Chris Bosh vs. Manu Ginobili Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Manu Ginobili and Chris Bosh, 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.

Chris Bosh played 13 years in the NBA, 3 less than Manu Ginobili, who played 16. Chris Bosh had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Chris Bosh	Manu Ginobili
Season	2003-04	2002-03
Team	Toronto Raptors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	75	33.5	11.5	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.0	0.8	1.4	1.4	2.9	4.4	9.5	.459	0.1	0.2	.357	2.7	3.8	.701
difference:	+6	+12.8	+3.9	+1.8	+3.2	+5.1	+1.0	+0.6	+1.2		-0.4	+1.9	+3.7	+.021	+0.6	+1.9	+.012	+0.9	+1.3	+.036
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		%
Chris Bosh	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 3
	Chris Bosh	Manu Ginobili
Season	2005-06	2004-05
Team	Toronto Raptors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	70	39.3	22.5	2.9	6.3	9.2	2.6	0.7	1.1	2.2	3.0	7.8	15.5	.505	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	8.3	.816
difference:	+4	+9.7	+6.5	+1.9	+2.9	+4.8	+1.3	+0.9	+0.7	-0.1	-0.4	+2.8	+5.0	+.034	+1.3	+3.3	+.376	+2.0	+2.3	+.013
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		%
Chris Bosh	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 4
	Chris Bosh	Manu Ginobili
Season	2006-07	2005-06
Team	Toronto Raptors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	69	38.5	22.6	2.7	8.0	10.7	2.5	0.6	1.3	2.6	2.4	7.9	15.9	.496	0.2	0.5	.343	6.7	8.6	.785
difference:	+4	+10.6	+7.5	+2.1	+5.1	+7.2	+1.1	+1.0	+0.9	-0.7		+3.1	+5.6	+.034	+1.1	+2.8	+.039	+2.4	+3.1	+.007
Manu Ginobili	65	27.9	15.1	0.6	2.9	3.5	3.6	1.6	0.4	1.9	2.4	4.8	10.3	.462	1.3	3.3	.382	4.3	5.5	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	6	37.0	17.5	1.2	7.8	9.0	2.5	0.8	1.8	2.0	3.2	6.0	15.2	.396	0.2	0.8	.200	5.3	6.3	.842
difference:	+7	+4.2	+0.9	+0.5	+4.0	+4.5	+0.5	+0.7	+1.3	-0.5	-0.1	+0.2	+3.1	+.088	+0.9	+2.4	+.133	+0.3	+0.4	+.003
Manu Ginobili	13	32.8	18.4	0.7	3.8	4.5	3.0	1.5	0.5	2.5	3.3	5.8	12.1	.484	1.1	3.2	.333	5.6	6.7	.839

Season 5
	Chris Bosh	Manu Ginobili
Season	2007-08	2006-07
Team	Toronto Raptors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	67	36.2	22.3	2.6	6.1	8.7	2.6	0.9	1.0	2.3	2.3	7.6	15.3	.494	0.1	0.4	.400	7.0	8.3	.844
difference:	+8	+8.7	+5.8	+1.8	+2.5	+4.3	+0.9	+0.6	+0.6	-0.2	-0.2	+2.3	+3.9	+.030	+1.6	+3.9	+.004	+2.7	+3.3	+.016
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		%
Chris Bosh	5	39.8	24.0	4.0	5.0	9.0	3.6	1.6	0.4	2.6	3.8	8.4	17.8	.472	0.2	1.4	.143	7.0	8.4	.833
difference:	+15	+9.7	+7.3	+3.2	+0.3	+3.5	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	-0.5	-0.7	+3.4	+5.4	+.071	+1.7	+3.6	+.241	+2.1	+2.6	+.003
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
	Chris Bosh	Manu Ginobili
Season	2008-09	2007-08
Team	Toronto Raptors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	77	38.0	22.7	2.8	7.2	10.0	2.5	0.9	1.0	2.3	2.5	8.0	16.4	.487	0.2	0.6	.245	6.5	8.0	.817
difference:	+3	+6.9	+3.2	+1.9	+3.3	+5.2	+2.0	+0.6	+0.6	-0.4	-0.2	+1.9	+3.1	+.027	+1.9	+4.7	+.156	+1.4	+2.0	+.043
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		%
Chris Bosh	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 7
	Chris Bosh	Manu Ginobili
Season	2009-10	2008-09
Team	Toronto Raptors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	70	36.1	24.0	2.9	7.9	10.8	2.4	0.6	1.0	2.4	2.4	8.6	16.5	.518	0.1	0.3	.364	6.7	8.4	.797
difference:	+26	+9.3	+8.5	+2.4	+3.9	+6.3	+1.2	+0.9	+0.6	-0.4	-0.4	+3.5	+5.3	+.064	+1.5	+4.5	+.034	+2.9	+4.1	+.087
Manu Ginobili	44	26.8	15.5	0.5	4.0	4.5	3.6	1.5	0.4	2.0	2.0	5.1	11.2	.454	1.6	4.8	.330	3.8	4.3	.884
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Chris Bosh nor Manu Ginobili played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Chris Bosh	Manu Ginobili
Season	2010-11	2009-10
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	77	36.3	18.7	1.8	6.5	8.3	1.9	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.2	6.8	13.7	.496	0.1	0.3	.240	5.0	6.1	.815
difference:	+2	+7.6	+2.2	+0.9	+3.6	+4.5	+3.0	+0.6	+0.3	-0.3	-0.1	+1.5	+1.7	+.055	+1.7	+4.4	+.137	+0.9	+1.4	+.055
Manu Ginobili	75	28.7	16.5	0.9	2.9	3.8	4.9	1.4	0.3	2.1	2.1	5.3	12.0	.441	1.8	4.7	.377	4.1	4.7	.870
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	21	39.7	18.6	2.2	6.2	8.5	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.9	2.3	6.6	13.9	.474	0.0	0.2	.000	5.4	6.7	.814
difference:	+11	+4.5	+0.8	+1.8	+2.9	+4.8	+4.9	+1.9	+0.7	-1.1	-0.7	+0.8	+0.1	+.060	+2.0	+5.8	+.333	+0.4		+.052
Manu Ginobili	10	35.2	19.4	0.4	3.3	3.7	6.0	2.6	0.2	3.0	3.0	5.8	14.0	.414	2.0	6.0	.333	5.8	6.7	.866

