Pau Gasol

C · 2TM

Seasons 2001-02–2018-19 · 18 on record · Ht 7-0 · b. 1980

★ Hall of Fame★ Rookie of the Year6× All-Star4× All-NBA

Player info

Nickname	Meal Ticket, ET, Kung Pow
Position	C
Number	#16 (also #17)
Height	7-0
Weight	250 lb
Born	1980-07-06
Drafted	2001 · Round 1, Pick 3 · Atlanta Hawks
Seasons	2001-02–2018-19 (18)

Career averages

17.0 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 3.2 APG · 1226 games · .507 FG% · .368 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
2001-02	MEM	21	82	36.7	.518	.200	.709	8.9	2.7	0.5	2.1	17.6	19.5	.566
2002-03	MEM	22	82	36.0	.510	.100	.736	8.8	2.8	0.4	1.8	19.0	20.7	.570
2003-04	MEM	23	78	31.5	.482	.267	.714	7.7	2.5	0.6	1.7	17.7	21.7	.542
2004-05	MEM	24	56	32.0	.514	.167	.768	7.3	2.4	0.7	1.7	17.8	22.5	.582
2005-06	MEM	25	80	39.2	.503	.250	.689	8.9	4.6	0.6	1.9	20.4	22.7	.555
2006-07	MEM	26	59	36.2	.538	.273	.748	9.8	3.4	0.5	2.1	20.8	24.1	.593
2007-08	2TM	27	66	35.6	.534	.250	.807	8.4	3.2	0.5	1.5	18.9	21.6	.594
	MEM	27	39	36.7	.501	.267	.819	8.8	3.0	0.4	1.4	18.9	20.1	.566
	LAL	27	27	34.0	.589	0.000	.789	7.8	3.5	0.5	1.6	18.8	24.0	.639
2008-09	LAL	28	81	37.0	.567	.500	.781	9.6	3.5	0.6	1.0	18.9	22.2	.617
2009-10	LAL	29	65	37.0	.536	0.000	.790	11.3	3.4	0.6	1.7	18.3	22.9	.593
2010-11	LAL	30	82	37.0	.529	.333	.823	10.2	3.3	0.6	1.6	18.8	23.3	.589
2011-12	LAL	31	65	37.4	.501	.259	.782	10.4	3.6	0.6	1.4	17.4	20.4	.547
2012-13	LAL	32	49	33.8	.466	.286	.702	8.6	4.1	0.5	1.2	13.7	16.7	.512
2013-14	LAL	33	60	31.4	.480	.286	.736	9.7	3.4	0.5	1.5	17.4	19.3	.522
2014-15	CHI	34	78	34.4	.494	.462	.803	11.8	2.7	0.3	1.9	18.5	22.7	.550
2015-16	CHI	35	72	31.8	.469	.348	.792	11.0	4.1	0.6	2.0	16.5	21.7	.529
2016-17	SAS	36	64	25.4	.502	.538	.707	7.8	2.3	0.4	1.1	12.4	20.2	.578
2017-18	SAS	37	77	23.5	.458	.358	.756	8.0	3.1	0.3	1.0	10.1	18.9	.539
2018-19	2TM	38	30	12.0	.447	.462	.700	4.6	1.7	0.2	0.5	3.9	16.7	.529
	SAS	38	27	12.2	.466	.500	.711	4.7	1.9	0.2	0.5	4.2	18.0	.544
	MIL	38	3	10.0	.167	.333	.500	3.3	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	.291

