Pau Gasol vs. Marc Gasol Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marc Gasol 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, 5 more than Marc Gasol, who played 13. Pau Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Marc Gasol had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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	Marc Gasol
Season	2001-02	2008-09
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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	+5.7	+0.4	+1.1	+1.5	+1.0	+0.3	+1.0	-0.7	-0.8	+2.4	+4.9	+.012		+0.1		+0.7	+1.2	+.024
Marc Gasol	82	30.7	11.9	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.7	0.8	1.1	2.0	3.2	4.3	8.1	.530	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.6	.733
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Pau Gasol nor Marc Gasol played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Pau Gasol	Marc Gasol
Season	2004-05	2011-12
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies 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:	+9	+4.5	+3.2	+0.5	+2.1	+1.6	+0.7	+0.3	+0.2	-0.5	-0.5	+0.9	+1.0	+.032		+0.1	+.084	+1.4	+1.7	+.020
Marc Gasol	65	36.5	14.6	1.8	7.1	8.9	3.1	1.0	1.9	1.9	3.1	5.5	11.4	.482	0.0	0.2	.083	3.6	4.9	.748
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:	+3	+4.3	+6.2	+1.5	+0.6	+0.8	+0.6	+0.2	+0.1	-0.1	-0.6	+4.7	+10.1	+.034	+0.3	+0.2	+1.000	+3.4	+3.1	+.291
Marc Gasol	7	37.3	15.1	2.3	4.4	6.7	3.1	0.3	1.9	1.9	3.6	5.1	9.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	4.9	6.1	.791

Season 5
	Pau Gasol	Marc Gasol
Season	2005-06	2012-13
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals

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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:		+4.2	+6.3	+0.1	+1.0	+1.1	+0.6	+0.4	+0.2	-0.9	-0.9	+2.1	+4.0	+.009			+.179	+1.9	+3.7	+.159
Marc Gasol	80	35.0	14.1	2.3	5.5	7.8	4.0	1.0	1.7	2.0	3.2	5.4	10.9	.494	0.0	0.2	.071	3.4	4.0	.848
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:	+11	+1.1	+3.1	+0.7	+1.0	+1.7	+0.2	+0.4	+0.9	-1.6	-0.7	+1.1	+3.1	+.021		+0.3		+1.0	+1.5	+.033
Marc Gasol	15	40.6	17.2	1.7	6.8	8.5	3.2	0.9	2.2	1.2	3.5	6.2	13.7	.454	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.0	.800

Season 7
	Pau Gasol	Marc Gasol
Season	2007-08	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Grizzlies Lost West 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:	+15	+2.4	+1.5	+0.9	+0.4	+0.6	+0.6	+0.4	+0.1	-0.3	-0.5	+0.7	+0.3	+.040	+0.1		+.074	+0.1	+0.1	+.012
Marc Gasol	81	33.2	17.4	1.4	6.4	7.8	3.8	0.9	1.6	2.2	2.6	6.5	13.2	.494	0.0	0.2	.176	4.3	5.4	.795
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	+2.8	+0.9	+1.8	+1.0	+0.5	+0.4	+0.2	-0.6	-0.1	+0.2	+3.7	+.136		+0.2		+3.4	+3.0	+.160
Marc Gasol	11	37.8	19.7	1.7	8.5	10.3	4.5	0.9	1.7	1.5	3.0	6.5	16.4	.394	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	8.0	.852

Season 8
	Pau Gasol	Marc Gasol
Season	2008-09	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+29	+2.6	+2.3	+2.1	+0.6	+2.6	+0.3	+0.4	+0.3	-0.4	-0.6	+1.0	+0.7	+.103		+0.1		+0.3	+0.7	+.048
Marc Gasol	52	34.4	16.6	1.1	5.8	7.0	3.8	1.0	1.3	2.3	2.7	6.3	13.6	.464	0.0	0.1	.667	3.9	4.7	.829
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
Marc Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Pau Gasol	Marc Gasol
Season	2009-10	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+9	+2.8	+1.2	+2.9	+2.1	+5.0	+1.2	+0.3	+0.4			+0.2	+2.7	+.077	+1.4	+3.5	+.388	+0.6	+1.1	+.047
Marc Gasol	74	34.2	19.5	0.8	5.5	6.3	4.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	2.3	7.2	15.7	.459	1.4	3.6	.388	3.8	4.5	.837
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:	+17	+0.3	+0.3	+2.8	+1.8	+4.6	+0.7	+0.1	+1.4	-0.6	-1.0	+0.7	+0.5	+.069	+1.2	+1.9	+.583		+1.4	+.180
Marc Gasol	6	40.0	19.3	1.2	5.3	6.5	4.2	0.3	0.7	2.5	3.7	6.5	13.8	.470	1.2	2.0	.583	5.2	5.5	.939

Season 10
	Pau Gasol	Marc Gasol
Season	2010-11	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+9	+4.0	+1.6	+2.2	+0.1	+2.1	+0.9	+0.1	+0.2	-1.0		+1.3	+0.5	+.109	+1.5	+4.4		+0.5	+0.6	+.011
Marc Gasol	73	33.0	17.2	1.1	7.0	8.1	4.2	0.7	1.4	2.7	2.5	5.9	14.2	.420	1.5	4.4	.341	3.8	4.6	.834
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
Marc Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Pau Gasol	Marc Gasol
Season	2011-12	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors
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:	+14	+6.6	+3.8	+1.8	+0.7	+2.5	+0.8	+0.5	+0.3	-0.2	-0.7	+2.2	+3.1	+.053	+1.2	+3.1	+.104	+0.7	+0.8	+.023
Marc Gasol	79	30.8	13.6	1.0	6.9	7.9	4.4	1.1	1.1	2.0	2.7	4.9	11.0	.448	1.3	3.5	.363	2.4	3.2	.759
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:	+12	+6.4	+3.1	+2.5	+0.5	+3.1	+0.7	+0.4	+1.0	-0.8	-0.5	+2.0	+4.4	+.012	+1.2	+3.3	+.018	+0.3	+0.5	+.042
Marc Gasol	24	30.6	9.4	0.7	5.8	6.4	3.0	0.9	1.1	0.9	3.5	3.2	7.5	.422	1.4	3.7	.382	1.7	1.9	.870

Additional Years
* Pau Gasol played 5 seasons more than Marc Gasol in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 18, from 2015 to 2019—Pau Gasol played in 3 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Marc Gasol, Pau Gasol got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game