Pau Gasol vs. Karl Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl Malone 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 / 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, 1 less than Karl Malone, who played 19. Pau Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Karl Malone had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Pau Gasol	18	12	2001-02 to 2018-19
Karl Malone	19	19	1985-86 to 2003-04

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2001-02	1985-86
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
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
Karl Malone	81	30.6	14.9	2.1	6.7	8.9	2.9	1.3	0.5	3.4	3.6	6.2	12.5	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	5.0	.481

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	4	36.0	21.8	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	4.5	9.5	18.0	.528	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	6.5	.423

Season 2
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2002-03	1986-87
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
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
Karl Malone	82	34.8	21.7	3.4	7.0	10.4	1.9	1.3	0.7	2.9	3.9	8.9	17.3	.512	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	6.6	.598

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	5	40.0	20.0	3.0	6.6	9.6	1.2	2.2	0.8	3.4	4.0	7.4	17.6	.420	0.0	0.0	-	5.2	7.2	.722

Season 3
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2003-04	1987-88
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
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
Karl Malone	82	39.0	27.7	3.4	8.6	12.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	4.0	3.6	10.5	20.1	.520	0.0	0.1	.000	6.7	9.6	.700

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
Karl Malone	11	44.9	29.7	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.5	1.2	0.6	3.5	3.2	11.2	23.2	.482	0.0	0.1	.000	7.4	10.2	.723

Season 4
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2004-05	1988-89
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
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
Karl Malone	80	39.1	29.1	3.2	7.4	10.7	2.7	1.8	0.9	3.6	3.6	10.1	19.5	.519	0.1	0.2	.313	8.8	11.5	.766

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
Karl Malone	3	45.3	30.7	7.3	9.0	16.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	4.3	5.3	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	8.7	10.7	.813

Season 5
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2005-06	1989-90
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
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
Karl Malone	82	38.1	31.0	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.8	1.5	0.6	3.7	3.2	11.1	19.8	.562	0.2	0.5	.372	8.5	11.1	.762

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
Karl Malone	5	40.6	25.2	3.2	7.0	10.2	2.2	2.2	1.0	2.4	4.4	9.2	21.0	.438	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	9.0	.756

Season 6
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2006-07	1990-91
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
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
Karl Malone	82	40.3	29.0	2.9	8.9	11.8	3.3	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.3	10.3	19.6	.527	0.0	0.2	.286	8.3	10.8	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	9	42.6	29.7	2.6	10.8	13.3	3.2	1.0	1.2	2.9	3.9	10.6	23.2	.455	0.0	0.9	.000	8.6	10.1	.846

Season 7
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2007-08	1991-92
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Jazz 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		%
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
Karl Malone	81	37.7	28.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.0	1.3	0.6	3.1	2.8	9.9	18.7	.526	0.0	0.2	.176	8.3	10.7	.778

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
Karl Malone	16	43.0	29.1	2.7	8.6	11.3	2.6	1.4	1.2	2.9	3.6	9.3	17.8	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	10.6	13.1	.805

Season 8
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2008-09	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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		%
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	.500	4.2	5.4	.781
Karl Malone	82	37.8	27.0	2.8	8.4	11.2	3.8	1.5	1.0	2.9	3.2	9.7	17.6	.552	0.0	0.2	.200	7.5	10.2	.740

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
Karl Malone	5	43.2	24.0	2.4	8.0	10.4	2.0	1.2	0.4	4.0	4.2	8.8	19.4	.454	0.2	0.4	.500	6.2	7.6	.816

Season 9
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2009-10	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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		%
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
Karl Malone	82	40.6	25.2	2.9	8.6	11.5	4.0	1.5	1.5	2.9	3.3	9.4	18.9	.497	0.1	0.4	.250	6.2	9.0	.694

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
Karl Malone	16	43.9	27.1	3.3	9.1	12.4	3.4	1.4	0.8	2.1	3.7	9.9	21.1	.467	0.0	0.3	.000	7.4	10.0	.738

Season 10
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2010-11	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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		%
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	.333	4.3	5.2	.823
Karl Malone	82	38.1	26.7	1.9	8.7	10.6	3.5	1.6	1.0	2.9	3.3	10.1	18.9	.536	0.1	0.5	.268	6.3	8.5	.742

