	+1.4	+0.4	+1.1	+5.4	+1.1	+0.5	-1.5	-0.5	+2.9	+6.6	+.031	+1.6	+4.9	+.083	+3.4	+4.7	+.040
LeBron James	76	39.0	29.7	0.9	6.4	7.3	8.6	1.6	1.0	3.4	1.6	10.1	20.1	.503	1.7	5.1	.333	7.8	10.2	.767
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:	+10	+2.0	+12.2	+1.2	+1.2		+3.6	+1.2	+0.1	-1.7	-0.8	+2.9	+6.5	+.028	+1.8	+4.5		+4.6	+5.9	+.041
LeBron James	11	41.8	29.1	1.4	7.9	9.3	7.6	1.7	1.8	3.8	2.1	9.6	19.2	.502	1.8	4.5	.400	8.0	10.9	.733

Season 8
	Pau Gasol	LeBron James
Season	2008-09	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+2	+1.8	+7.8	+2.2	+0.1	+2.1	+3.5	+1.0	+0.4	-1.7		+2.3	+5.9	+.057	+1.2	+3.5		+2.2	+3.0	+.022
LeBron James	79	38.8	26.7	1.0	6.5	7.5	7.0	1.6	0.6	3.6	2.1	9.6	18.8	.510	1.2	3.5	.330	6.4	8.4	.759
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:	+2	+3.4	+5.4	+1.4	+1.1	+2.4	+3.4	+0.9	+0.8	-1.2	-0.3	+1.3	+5.8	+.114	+1.4	+4.0		+1.4	+1.3	+.049
LeBron James	21	43.9	23.7	1.6	6.8	8.4	5.9	1.7	1.2	3.1	2.7	8.3	17.8	.466	1.4	4.0	.353	5.7	7.4	.763

Season 9
	Pau Gasol	LeBron James
Season	2009-10	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	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	+0.5	+8.8	+2.2	+1.2	+3.4	+2.8	+1.3	+0.9	-1.2	-0.8	+3.0	+5.9	+.005	+0.9	+2.3	+.362	+1.8	+2.5	+.019
LeBron James	62	37.5	27.1	1.5	6.4	7.9	6.2	1.9	0.8	3.4	1.5	10.0	18.9	.531	0.9	2.4	.362	6.2	8.1	.771
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:		+3.0	+10.7	+1.7	+0.3	+1.4	+2.1	+1.5	+1.4	-1.6	-0.7	+3.7	+8.5	+.039	+1.0	+3.6	+.259	+2.3	+3.3	+.020
LeBron James	23	42.7	30.3	2.3	7.4	9.7	5.6	1.9	0.7	3.5	2.0	10.9	21.8	.500	1.0	3.7	.259	7.5	10.2	.739

Season 10
	Pau Gasol	LeBron James
Season	2010-11	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	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:	+6	+0.9	+8.0	+2.0	+0.1	+2.2	+4.0	+1.1	+0.7	-1.3	-1.1	+2.9	+4.1	+.036	+1.4	+3.3		+1.0	+1.8	+.070
LeBron James	76	37.9	26.8	1.3	6.8	8.0	7.3	1.7	0.9	3.0	1.4	10.1	17.8	.565	1.4	3.3	.406	5.3	7.0	.753
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	+5.9	+12.8	+1.6	+2.2	+0.6	+2.8	+1.4	+0.9	-1.3	-1.4	+4.5	+7.6	+.071	+1.5	+4.0	+.125	+2.3	+3.1	+.023
LeBron James	23	41.7	25.9	1.6	6.8	8.4	6.6	1.8	0.8	3.0	1.9	9.2	18.8	.491	1.6	4.2	.375	5.9	7.6	.777

Season 11
	Pau Gasol	LeBron James
Season	2011-12	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost NBA 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:	+12	+0.3	+9.7	+1.7	+1.7	+3.5	+2.7	+1.0	+1.1	-1.3	-0.4	+2.9	+3.5	+.066	+1.4	+3.6	+.120	+2.6	+3.6	+.032
LeBron James	77	37.7	27.1	1.1	5.9	6.9	6.3	1.6	0.3	3.5	1.6	10.0	17.6	.567	1.5	4.0	.379	5.7	7.6	.750
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:	+8	+1.2	+14.9	+2.5	+0.1	+2.4	+1.1	+1.3	+1.5	-1.4	-0.7	+4.4	+5.1	+.131	+1.6	+3.9	+.007	+4.5	+5.6	+.022
LeBron James	20	38.2	27.4	0.7	6.4	7.1	4.8	1.8	0.6	3.1	2.3	9.6	17.0	.565	1.8	4.3	.407	6.5	8.0	.806

Season 12
	Pau Gasol	LeBron James
Season	2012-13	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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:	+20	+2.3	+11.6	+1.6	+1.0	+2.6	+3.3	+1.1	+0.5	-1.8	-0.1	+3.5	+6.7	+.022	+1.5	+4.3	+.068	+2.8	+4.1	+.008
LeBron James	69	36.1	25.3	0.7	5.3	6.0	7.4	1.6	0.7	3.9	2.0	9.0	18.5	.488	1.7	4.9	.354	5.4	7.7	.710
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	+5.7	+16.1	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	+2.0	+1.2	+0.3	-0.8	-1.9	+5.1	+14.2	+.064	+1.3	+5.5		+4.6	+5.6	+.186
LeBron James	20	42.2	30.1	1.9	9.5	11.3	8.5	1.7	1.1	4.1	2.9	11.4	27.2	.417	1.3	5.5	.227	6.1	8.4	.731

