Nathaniel Clifton vs. Marc Gasol Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marc Gasol and Nathaniel Clifton, 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.

Nathaniel Clifton played 8 years in the NBA, 5 less than Marc Gasol, who played 13. Nathaniel Clifton had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nathaniel Clifton	Marc Gasol
Season	1950-51	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nathaniel Clifton	65	-	8.6	-	-	7.6	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	3.2	10.1	.322	-	-	-	2.2	4.0	.532
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	.000	3.4	4.6	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nathaniel Clifton	14	-	7.1	-	-	9.8	3.3	-	-	-	4.4	2.9	8.4	.347	-	-	-	1.3	3.3	.391
Marc Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Nathaniel Clifton	Marc Gasol
Season	1953-54	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost E Div Round Robin	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nathaniel Clifton	72	30.3	9.6	-	-	7.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	9.7	.368	-	-	-	2.4	3.8	.628
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		%
Nathaniel Clifton	4	31.3	6.3	-	-	9.8	1.5	-	-	-	3.8	2.0	6.8	.296	-	-	-	2.3	4.3	.529
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
	Nathaniel Clifton	Marc Gasol
Season	1954-55	2012-13
Team	New York Knicks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nathaniel Clifton	72	33.2	13.1	-	-	8.5	2.8	-	-	-	3.1	5.0	12.9	.386	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	.683
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		%
Nathaniel Clifton	3	36.7	19.7	-	-	7.7	4.3	-	-	-	4.0	6.7	17.3	.385	-	-	-	6.3	8.0	.792
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
	Nathaniel Clifton	Marc Gasol
Season	1956-57	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nathaniel Clifton	71	31.4	10.7	-	-	7.8	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	11.5	.377	-	-	-	2.1	3.1	.673
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		%
Nathaniel Clifton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 9
	Nathaniel Clifton	Marc Gasol
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nathaniel Clifton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Nathaniel Clifton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 11
	Nathaniel Clifton	Marc Gasol
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nathaniel Clifton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Nathaniel Clifton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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