Speedy Claxton vs. Marc Gasol Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marc Gasol and Speedy Claxton, 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.

Speedy Claxton played 7 years in the NBA, 6 less than Marc Gasol, who played 13. Speedy Claxton 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 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
	Speedy Claxton	Marc Gasol
Season	2001-02	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Speedy Claxton	67	22.8	7.2	0.7	1.7	2.4	3.0	1.4	0.1	1.4	2.2	2.7	6.7	.400	0.1	0.5	.121	1.7	2.0	.838
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		%
Speedy Claxton	5	9.8	2.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	2.8	1.0	0.0	0.6	1.6	0.8	2.4	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	1.2	.667
Marc Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Speedy Claxton	Marc Gasol
Season	2002-03	2009-10
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Speedy Claxton	30	15.7	5.8	0.7	1.1	1.9	2.5	0.7	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.2	4.8	.462	0.0	0.4	.000	1.3	1.9	.684
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	.000	3.7	5.4	.670
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Speedy Claxton	24	13.6	5.2	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.9	0.7	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.9	4.4	.438	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.750
Marc Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Speedy Claxton	Marc Gasol
Season	2004-05	2011-12
Team	Golden State Warriors, New Orleans Hornets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Speedy Claxton	62	30.1	11.5	0.6	2.4	3.0	6.0	1.8	0.1	1.9	3.0	4.1	9.9	.421	0.2	1.0	.180	3.0	4.1	.736
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		%
Speedy Claxton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Speedy Claxton	Marc Gasol
Season	2005-06	2012-13
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Speedy Claxton	71	28.4	12.3	0.5	2.2	2.7	4.8	1.5	0.1	2.2	2.5	4.3	10.4	.413	0.2	0.9	.270	3.5	4.5	.769
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		%
Speedy Claxton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Note: Speedy Claxton didn't play in 2007-08.

Season 7
	Speedy Claxton	Marc Gasol
Season	2008-09	2014-15
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Speedy Claxton	2	7.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	3.5	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
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		%
Speedy Claxton	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Speedy Claxton	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		%
Speedy Claxton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Speedy Claxton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Speedy Claxton	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		%
Speedy Claxton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Speedy Claxton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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