Danny Manning vs. Anfernee Simons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anfernee Simons and Danny Manning, 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.

Danny Manning played 15 years in the NBA, 9 more than Anfernee Simons, who played 6. Danny Manning had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Anfernee Simons had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
Danny Manning 15 9 1988-89 to 2002-03
Anfernee Simons 6 3 2018-19 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Danny Manning Anfernee Simons
Season 1988-892018-19
Team Los Angeles ClippersPortland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayTrail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 26 36.5 16.7 2.7 3.9 6.6 3.1 1.7 1.0 3.6 3.4 6.8 13.8 .494 0.0 0.2 .200 3.0 4.0 .767
Anfernee Simons 20 7.1 3.8 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.5 1.4 3.2 .444 0.5 1.5 .345 0.5 0.8 .563
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning ------- --- ----------
Anfernee Simons 5 2.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.4 .000 0.0 0.4 .000 0.8 1.0 .800

Season 2
Danny Manning Anfernee Simons
Season 1989-902019-20
Team Los Angeles ClippersPortland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayTrail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 71 32.0 16.3 2.0 3.9 5.9 2.6 1.3 0.5 2.6 3.7 6.2 11.6 .533 0.0 0.1 .000 3.9 5.2 .741
Anfernee Simons 70 20.7 8.3 0.4 1.8 2.2 1.4 0.4 0.1 0.9 1.9 3.1 7.7 .399 1.1 3.2 .332 1.1 1.3 .826
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning ------- --- ----------
Anfernee Simons 4 20.5 6.8 0.3 2.5 2.8 2.5 1.5 0.0 1.0 1.8 2.0 6.5 .308 1.5 3.5 .429 1.3 1.5 .833

Season 3
Danny Manning Anfernee Simons
Season 1990-912020-21
Team Los Angeles ClippersPortland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayTrail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 73 30.1 15.9 2.3 3.5 5.8 2.7 1.6 0.8 2.6 3.8 6.4 12.4 .519 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 4.2 .716
Anfernee Simons 64 17.3 7.8 0.2 2.0 2.2 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.5 2.6 6.3 .419 1.9 4.4 .426 0.7 0.9 .807
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning ------- --- ----------
Anfernee Simons 6 17.8 6.5 0.5 2.2 2.7 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 1.0 2.3 4.2 .560 1.8 3.0 .611 0.0 0.0 -

Season 4
Danny Manning Anfernee Simons
Season 1991-922021-22
Team Los Angeles ClippersPortland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Clippers Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 82 35.4 19.3 2.8 4.1 6.9 3.5 1.6 1.5 2.6 3.6 7.9 14.6 .542 0.0 0.1 .000 3.4 4.7 .725
Anfernee Simons 57 29.5 17.3 0.5 2.2 2.6 3.9 0.5 0.1 2.0 1.9 6.2 14.0 .443 3.1 7.8 .405 1.8 2.0 .888
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 5 38.8 22.6 3.0 2.6 5.6 2.8 1.0 0.8 2.6 4.2 9.2 16.2 .568 0.2 0.6 .333 4.0 6.2 .645
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------

Season 5
Danny Manning Anfernee Simons
Season 1992-932022-23
Team Los Angeles ClippersPortland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Clippers Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 79 34.9 22.8 2.5 4.1 6.6 2.6 1.4 1.3 2.9 4.1 8.9 17.5 .509 0.1 0.4 .267 4.9 6.1 .802
Anfernee Simons 62 35.0 21.1 0.3 2.3 2.6 4.1 0.7 0.2 2.1 2.3 7.5 16.9 .447 3.4 9.1 .377 2.6 2.9 .894
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 5 34.2 18.2 2.4 4.8 7.2 1.6 1.4 1.0 2.6 3.8 7.0 17.0 .412 0.0 0.4 .000 4.2 5.2 .808
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------