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2001-02	MEM	82	79	3,007	551	1,064	.518	1	5	338	477	730	223	41	169	224	1,441
2002-03	MEM	82	82	2,948	569	1,116	.510	1	10	416	565	720	229	34	148	213	1,555
2003-04	MEM	78	78	2,458	506	1,049	.482	4	15	365	511	600	198	44	132	187	1,381
2004-05	MEM	56	53	1,790	357	695	.514	1	6	282	367	410	135	37	93	137	997
2005-06	MEM	80	80	3,135	600	1,194	.503	3	12	425	617	713	371	46	153	235	1,628
2006-07	MEM	59	59	2,133	462	858	.538	3	11	299	400	581	201	29	126	162	1,226
2007-08	2TM	66	66	2,351	475	890	.534	4	16	292	362	553	211	30	98	124	1,246
	MEM	39	39	1,433	279	557	.501	4	15	176	215	342	116	16	56	80	738
	LAL	27	27	918	196	333	.589	0	1	116	147	211	95	14	42	44	508
2008-09	LAL	81	81	2,999	592	1,045	.567	1	2	343	439	780	284	52	81	157	1,528
2009-10	LAL	65	65	2,403	452	844	.536	0	5	286	362	734	218	37	113	143	1,190
2010-11	LAL	82	82	3,037	593	1,120	.529	1	3	354	430	836	273	48	130	142	1,541
2011-12	LAL	65	65	2,430	459	917	.501	7	27	204	261	678	237	37	88	142	1,129
2012-13	LAL	49	42	1,655	270	579	.466	8	28	125	178	421	200	24	61	104	673
2013-14	LAL	60	60	1,884	425	885	.480	4	14	187	254	580	201	27	92	141	1,041
2014-15	CHI	78	78	2,681	570	1,153	.494	12	26	294	366	919	210	25	147	158	1,446
2015-16	CHI	72	72	2,291	467	995	.469	24	69	229	289	793	294	42	146	164	1,187
2016-17	SAS	64	39	1,627	303	604	.502	56	104	130	184	501	150	24	70	81	792
2017-18	SAS	77	63	1,812	287	627	.458	43	120	158	209	619	238	24	79	108	775
2018-19	2TM	30	6	360	42	94	.447	6	13	28	40	137	52	5	15	16	118
	SAS	27	6	330	41	88	.466	5	10	27	38	127	50	5	14	14	114
	MIL	3	0	30	1	6	.167	1	3	1	2	10	2	0	1	2	4
Career		1226	—	—	7,980	15,729	.507	179	486	4755	6311	11305	3925	606	1941	2638	20,894

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2001-02	MEM	82	36.7	6.6	12.7	.518	0.0	0.1	4.0	5.7	8.7	2.7	0.5	2.0	2.7	17.3
2002-03	MEM	82	36.0	6.9	13.6	.510	0.0	0.1	5.1	6.9	8.8	2.8	0.4	1.8	2.6	19.0
2003-04	MEM	78	31.5	7.4	15.4	.482	0.1	0.2	5.3	7.5	8.8	2.9	0.6	1.9	2.7	20.2
2004-05	MEM	56	32.0	7.2	14.0	.514	0.0	0.1	5.7	7.4	8.2	2.7	0.7	1.9	2.8	20.1
2005-06	MEM	80	39.2	6.9	13.7	.503	0.0	0.1	4.9	7.1	8.2	4.3	0.5	1.8	2.7	18.7
2006-07	MEM	59	36.2	7.8	14.5	.538	0.1	0.2	5.0	6.8	9.8	3.4	0.5	2.1	2.7	20.7
2007-08	2TM	66	35.6	7.3	13.6	.534	0.1	0.2	4.5	5.5	8.5	3.2	0.5	1.5	1.9	19.1
	MEM	39	36.7	7.0	14.0	.501	0.1	0.4	4.4	5.4	8.6	2.9	0.4	1.4	2.0	18.5
	LAL	27	34.0	7.7	13.1	.589	0.0	0.0	4.5	5.8	8.3	3.7	0.5	1.6	1.7	19.9
2008-09	LAL	81	37.0	7.1	12.5	.567	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.3	9.4	3.4	0.6	1.0	1.9	18.3
2009-10	LAL	65	37.0	6.8	12.6	.536	0.0	0.1	4.3	5.4	11.0	3.3	0.6	1.7	2.1	17.8
2010-11	LAL	82	37.0	7.0	13.3	.529	0.0	0.0	4.2	5.1	9.9	3.2	0.6	1.5	1.7	18.3
2011-12	LAL	65	37.4	6.8	13.6	.501	0.1	0.4	3.0	3.9	10.0	3.5	0.5	1.3	2.1	16.7
2012-13	LAL	49	33.8	5.9	12.6	.466	0.2	0.6	2.7	3.9	9.2	4.4	0.5	1.3	2.3	14.6
2013-14	LAL	60	31.4	8.1	16.9	.480	0.1	0.3	3.6	4.9	11.1	3.8	0.5	1.8	2.7	19.9
2014-15	CHI	78	34.4	7.7	15.5	.494	0.2	0.3	3.9	4.9	12.3	2.8	0.3	2.0	2.1	19.4
2015-16	CHI	72	31.8	7.3	15.6	.469	0.4	1.1	3.6	4.5	12.5	4.6	0.7	2.3	2.6	18.7
2016-17	SAS	64	25.4	6.7	13.4	.502	1.2	2.3	2.9	4.1	11.1	3.3	0.5	1.5	1.8	17.5
2017-18	SAS	77	23.5	5.7	12.5	.458	0.9	2.4	3.1	4.2	12.3	4.7	0.5	1.6	2.1	15.4
2018-19	2TM	30	12.0	4.2	9.4	.447	0.6	1.3	2.8	4.0	13.7	5.2	0.5	1.5	1.6	11.8
	SAS	27	12.2	4.5	9.6	.466	0.5	1.1	2.9	4.1	13.9	5.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	12.4
	MIL	3	10.0	1.2	7.2	.167	1.2	3.6	1.2	2.4	12.0	2.4	0.0	1.2	2.4	4.8

