Pau Gasol vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart 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 / Scoring / 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, 6 more than Marcus Smart, who played 12. Pau Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Marcus Smart had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
Marcus Smart	12	9	2014-15 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Pau Gasol	Marcus Smart
Season	2001-02	2014-15
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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:	+15	+9.7	+9.8	+2.0	+3.6	+5.6	+0.4	+1.0	+1.8	-1.4	-0.2	+4.1	+5.9	+.151	+1.4	+4.0	+.135	+2.9	+3.9	+.063
Marcus Smart	67	27.0	7.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	3.1	1.5	0.3	1.3	2.6	2.6	7.1	.367	1.4	4.1	.335	1.2	1.9	.646

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	4	22.5	9.8	1.3	1.5	2.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	3.5	7.3	.483	0.8	3.3	.231	2.0	3.8	.533


Season 2
	Pau Gasol	Marcus Smart
Season	2002-03	2015-16
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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:	+21	+8.7	+9.9	+1.1	+3.5	+4.6	+0.2	+1.1	+1.5	-1.3	-0.3	+3.9	+4.9	+.162	+1.0	+3.9	+.153	+3.0	+4.2	+.041
Marcus Smart	61	27.3	9.1	1.2	2.9	4.2	3.0	1.5	0.3	1.3	3.0	3.0	8.7	.348	1.0	4.0	.253	2.1	2.7	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	6	32.2	12.0	1.3	3.2	4.5	3.0	1.7	0.8	2.5	2.8	3.7	10.0	.367	1.8	5.3	.344	2.8	3.5	.810


Season 3
	Pau Gasol	Marcus Smart
Season	2003-04	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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	+1.1	+7.1	+1.6	+2.2	+3.8	+2.1	+1.0	+1.3	-0.4		+3.1	+3.9	+.123	+1.1	+4.0	+.016	+2.1	+3.4	+.098
Marcus Smart	79	30.4	10.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	4.6	1.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.4	9.5	.359	1.2	4.2	.283	2.6	3.2	.812

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:	+14	+3.6	+9.9	+0.3	+0.6	+0.3	+2.2	+0.5	+0.6	-0.8	-0.3	+4.4	+4.9	+.220	+1.6	+4.1		+2.7	+2.2	+.260
Marcus Smart	18	29.9	8.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	4.7	1.5	0.9	2.1	2.8	2.6	7.4	.351	1.6	4.1	.397	1.8	2.8	.640


Season 4
	Pau Gasol	Marcus Smart
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf 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:	+2	+2.1	+7.6	+1.5	+2.3	+3.8	+2.4	+0.6	+1.3		-0.1	+2.9	+2.9	+.147	+1.4	+4.5	+.134	+3.2	+4.1	+.039
Marcus Smart	54	29.9	10.2	0.8	2.7	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.4	2.4	2.5	3.5	9.5	.367	1.4	4.6	.301	1.8	2.5	.729

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:	+11	+3.1	+11.5	+2.9	+1.0	+3.8	+2.8	+1.2	+1.1	-0.6	-0.1	+6.6	+10.5	+.152	+0.7	+4.2	+.779	+0.9	+0.3	+.235
Marcus Smart	15	29.9	9.8	0.9	2.8	3.7	5.3	1.7	0.7	2.4	2.9	3.2	9.5	.336	1.0	4.5	.221	2.4	3.3	.735


Season 5
	Pau Gasol	Marcus Smart
Season	2005-06	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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:		+11.7	+11.5	+1.7	+4.3	+6.0	+0.6	+1.2	+1.5	-1.4	-0.2	+4.5	+7.8	+.081	+1.6	+4.1	+.114	+4.0	+6.1	+.117
Marcus Smart	80	27.5	8.9	0.7	2.2	2.9	4.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.0	7.1	.422	1.6	4.3	.364	1.3	1.6	.806

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	+23.5	+16.8	+1.0	+5.8	+4.8	+1.0	+1.0	+1.3	-1.3	-1.3	+6.8	+11.3	+.342	+0.5	+5.2	+.091	+3.8	+4.5	+.100
Marcus Smart	2	16.0	3.5	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	5.5	.091	0.5	5.5	.091	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 6
	Pau Gasol	Marcus Smart
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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:	+1	+4.2	+7.9	+1.8	+4.2	+6.0	+1.5	+1.2	+1.6	-1.0	-0.4	+3.5	+3.1	+.163	+2.2	+6.4	+.074	+3.0	+4.3	+.088
Marcus Smart	60	32.0	12.9	0.7	3.1	3.8	4.9	1.7	0.5	1.7	2.7	4.3	11.4	.375	2.3	6.6	.347	2.1	2.5	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	17	38.1	14.5	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.6	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.2	4.6	11.6	.394	2.4	7.2	.333	2.9	3.3	.875