Season 13
	Pau Gasol	LeBron James
Season	2013-14	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA 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:	+16	+4.2	+7.9	+0.6	+1.6	+2.3	+3.4	+0.9	+0.9	-0.9	-0.2	+2.6	+3.8	+.040	+1.0	+3.5	+.023	+1.6	+2.3	+.005
LeBron James	76	35.6	25.3	1.5	6.0	7.4	6.8	1.4	0.6	3.3	1.9	9.7	18.6	.520	1.1	3.7	.309	4.7	6.5	.731
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LeBron James	21	39.1	26.3	2.0	7.5	9.5	7.6	2.3	1.3	3.6	2.6	10.4	19.9	.525	1.5	4.5	.340	3.9	5.9	.661

Season 14
	Pau Gasol	LeBron James
Season	2014-15	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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	+3.4	+7.9	+1.5	+1.7	+3.2	+6.0	+0.9	+1.3	-2.1	-0.1	+2.6	+3.4	+.054	+1.5	+4.3	+.099	+1.0	+2.5	+.129
LeBron James	74	37.8	26.4	1.3	7.3	8.6	8.7	1.2	0.6	4.1	1.8	9.9	18.2	.548	1.7	4.6	.363	4.8	7.2	.674
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:	+8	+9.6	+18.4	+0.6	+0.4	+0.3	+4.7	+1.4	+0.8	-1.9	-0.6	+6.5	+9.8	+.078	+2.4	+5.5	+.411	+3.1	+4.8	+.064
LeBron James	18	41.3	32.8	1.1	8.1	9.1	7.8	1.9	1.3	4.0	2.4	12.1	21.3	.565	2.4	5.9	.411	6.3	9.0	.698

Season 15
	Pau Gasol	LeBron James
Season	2015-16	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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	+5.1	+11.0	+1.0	+1.4	+2.4	+5.0	+0.8	+1.1	-1.9	-0.4	+4.0	+5.5	+.073	+1.5	+4.0	+.019	+1.5	+2.5	+.061
LeBron James	82	36.9	27.5	1.2	7.5	8.6	9.1	1.4	0.9	4.2	1.7	10.5	19.3	.542	1.8	5.0	.367	4.7	6.5	.731
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LeBron James	22	41.9	34.0	1.4	7.7	9.1	9.0	1.4	1.0	4.3	2.4	12.5	23.2	.539	1.8	5.2	.342	7.2	9.7	.746

Season 16
	Pau Gasol	LeBron James
Season	2016-17	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+9	+9.8	+15.0	+0.7	+1.2	+0.7	+6.0	+0.9	+0.5	-2.3		+5.4	+10.5	+.008	+1.1	+4.3	+.199	+3.1	+4.7	+.042
LeBron James	55	35.2	27.4	1.0	7.4	8.5	8.3	1.3	0.6	3.6	1.7	10.1	19.9	.510	2.0	5.9	.339	5.1	7.6	.665
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
LeBron James	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 17
	Pau Gasol	LeBron James
Season	2017-18	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+10	+11.1	+15.2	+0.7	+0.5	+0.2	+7.1	+0.9	+0.5	-2.5	-0.2	+5.9	+11.3	+.035	+1.6	+4.7	+.010	+1.8	+3.0	+.063
LeBron James	67	34.6	25.3	1.0	6.9	7.8	10.2	1.2	0.5	3.9	1.8	9.6	19.4	.493	2.2	6.3	.348	3.9	5.7	.693
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:	+16	+18.3	+21.6	+0.9	+5.0	+6.0	+6.0	+1.2	+0.7	-2.8	-0.9	+8.2	+14.2	+.060	+1.9	+5.1	+.037	+3.3	+5.1	+.180
LeBron James	21	36.3	27.6	1.3	9.4	10.8	8.8	1.2	0.9	4.0	1.9	10.2	18.2	.560	2.1	5.7	.370	5.1	7.1	.720

Season 18
	Pau Gasol	LeBron James
Season	2018-19	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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:	+15	+21.4	+21.1	+0.1	+3.2	+3.1	+6.1	+0.9	+0.1	-3.2	-0.6	+8.0	+15.2	+.066	+2.1	+5.9	+.097	+3.1	+4.4	+.002
LeBron James	45	33.4	25.0	0.6	7.0	7.7	7.8	1.1	0.6	3.7	1.6	9.4	18.3	.513	2.3	6.3	.365	4.0	5.7	.698
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LeBron James	6	37.3	23.3	1.2	6.0	7.2	8.0	1.5	0.3	4.2	1.2	9.0	19.0	.474	3.0	8.0	.375	2.3	3.8	.609

Additional Years
* LeBron James played 4 seasons more than Pau Gasol in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 19 to 22, from 2022 to 2025—LeBron James played in 3 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 4 extra years over Pau Gasol, LeBron James got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-NBA Third Team 1 Cup MVP 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 4 All-Star Game