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Advanced stats

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
2001-02	MEM	82	3,007	19.5	.566	22.6	4.8	2.8	7.6	.121	+1.5	+0.2	+1.7	+2.8
2002-03	MEM	82	2,948	20.7	.570	24.1	6.5	2.0	8.5	.138	+2.1	-0.3	+1.8	+2.8
2003-04	MEM	78	2,458	21.7	.542	26.8	5.3	2.8	8.1	.159	+2.9	+0.1	+2.9	+3.0
2004-05	MEM	56	1,790	22.5	.582	26.2	4.1	2.8	6.8	.184	+2.9	+1.1	+4.0	+2.7
2005-06	MEM	80	3,135	22.7	.555	26.4	6.6	5.4	12.0	.184	+3.9	+1.7	+5.5	+6.0
2006-07	MEM	59	2,133	24.1	.593	25.3	5.4	1.5	6.9	.155	+3.7	-0.1	+3.6	+3.0
2007-08	2TM	66	2,351	21.6	.594	22.1	6.4	2.1	8.4	.172	+3.3	+0.1	+3.4	+3.2
	MEM	39	1,433	20.1	.566	22.7	3.0	0.9	3.9	.129	+2.4	-0.3	+2.1	+1.5
	LAL	27	918	24.0	.639	21.2	3.4	1.2	4.6	.239	+4.7	+0.8	+5.5	+1.7
2008-09	LAL	81	2,999	22.2	.617	20.4	9.8	4.2	13.9	.223	+4.0	+0.5	+4.5	+5.0
2009-10	LAL	65	2,403	22.9	.593	21.4	6.8	4.2	11.0	.220	+3.7	+1.3	+4.9	+4.2
2010-11	LAL	82	3,037	23.3	.589	21.8	10.0	4.7	14.7	.232	+3.9	+0.9	+4.8	+5.2
2011-12	LAL	65	2,430	20.4	.547	22.1	5.2	3.1	8.3	.165	+2.6	+0.8	+3.4	+3.3
2012-13	LAL	49	1,655	16.7	.512	20.5	2.0	1.7	3.7	.107	+1.1	+0.9	+2.0	+1.7
2013-14	LAL	60	1,884	19.3	.522	26.4	1.3	1.7	3.0	.076	+1.0	+0.2	+1.2	+1.5
2014-15	CHI	78	2,681	22.7	.550	24.7	6.0	4.4	10.4	.187	+2.9	+0.6	+3.5	+3.7
2015-16	CHI	72	2,291	21.7	.529	24.6	3.2	3.9	7.1	.149	+2.7	+2.3	+4.9	+4.0
2016-17	SAS	64	1,627	20.2	.578	21.3	3.3	3.1	6.4	.190	+2.6	+1.5	+4.0	+2.5
2017-18	SAS	77	1,812	18.9	.539	20.4	2.7	3.3	6.0	.159	+1.5	+1.9	+3.4	+2.5
2018-19	2TM	30	360	16.7	.529	15.6	0.5	0.5	1.1	.142	+1.0	+2.1	+3.1	+0.5
	SAS	27	330	18.0	.544	15.8	0.6	0.5	1.1	.160	+1.6	+2.3	+3.9	+0.5
	MIL	3	30	1.7	.291	12.4	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-.063	-5.3	+0.6	-4.7	+0.0
Career		1226	—	—	—	—	—	—	143.9	—	—	—	—	+57.6