Season 9
	Chris Bosh	Manu Ginobili
Season	2011-12	2010-11
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	57	35.2	18.0	1.6	6.3	7.9	1.8	0.9	0.8	2.1	2.2	6.9	14.2	.487	0.2	0.6	.286	4.0	4.9	.821
difference:	+23	+4.9	+0.6	+1.1	+3.1	+4.2	+3.1	+0.6	+0.4	-0.1	-0.2	+1.4	+1.5	+.054	+1.7	+4.9	+.063	+0.5	+0.2	+.050
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		%
Chris Bosh	14	31.4	14.0	2.6	5.2	7.8	0.6	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.4	5.2	10.6	.493	0.5	0.9	.538	3.1	3.7	.827
difference:	+9	+3.4	+6.6	+2.2	+1.6	+3.8	+3.6	+2.2	+0.4	-2.0	-1.2	+1.0	+3.4	+.050	+1.3	+4.7	+.217	+3.3	+4.5	+.047
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 10
	Chris Bosh	Manu Ginobili
Season	2012-13	2011-12
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	74	33.2	16.6	1.8	5.0	6.8	1.7	0.9	1.4	1.7	2.3	6.6	12.3	.535	0.3	1.0	.284	3.3	4.1	.798
difference:	+40	+9.9	+3.7	+1.3	+2.1	+3.4	+2.7	+0.2	+1.0	-0.2	-0.7	+2.2	+3.9	+.009	+1.2	+2.7	+.129	+0.7	+1.1	+.073
Manu Ginobili	34	23.3	12.9	0.5	2.9	3.4	4.4	0.7	0.4	1.9	1.6	4.4	8.4	.526	1.5	3.7	.413	2.6	3.0	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	23	32.7	12.1	1.7	5.6	7.3	1.5	1.0	1.6	1.2	2.9	4.8	10.4	.458	0.7	1.6	.405	1.9	2.6	.733
difference:	+9	+4.8	+2.3	+1.1	+2.7	+3.8	+2.5	+0.3	+1.3	-1.8	-0.3	+0.2		+.010	+0.9	+3.3	+.067	+1.5	+1.4	+.124
Manu Ginobili	14	27.9	14.4	0.6	2.9	3.5	4.0	0.7	0.3	3.0	2.6	4.6	10.4	.448	1.6	4.9	.338	3.4	4.0	.857

Season 11
	Chris Bosh	Manu Ginobili
Season	2013-14	2012-13
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Spurs Lost NBA Finals

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	79	32.0	16.2	1.2	5.4	6.6	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.6	2.4	6.2	12.1	.516	0.9	2.8	.339	2.8	3.4	.820
difference:	+19	+8.8	+4.4	+0.7	+2.5	+3.2	+3.5	+0.3	+0.8	-0.6	-0.5	+2.4	+3.1	+.091	+0.5	+1.1	+.014	+0.1		+.024
Manu Ginobili	60	23.2	11.8	0.5	2.9	3.4	4.6	1.3	0.2	2.2	1.9	3.8	9.0	.425	1.4	3.9	.353	2.7	3.4	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	20	34.3	14.9	1.2	4.4	5.6	1.1	0.9	1.0	0.7	2.6	5.8	11.5	.507	1.5	3.7	.405	1.8	2.4	.750
difference:	+1	+7.6	+3.4	+0.8	+1.1	+1.9	+3.9	+0.2	+0.7	-1.9	-0.1	+2.1	+2.3	+.108	+0.1	+0.9	+.103	+1.0	+1.4	+.012
Manu Ginobili	21	26.7	11.5	0.4	3.3	3.7	5.0	1.1	0.3	2.6	2.5	3.7	9.2	.399	1.4	4.6	.302	2.8	3.8	.738

Season 12
	Chris Bosh	Manu Ginobili
Season	2014-15	2013-14
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	44	35.4	21.1	1.0	6.0	7.0	2.2	0.9	0.6	2.2	1.6	7.8	16.9	.460	1.4	3.8	.375	4.1	5.3	.772
difference:	+24	+12.6	+8.8	+0.6	+3.5	+4.0	+2.1	+0.1	+0.3	-0.2	-0.3	+3.5	+7.7	+.009	+0.1		+.026	+1.7	+2.5	+.079
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		%
Chris Bosh	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 13
	Chris Bosh	Manu Ginobili
Season	2015-16	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	53	33.5	19.1	0.9	6.5	7.4	2.4	0.7	0.6	1.5	1.9	6.8	14.5	.467	1.5	4.2	.365	4.0	5.1	.795
difference:	+17	+10.8	+8.6	+0.5	+3.9	+4.4	+1.8	+0.3	+0.3	-0.7	-0.1	+3.2	+6.1	+.041	+0.2	+0.5	+.020	+1.9	+2.2	+.074
Manu Ginobili	70	22.7	10.5	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.2	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.0	3.6	8.4	.426	1.3	3.7	.345	2.1	2.9	.721
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Bosh	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	7	18.7	8.0	0.6	2.9	3.4	4.6	0.6	0.9	2.0	2.7	2.1	6.1	.349	1.1	3.1	.364	2.6	3.3	.783