Walter Dukes vs. Pau Gasol Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pau Gasol and Walter Dukes, 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

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.

Walter Dukes played 8 years in the NBA, 10 less than Pau Gasol, who played 18. Walter Dukes had the first of his seasons in 1955-56, while Pau Gasol had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
Walter Dukes	8	7	1955-56 to 1962-63
Pau Gasol	18	12	2001-02 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Walter Dukes	Pau Gasol
Season	1955-56	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Walter Dukes	60	21.5	7.8	-	-	7.4	0.7	-	-	-	3.5	2.5	6.2	.403	-	-	-	2.8	3.9	.708
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Walter Dukes	Pau Gasol
Season	1956-57	2002-03
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Walter Dukes	71	26.3	10.1	-	-	11.2	0.8	-	-	-	3.8	3.2	8.8	.364	-	-	-	3.7	5.4	.689
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Dukes	5	35.4	13.6	-	-	14.8	1.0	-	-	-	5.2	4.8	11.4	.421	-	-	-	4.0	5.4	.741
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Walter Dukes	Pau Gasol
Season	1957-58	2003-04
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Walter Dukes	72	30.3	11.2	-	-	13.3	0.7	-	-	-	4.3	3.9	11.1	.349	-	-	-	3.4	5.1	.675
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Dukes	7	40.9	15.9	-	-	13.9	0.6	-	-	-	5.4	5.3	14.4	.366	-	-	-	5.3	8.0	.661
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


Season 4
	Walter Dukes	Pau Gasol
Season	1958-59	2004-05
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Walter Dukes	72	32.5	13.0	-	-	13.3	0.9	-	-	-	4.6	4.4	12.6	.352	-	-	-	4.1	6.3	.657
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Dukes	3	37.7	14.3	-	-	13.3	1.0	-	-	-	5.0	5.0	10.0	.500	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.765
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


Season 5
	Walter Dukes	Pau Gasol
Season	1959-60	2005-06
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Walter Dukes	66	32.4	15.2	-	-	13.4	1.2	-	-	-	4.7	4.8	13.2	.361	-	-	-	5.7	7.7	.740
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Dukes	2	39.0	24.0	-	-	16.5	1.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.0	15.5	.516	-	-	-	8.0	11.0	.727
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


Season 6
	Walter Dukes	Pau Gasol
Season	1960-61	2006-07
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Walter Dukes	73	28.0	11.7	-	-	14.1	1.9	-	-	-	4.3	3.9	9.7	.405	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	.703
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Dukes	5	30.4	10.0	-	-	9.8	2.2	-	-	-	5.0	4.0	10.6	.377	-	-	-	2.0	3.6	.556
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Walter Dukes	Pau Gasol
Season	1961-62	2007-08
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Walter Dukes	77	24.6	9.4	-	-	10.4	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	3.3	8.4	.396	-	-	-	2.7	3.8	.715
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Dukes	10	34.7	12.4	-	-	13.8	2.4	-	-	-	5.2	3.9	9.1	.429	-	-	-	4.6	6.1	.754
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


Season 8
	Walter Dukes	Pau Gasol
Season	1962-63	2008-09
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Walter Dukes	62	14.7	4.3	-	-	5.8	0.9	-	-	-	3.0	1.3	4.1	.325	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.737
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Dukes	3	2.7	1.0	-	-	0.3	0.7	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
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


Season 9
	Walter Dukes	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 10
	Walter Dukes	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 11
	Walter Dukes	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	Walter Dukes	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 13
	Walter Dukes	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Walter Dukes	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 15
	Walter Dukes	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Walter Dukes	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 17
	Walter Dukes	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 18
	Walter Dukes	Pau Gasol
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walter Dukes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pau Gasol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Walter Dukes vs. Pau Gasol Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pau Gasol and Walter Dukes, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18