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Playoff stats

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
2003-04	4	33.0	18.5	5.0	2.5	1.0	1.5	.571	—	.640
2004-05	4	32.5	21.2	7.5	2.5	0.5	1.8	.488	1.000	.498
2005-06	4	38.8	20.2	6.8	3.0	0.5	1.2	.433	0.000	.505
2007-08	21	39.3	16.9	9.3	4.0	0.5	1.9	.530	—	.568
2008-09	23	40.0	18.3	10.8	2.5	0.8	2.0	.580	—	.622
2009-10	23	39.3	19.6	11.1	3.5	0.4	2.1	.539	0.000	.599
2010-11	10	35.4	13.1	7.8	3.8	0.4	1.7	.420	.500	.497
2011-12	12	36.5	12.5	9.5	3.7	0.5	2.1	.434	.400	.482
2012-13	4	35.8	14.0	11.5	6.5	0.5	0.8	.481	—	.493
2014-15	10	31.1	14.4	9.4	3.1	0.5	2.1	.487	0.000	.539
2016-17	16	22.4	7.7	7.1	1.9	0.4	0.9	.439	.333	.494
2017-18	5	17.6	6.0	4.8	2.8	0.0	0.2	.500	.333	.615
Career	136	35.0	15.4	9.2	3.2	0.5	1.7	.507	.297	.559

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	662	16.2	9.0	3.1	427–235
Away	653	15.6	8.2	2.8	287–366
In wins	714	16.6	9.0	3.3	714–0
In losses	601	15.1	8.1	2.6	0–601

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	34	15.0	9.3	2.8	15–19
BOS Boston Celtics	33	16.8	10.1	3.0	19–14
BKN Brooklyn Nets	36	16.5	8.6	3.4	26–10
CHA Charlotte Hornets	51	16.6	9.0	3.3	29–22
CHI Chicago Bulls	28	16.9	8.4	2.9	16–12
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	33	15.7	7.9	2.5	19–14
DAL Dallas Mavericks	57	15.8	7.5	2.8	26–31
DEN Denver Nuggets	53	16.1	9.0	3.1	22–31
DET Detroit Pistons	37	16.9	9.1	2.8	18–19
GSW Golden State Warriors	62	16.3	8.6	3.0	36–26
HOU Houston Rockets	58	15.2	8.0	2.7	32–26
IND Indiana Pacers	37	16.4	9.2	2.9	17–20
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	56	14.8	8.2	3.0	31–25
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	37	17.3	9.9	3.4	19–18
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	34	11.7	9.0	2.7	21–13
MIA Miami Heat	37	15.5	9.4	2.9	18–19
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	34	18.0	10.3	3.6	18–16
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	55	16.5	8.7	3.0	35–20
NOP New Orleans Pelicans	17	10.5	7.9	2.8	13–4
NYK New York Knicks	31	16.1	8.6	3.1	21–10
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	31	13.4	7.5	2.7	17–14
ORL Orlando Magic	34	15.9	8.1	2.7	15–19
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	33	16.0	7.9	2.6	19–14
PHX Phoenix Suns	57	15.4	7.9	3.0	29–28
POR Portland Trail Blazers	57	15.1	8.7	3.3	29–28
SAC Sacramento Kings	60	17.6	8.6	3.2	37–23
SAS San Antonio Spurs	51	16.8	8.5	2.9	19–32
TOR Toronto Raptors	37	17.3	8.1	2.8	27–10
UTA Utah Jazz	57	14.5	8.5	2.8	28–29
WAS Washington Wizards	34	15.0	8.7	3.0	21–13

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2018-19

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Range	% of shots	FG%
At the rim (0-3 ft)	0%	—
In the paint (3-10 ft)	33%	0.000
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	0%	—
Long two (16 ft-3P)	17%	0.000
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	50%	.333

Average shot distance 18.3 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 33% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Season	Salary
2001-02	$2,970,000
2002-03	$3,194,000
2003-04	$3,417,000
2004-05	$4,318,000
2005-06	$10,993,000
2006-07	$12,364,000
2007-08	$13,735,000
2008-09	$15,106,000
2009-10	$16,452,000
2010-11	$17,823,000
2011-12	$18,714,150
2012-13	$19,285,850
2013-14	$19,285,850
2014-15	$7,128,000
2015-16	$7,448,760
2016-17	$15,500,000
2017-18	$16,000,000
2018-19	$333,285
Career earnings	$204,067,895

Frequently asked questions

What are Pau Gasol's career stats?

Pau Gasol has averaged 17.0 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 3.2 APG over 18 seasons (2001-02–2018-19).

How much does Pau Gasol make?

Pau Gasol's salary is $333,285 for the 2018-19 season, with career earnings of about $204.1M.

How tall is Pau Gasol?

Pau Gasol is 7-0 (250 lb).

When was Pau Gasol drafted?

Pau Gasol was drafted in 2001, round 1, pick 3, by the Atlanta Hawks.