Steven Adams vs. Marc Gasol Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marc Gasol and Steven Adams, 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 / 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.

Steven Adams played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Marc Gasol, who played 13. Steven Adams had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Steven Adams	12	8	2013-14 to 2025-26
Marc Gasol	13	9	2008-09 to 2020-21

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


Rookie Season
	Steven Adams	Marc Gasol
Season	2013-14	2008-09
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Steven Adams	81	14.8	3.3	1.8	2.3	4.1	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.9	2.5	1.1	2.3	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.581
difference:	+1	+15.9	+8.6	+0.7	+2.6	+3.3	+1.2	+0.3	+0.4	-1.1	-0.7	+3.2	+5.8	+.027				+2.4	+2.9	+.152
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	18	18.4	3.9	1.2	2.9	4.1	0.2	0.1	1.3	0.6	2.7	1.7	2.5	.689	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.3	.348
Marc Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Steven Adams	Marc Gasol
Season	2014-15	2009-10
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
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		%
Steven Adams	70	25.3	7.7	2.8	4.6	7.5	0.9	0.5	1.2	1.4	3.2	3.1	5.7	.544	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.9	.502
difference:	+1	+10.5	+6.9	+0.2	+1.7	+1.8	+1.5	+0.5	+0.4	-0.6	-0.5	+2.4	+3.7	+.037				+2.2	+2.5	+.168
Marc Gasol	69	35.8	14.6	3.0	6.3	9.3	2.4	1.0	1.6	2.0	3.7	5.5	9.4	.581	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.4	.670

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Steven Adams nor Marc Gasol played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Steven Adams	Marc Gasol
Season	2015-16	2010-11
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Steven Adams	80	25.2	8.0	2.7	3.9	6.7	0.8	0.5	1.1	1.1	2.8	3.3	5.3	.613	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.5	.582
difference:	+1	+6.7	+3.7	+0.8	+1.2	+0.3	+1.7	+0.4	+0.6	-0.7	-0.5	+1.2	+3.2	+.086		+0.1		+1.3	+1.1	+.166
Marc Gasol	81	31.9	11.7	1.9	5.1	7.0	2.5	0.9	1.7	1.8	3.3	4.5	8.5	.527	0.0	0.1	.429	2.7	3.6	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	18	30.7	10.1	3.4	6.1	9.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.9	3.1	3.8	6.2	.613	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	4.1	.630
difference:	+5	+9.2	+4.9	+0.2	+2.0	+1.7	+1.5	+0.6	+1.4	-1.1	-0.3	+1.7	+4.6	+.102		+0.1		+1.3	+1.5	+.069
Marc Gasol	13	39.9	15.0	3.2	8.1	11.2	2.2	1.1	2.2	2.0	3.4	5.5	10.8	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	3.9	5.6	.699


Season 4
	Steven Adams	Marc Gasol
Season	2016-17	2011-12
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Steven Adams	80	29.9	11.3	3.5	4.2	7.7	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.8	2.4	4.7	8.2	.571	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.611
difference:	+15	+6.6	+3.3	+1.7	+2.9	+1.2	+2.0	+0.1	+0.9	-0.1	-0.7	+0.8	+3.2	+.089		+0.2		+1.6	+1.7	+.137
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		%
Steven Adams	5	31.4	8.0	3.4	3.4	6.8	1.4	1.2	1.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	5.6	.643	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.2	.364
difference:	+2	+5.9	+7.1	+1.1	+1.0	+0.1	+1.7	+0.9	+0.1	-1.1	-0.8	+1.5	+4.3	+.121		+0.1		+4.1	+3.9	+.427
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
	Steven Adams	Marc Gasol
Season	2017-18	2012-13
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Steven Adams	76	32.7	13.9	5.1	4.0	9.0	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.7	2.8	5.9	9.4	.629	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.8	.559
difference:	+4	+2.3	+0.2	+2.8	+1.5	+1.2	+2.8	+0.2	+0.7	-0.3	-0.4	+0.5	+1.5	+.135		+0.2		+1.3	+0.2	+.289
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		%
Steven Adams	6	33.3	10.5	3.2	4.3	7.5	1.5	0.7	0.7	0.7	2.5	4.5	7.7	.587	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	.692
difference:	+9	+7.3	+6.7	+1.5	+2.5	+1.0	+1.7	+0.2	+1.5	-0.5	-1.0	+1.7	+6.0	+.133				+3.3	+3.8	+.108
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 6
	Steven Adams	Marc Gasol
Season	2018-19	2013-14
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Steven Adams	80	33.4	13.9	4.9	4.6	9.5	1.6	1.5	1.0	1.7	2.6	6.0	10.1	.595	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.7	.500
difference:	+21		+0.7	+3.5	+1.2	+2.3	+2.0	+0.5	+0.3	-0.2	-0.1	+0.3	+2.0	+.122		+0.2		+1.3	+0.4	+.268
Marc Gasol	59	33.4	14.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	3.6	1.0	1.3	1.9	2.5	5.7	12.1	.473	0.0	0.2	.182	3.1	4.1	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	5	31.8	11.8	2.4	4.8	7.2	1.4	1.0	1.0	1.8	2.6	5.6	8.4	.667	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	1.6	.375
difference:	+2	+10.9	+5.5	+0.5	+1.1	+0.5	+3.0	+0.7	+0.1	-0.1	-1.3	+1.1	+8.2	+.262		+0.1		+3.3	+3.3	+.419
Marc Gasol	7	42.7	17.3	1.9	5.9	7.7	4.4	1.7	0.9	1.7	3.9	6.7	16.6	.405	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.9	.794