Season 6
Danny Manning Anfernee Simons
Season 1993-942023-24
Team Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta HawksPortland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Hawks Lost East Conf SemisDid Not Play
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 68 37.1 20.6 1.9 4.9 6.8 3.8 1.5 1.2 3.4 3.8 8.6 17.7 .488 0.0 0.3 .176 3.4 5.0 .669
Anfernee Simons 46 34.4 22.6 0.5 3.2 3.6 5.5 0.5 0.1 2.7 2.1 7.8 18.2 .430 3.4 8.8 .385 3.5 3.9 .916
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 11 38.7 20.0 2.5 4.5 7.0 3.4 1.4 0.8 2.4 3.5 7.6 15.6 .488 0.0 0.0 - 4.7 6.0 .788
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------

Season 7
Danny Manning Anfernee Simons
Season 1994-95-
Team Phoenix Suns-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not Play-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 46 32.8 17.9 2.1 3.9 6.0 3.3 0.9 1.2 2.6 3.8 7.4 13.5 .547 0.1 0.5 .286 3.0 4.4 .673
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning ------- --- ----------
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------

Season 8
Danny Manning Anfernee Simons
Season 1995-96-
Team Phoenix Suns-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 33 24.7 13.4 0.9 3.4 4.3 2.0 1.2 0.7 2.3 3.7 5.4 11.8 .459 0.1 0.4 .214 2.5 3.3 .752
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 4 22.5 12.3 1.0 1.8 2.8 1.3 1.0 0.3 1.5 3.8 5.5 12.0 .458 0.0 0.3 .000 1.3 2.0 .625
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------

Season 9
Danny Manning Anfernee Simons
Season 1996-97-
Team Phoenix Suns-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 77 27.7 13.5 1.8 4.3 6.1 2.2 1.1 1.0 2.1 3.5 5.5 10.3 .536 0.1 0.5 .194 2.4 3.3 .721
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 5 23.4 13.2 0.8 5.2 6.0 1.4 0.8 1.4 1.6 4.2 5.2 9.0 .578 0.0 0.6 .000 2.8 3.0 .933
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------

Season 10
Danny Manning Anfernee Simons
Season 1997-98-
Team Phoenix Suns-
Honors & Awards Achievement Sixth Man of the Year-
Playoffs Did Not Play-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 70 25.6 13.5 1.6 4.0 5.6 2.0 1.0 0.7 1.4 2.9 5.6 10.8 .516 0.0 0.1 .000 2.4 3.2 .739
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning ------- --- ----------
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------

Season 11
Danny Manning Anfernee Simons
Season 1998-99-
Team Phoenix Suns-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 50 23.7 9.1 1.2 3.1 4.4 2.3 0.7 0.8 1.4 2.6 3.7 7.7 .484 0.0 0.2 .111 1.6 2.2 .696
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 3 26.0 12.7 0.0 1.7 1.7 2.0 1.3 0.0 1.0 4.0 4.7 8.0 .583 0.0 0.0 - 3.3 4.3 .769
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------

Season 12
Danny Manning Anfernee Simons
Season 1999-00-
Team Milwaukee Bucks-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 72 16.9 4.6 0.7 2.2 2.9 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.8 2.5 2.1 4.7 .440 0.0 0.1 .250 0.5 0.7 .654
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 1 5.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------

Season 13
Danny Manning Anfernee Simons
Season 2000-01-
Team Utah Jazz-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 82 15.9 7.4 0.8 1.8 2.6 1.1 0.6 0.4 1.2 2.7 3.0 6.1 .494 0.1 0.3 .250 1.2 1.7 .729
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 5 19.0 9.8 0.4 1.8 2.2 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.4 4.2 3.8 6.8 .559 0.4 0.4 1.000 1.8 2.4 .750
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------

Season 14
Danny Manning Anfernee Simons
Season 2001-02-
Team Dallas Mavericks-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not Play-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 41 13.5 4.0 0.6 2.0 2.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 2.0 1.7 3.6 .477 0.0 0.2 .143 0.5 0.8 .667
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning ------- --- ----------
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------

Season 15
Danny Manning Anfernee Simons
Season 2002-03-
Team Detroit Pistons-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Pistons Lost East Conf Finals-
more >>
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 13 6.8 2.6 0.5 0.8 1.4 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.0 2.5 .406 0.2 0.6 .375 0.4 0.5 .833
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning 4 3.5 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.0 0.3 0.8 .333 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 -
Anfernee Simons ------- --- ----------
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