Norris Cole vs. Manu Ginobili Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Manu Ginobili and Norris Cole, 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.

Norris Cole played 6 years in the NBA, 10 less than Manu Ginobili, who played 16. Norris Cole had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Manu Ginobili had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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
	Norris Cole	Manu Ginobili
Season	2011-12	2002-03
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Norris Cole	65	19.4	6.8	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.0	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.9	2.7	6.9	.393	0.3	1.2	.276	1.0	1.3	.776
Manu Ginobili	69	20.7	7.6	0.7	1.7	2.3	2.0	1.4	0.2	1.4	2.5	2.5	5.8	.438	0.7	2.1	.345	1.8	2.5	.737
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	19	8.9	1.8	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.6	1.9	.324	0.2	0.6	.250	0.4	0.5	.778
Manu Ginobili	24	27.5	9.4	1.2	2.6	3.8	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.5	2.6	3.0	7.7	.386	1.2	3.0	.384	2.3	3.1	.757

Season 2
	Norris Cole	Manu Ginobili
Season	2012-13	2003-04
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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		%
Norris Cole	80	19.9	5.6	0.2	1.4	1.6	2.1	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.9	2.2	5.3	.421	0.4	1.2	.357	0.7	1.0	.650
Manu Ginobili	77	29.4	12.8	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.8	1.8	0.2	2.1	2.4	4.3	10.2	.418	1.1	3.2	.359	3.1	3.9	.802
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	21	19.9	6.1	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.0	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.9	2.3	4.9	.480	0.8	1.5	.531	0.7	0.9	.737
Manu Ginobili	10	27.9	13.0	1.5	3.8	5.3	3.1	1.7	0.1	2.1	3.0	4.2	9.4	.447	1.0	3.5	.286	3.6	4.4	.818

Season 3
	Norris Cole	Manu Ginobili
Season	2013-14	2004-05
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Norris Cole	82	24.6	6.4	0.2	1.7	2.0	3.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.9	2.5	6.1	.414	0.7	2.1	.345	0.6	0.8	.779
Manu Ginobili	74	29.6	16.0	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.9	1.6	0.4	2.3	2.6	5.0	10.5	.471	1.3	3.5	.376	4.8	6.0	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	20	20.2	4.6	0.1	1.1	1.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.7	1.6	3.9	.410	0.8	2.0	.375	0.7	0.8	.867
Manu Ginobili	23	33.7	20.8	0.8	5.0	5.8	4.2	1.2	0.3	2.9	3.0	6.3	12.4	.507	1.8	4.2	.438	6.4	8.0	.795

Season 5
	Norris Cole	Manu Ginobili
Season	2015-16	2006-07
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Norris Cole	45	26.6	10.6	0.2	3.1	3.4	3.7	0.8	0.1	1.7	2.3	4.4	10.8	.405	0.7	2.3	.324	1.2	1.4	.800
Manu Ginobili	75	27.5	16.5	0.8	3.6	4.4	3.5	1.5	0.4	2.1	2.1	5.3	11.4	.464	1.7	4.3	.396	4.3	5.0	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	20	30.1	16.7	0.8	4.7	5.5	3.7	1.7	0.2	2.1	3.1	5.0	12.4	.401	1.9	5.0	.384	4.9	5.8	.836

Season 6
	Norris Cole	Manu Ginobili
Season	2016-17	2007-08
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Norris Cole	13	9.6	3.3	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.5	1.4	1.2	4.0	.308	0.2	1.0	.231	0.6	0.8	.800
Manu Ginobili	74	31.1	19.5	0.9	3.9	4.8	4.5	1.5	0.4	2.7	2.3	6.1	13.3	.460	2.1	5.3	.401	5.1	6.0	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	4	6.3	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.0	.250	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Manu Ginobili	17	32.9	17.8	0.8	2.9	3.8	3.9	0.6	0.3	2.8	2.8	5.8	13.6	.422	2.2	6.0	.373	4.1	4.5	.896

Season 9
	Norris Cole	Manu Ginobili
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	80	30.3	17.4	0.5	3.2	3.7	4.9	1.5	0.4	2.2	2.0	5.5	12.7	.433	1.9	5.5	.349	4.5	5.1	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	5	34.8	20.6	0.4	3.6	4.0	4.2	2.6	0.6	3.4	2.6	6.2	14.0	.443	1.8	5.6	.321	6.4	8.2	.780

Season 12
	Norris Cole	Manu Ginobili
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
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		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	68	22.8	12.3	0.4	2.5	3.0	4.3	1.0	0.3	2.0	1.9	4.3	9.2	.469	1.3	3.8	.349	2.4	2.8	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Norris Cole	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	23	25.5	14.3	0.4	2.9	3.3	4.1	1.6	0.1	2.3	2.6	4.5	10.3	.439	1.8	4.6	.390	3.5	4.1	.862