Season 7
	Steven Adams	Marc Gasol
Season	2019-20	2014-15
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Steven Adams	63	26.7	10.9	3.3	6.0	9.3	2.3	0.8	1.1	1.5	1.9	4.5	7.6	.592	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.2	.582
difference:	+18	+6.5	+6.5	+1.9	+0.4	+1.5	+1.5	+0.1	+0.5	-0.7	-0.7	+2.0	+5.6	+.098		+0.2		+2.4	+2.2	+.213
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		%
Steven Adams	7	30.0	10.1	4.9	6.7	11.6	1.3	0.6	0.3	2.3	1.4	4.4	7.4	.596	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.9	.450
difference:	+4	+7.8	+9.6	+3.2	+1.8	+1.3	+3.2	+0.3	+1.4	-0.8	-1.6	+2.1	+9.0	+.202		+0.1		+5.5	+5.1	+.402
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
	Steven Adams	Marc Gasol
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Steven Adams	58	27.7	7.6	3.7	5.2	8.9	1.9	0.9	0.7	1.3	1.9	3.3	5.3	.614	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	2.3	.444
difference:	+6	+6.7	+9.0	+2.6	+0.6	+1.9	+1.9	+0.1	+0.6	-1.0	-0.8	+3.0	+8.3	+.150			+.667	+2.9	+2.4	+.385
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
* Neiher Steven Adams nor Marc Gasol played in the postseason in their season 8


Season 9
	Steven Adams	Marc Gasol
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Steven Adams	76	26.3	6.9	4.6	5.4	10.0	3.4	0.9	0.8	1.5	2.0	2.8	5.1	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.6	.543
difference:	+2	+7.9	+12.6	+3.8	+0.1	+3.7	+1.2		+0.5	-0.7	-0.3	+4.4	+10.6	+.088	+1.4	+3.6		+2.4	+1.9	+.294
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		%
Steven Adams	7	16.3	3.4	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.7	1.3	3.0	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.6	.545
difference:	+1	+23.7	+15.9	+0.9	+1.0	+0.1	+2.1	+0.2	+0.6	-1.9	-2.0	+5.2	+10.8	+.041	+1.2	+2.0		+4.3	+3.9	+.394
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
	Steven Adams	Marc Gasol
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Steven Adams	42	27.0	8.6	5.1	6.5	11.5	2.3	0.9	1.1	1.9	2.3	3.7	6.3	.597	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	3.1	.364
difference:	+31	+6.0	+8.6	+4.0	+0.5	+3.4	+1.9	+0.2	+0.3	-0.8	-0.2	+2.2	+7.9	+.177	+1.5	+4.4		+2.7	+1.5	+.470
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
* Neiher Steven Adams nor Marc Gasol played in the postseason in their season 10

Note: Steven Adams didn't play in 2023-24.


Season 11
	Steven Adams	Marc Gasol
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Steven Adams	58	13.7	3.9	2.9	2.8	5.6	1.1	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.0	1.6	2.9	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.6	.462
difference:	+21	+17.1	+9.7	+1.9	+4.1	+2.3	+3.3	+0.7	+0.6	-1.1	-1.7	+3.3	+8.1	+.097	+1.3	+3.5		+1.7	+1.6	+.297
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		%
Steven Adams	7	22.1	5.7	3.3	3.3	6.6	0.6	0.4	1.1	0.7	1.0	1.7	2.9	.600	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	4.3	.533
difference:	+17	+8.5	+3.7	+2.6	+2.5	+0.2	+2.4	+0.5		-0.2	-2.5	+1.5	+4.6	+.178	+1.4	+3.7		+0.6	+2.4	+.337
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


Season 12
	Steven Adams	Marc Gasol
Season	2025-26	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East 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		%
Steven Adams	16	21.3	6.8	4.9	4.4	9.3	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.1	1.8	2.4	4.4	.535	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.6	.762
difference:	+28	+5.1	+0.7	+4.2	+1.1	+3.0	+1.9	+0.2	+0.1	-0.2	-1.0	+0.3	+1.9	+.108	+1.3	+3.4		+1.2	+1.5	+.027
Marc Gasol	44	26.4	7.5	0.7	5.5	6.3	3.3	0.8	0.9	1.3	2.8	2.7	6.3	.427	1.3	3.4	.385	0.8	1.1	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steven Adams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marc Gasol	11	20.7	6.0	0.4	4.0	4.4	2.6	0.5	0.6	1.5	2.9	2.3	5.8	.391	0.5	2.5	.185	1.0	1.4	.733

Additional Years

* Marc Gasol played 1 season more than Steven Adams in the NBA.

In that period—his season 13 in 2021—Marc Gasol played in the Playoffs.

Steven Adams vs. Marc Gasol Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marc Gasol and Steven Adams, 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