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
Karl Malone	5	43.2	30.2	3.0	10.2	13.2	3.8	1.4	0.4	2.8	3.6	9.6	20.6	.466	0.2	0.6	.333	10.8	15.6	.692

Season 11
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2011-12	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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		%
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
Karl Malone	82	38.0	25.7	2.1	7.7	9.8	4.2	1.7	0.7	2.4	3.0	9.6	18.5	.519	0.2	0.5	.400	6.2	8.6	.723

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
Karl Malone	18	40.3	26.5	2.6	7.7	10.3	4.4	1.9	0.6	2.5	3.4	10.4	22.3	.469	0.0	0.2	.000	5.6	9.8	.574

Season 12
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2012-13	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost NBA 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		%
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
Karl Malone	82	36.6	27.4	2.4	7.5	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	2.8	2.6	10.5	19.2	.550	0.0	0.2	.000	6.4	8.4	.755

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
Karl Malone	20	40.8	26.0	3.0	8.4	11.4	2.9	1.4	0.8	2.7	3.0	9.4	21.5	.435	0.1	0.1	.500	7.2	10.0	.720

Season 13
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2013-14	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost NBA 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		%
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
Karl Malone	81	37.4	27.0	2.3	8.0	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	3.0	2.9	9.6	18.2	.530	0.0	0.1	.333	7.8	10.2	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	20	39.8	26.3	2.4	8.5	10.9	3.4	1.1	1.0	3.0	3.5	9.9	21.0	.471	0.0	0.2	.000	6.5	8.3	.788

Season 14
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2014-15	1998-99
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz 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		%
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
Karl Malone	49	37.4	23.8	2.2	7.3	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	3.3	2.7	8.0	16.3	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	7.7	9.8	.788

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
Karl Malone	11	41.0	21.8	3.3	8.0	11.3	4.7	1.2	0.7	3.6	3.4	7.8	18.7	.417	0.0	0.1	.000	6.2	7.8	.791

Season 15
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2015-16	1999-00
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
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
Karl Malone	82	35.9	25.5	2.1	7.4	9.5	3.7	1.0	0.9	2.8	2.8	9.2	18.0	.509	0.0	0.1	.250	7.2	9.0	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	10	38.6	27.2	1.9	7.0	8.9	3.1	0.7	0.7	2.7	3.1	10.3	19.8	.520	0.2	0.2	1.000	6.4	7.9	.810

Season 16
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2016-17	2000-01
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz 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		%
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
Karl Malone	81	35.7	23.2	1.4	6.9	8.3	4.5	1.1	0.8	3.0	2.7	8.3	16.6	.498	0.0	0.1	.400	6.6	8.3	.793

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
Karl Malone	5	40.0	27.6	1.8	7.0	8.8	3.4	1.0	0.8	3.8	2.6	9.8	24.2	.405	0.2	0.4	.500	7.8	9.8	.796

Season 17
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2017-18	2001-02
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
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
Karl Malone	80	38.0	22.4	1.8	6.8	8.6	4.3	1.9	0.7	3.3	2.9	7.9	17.5	.454	0.1	0.3	.360	6.4	8.0	.797

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
Karl Malone	4	40.8	20.0	0.8	6.8	7.5	4.5	1.3	0.8	2.8	2.8	7.5	18.3	.411	0.0	0.3	.000	5.0	7.0	.714

Season 18
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	2018-19	2002-03
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
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
Karl Malone	81	36.2	20.6	1.4	6.4	7.8	4.7	1.7	0.4	2.6	2.5	7.3	15.9	.462	0.0	0.2	.214	5.9	7.7	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	5	38.2	19.6	1.4	5.4	6.8	4.0	1.6	0.4	4.0	3.0	6.8	16.8	.405	0.0	0.2	.000	6.0	8.2	.732

Season 19
	Pau Gasol	Karl Malone
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	42	32.7	13.2	1.5	7.3	8.7	3.9	1.2	0.5	2.5	2.8	4.6	9.5	.483	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	5.4	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl Malone	21	38.0	11.5	1.8	7.0	8.8	3.4	1.1	0.1	2.2	3.1	4.7	10.4	.450	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.5	.630

Pau Gasol vs. Karl Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl Malone 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.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

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Season 19