Season 7
	Pau Gasol	Marcus Smart
Season	2007-08	2020-21
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+18	+2.7	+5.8	+1.5	+3.3	+4.9	+2.5	+1.0	+1.0	-0.1	-0.5	+3.0	+2.9	+.136	+1.8	+5.7	+.080	+1.7	+2.1	+.017
Marcus Smart	48	32.9	13.1	0.8	2.7	3.5	5.7	1.5	0.5	2.0	2.6	4.2	10.6	.398	1.9	5.9	.330	2.7	3.4	.790

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:	+16	+3.2	+0.9	+1.8	+3.1	+4.9	+2.0	+0.5	+1.7	-0.7	-0.1	+0.9	+0.5	+.091	+3.2	+8.6		+0.4	+0.8	+.022
Marcus Smart	5	36.6	17.8	0.8	3.6	4.4	6.0	1.0	0.2	2.8	2.8	5.8	13.2	.439	3.2	8.6	.372	3.0	4.2	.714


Season 8
	Pau Gasol	Marcus Smart
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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:	+10	+4.7	+6.8	+2.6	+3.2	+5.8	+2.4	+1.1	+0.7	-0.3	-0.2	+3.1	+2.8	+.149	+1.7	+5.1		+2.2	+2.9	+.012
Marcus Smart	71	32.3	12.1	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	2.2	2.3	4.2	10.1	.418	1.7	5.1	.331	2.0	2.5	.793

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	+4.3	+2.9	+2.0	+4.3	+6.3	+3.4	+0.4	+1.8	-0.6	-0.4	+1.6	+1.3	+.175	+2.3	+6.5		+1.9	+3.1	+.092
Marcus Smart	21	36.2	15.4	1.0	3.6	4.5	5.9	1.2	0.2	2.5	3.4	5.4	13.3	.405	2.3	6.5	.350	2.4	3.0	.806


Season 9
	Pau Gasol	Marcus Smart
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East 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:	+4	+4.9	+6.8	+2.9	+5.2	+8.2	+2.9	+0.9	+1.3	-0.1	-0.5	+2.9	+3.1	+.121	+1.9	+5.5	+.336	+3.0	+3.7	+.044
Marcus Smart	61	32.1	11.5	0.8	2.4	3.1	6.3	1.5	0.4	2.3	2.8	4.1	9.9	.415	1.9	5.6	.336	1.4	1.9	.746

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	+5.7	+4.7	+2.9	+4.1	+7.1	+1.6	+0.9	+1.8	-0.4	-0.8	+2.1	+2.1	+.086	+2.2	+6.0	+.361	+2.6	+3.6	+.041
Marcus Smart	20	34.0	14.9	1.1	3.0	4.0	5.1	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.9	5.1	11.2	.453	2.2	6.1	.361	2.6	3.3	.800


Season 10
	Pau Gasol	Marcus Smart
Season	2010-11	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+62	+6.7	+4.3	+3.0	+4.5	+7.5	+1.0	+1.5	+1.3	-1.4	-0.2	+2.1	+1.8	+.099	+2.1	+6.7		+2.1	+2.4	+.055
Marcus Smart	20	30.3	14.5	0.3	2.4	2.7	4.3	2.1	0.3	3.1	2.7	5.1	11.9	.430	2.1	6.7	.313	2.2	2.8	.768

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
Marcus Smart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Pau Gasol	Marcus Smart
Season	2011-12	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+31	+17.4	+8.4	+2.3	+6.0	+8.3	+0.4	+0.5	+1.1	-0.6	-0.4	+4.1	+6.5	+.108	+1.3	+3.7	+.089	+1.5	+1.9	+.021
Marcus Smart	34	20.0	9.0	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.2	1.1	0.3	1.6	1.6	3.0	7.6	.393	1.4	4.1	.348	1.6	2.1	.761

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
Marcus Smart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Pau Gasol	Marcus Smart
Season	2012-13	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+34	+6.9	+3.3	+1.7	+4.6	+6.3	+1.3	+1.2	+0.9	-0.2	-1.0	+2.1	+3.9	+.037	+1.4	+4.5	+.026	+0.6	+1.5	+.236
Marcus Smart	15	26.9	10.4	0.6	1.7	2.3	2.8	1.7	0.3	1.9	2.9	3.4	7.9	.429	1.6	5.1	.312	2.0	2.1	.938

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
Marcus Smart	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Pau Gasol played 6 seasons more than Marcus Smart in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 18, from 2014 to 2019—Pau Gasol played in 3 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Marcus Smart, Pau Gasol got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game

Pau Gasol vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart 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

Additional Years