Danny Manning vs. Lenny Wilkens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lenny Wilkens 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 and Lenny Wilkens both played 15 years in the NBA. Danny Manning had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Lenny Wilkens had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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
Lenny Wilkens	15	7	1960-61 to 1974-75

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Danny Manning	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1988-89	1960-61
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	75	25.3	11.7	-	-	4.5	2.8	-	-	-	2.9	4.4	10.4	.425	-	-	-	2.9	4.0	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	12	36.4	14.2	-	-	6.0	3.5	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	13.8	.380	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759


Season 2
	Danny Manning	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1989-90	1961-62
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards
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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	20	43.5	18.2	-	-	6.6	5.8	-	-	-	3.2	7.0	18.2	.385	-	-	-	4.2	5.5	.764

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Danny Manning	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1990-91	1962-63
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	75	34.3	11.8	-	-	5.4	5.1	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	11.1	.399	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.696

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	11	36.4	13.7	-	-	6.3	6.3	-	-	-	4.6	5.2	14.0	.370	-	-	-	3.4	4.5	.755


Season 4
	Danny Manning	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1991-92	1963-64
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	78	32.4	12.0	-	-	4.3	4.6	-	-	-	3.7	4.3	10.4	.413	-	-	-	3.5	4.7	.740

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
Lenny Wilkens	12	34.4	14.3	-	-	5.0	5.3	-	-	-	3.5	5.3	11.9	.448	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759


Season 5
	Danny Manning	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1992-93	1964-65
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	78	36.6	16.5	-	-	4.7	5.5	-	-	-	3.6	5.6	13.4	.414	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.746

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
Lenny Wilkens	4	36.8	16.0	-	-	3.0	3.8	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	14.3	.351	-	-	-	6.0	7.3	.828


Season 6
	Danny Manning	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1993-94	1965-66
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	69	39.0	18.0	-	-	4.7	6.2	-	-	-	3.6	6.0	13.8	.431	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.793

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
Lenny Wilkens	10	39.1	17.1	-	-	5.4	7.0	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	14.3	.399	-	-	-	5.7	8.3	.687


Season 7
	Danny Manning	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1994-95	1966-67
Team	Phoenix Suns	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	78	38.1	17.4	-	-	5.3	5.7	-	-	-	3.6	5.7	13.3	.432	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	9	42.0	21.4	-	-	7.6	7.2	-	-	-	3.8	6.4	16.1	.400	-	-	-	8.6	10.0	.856


Season 8
	Danny Manning	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1995-96	1967-68
Team	Phoenix Suns	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	82	38.6	20.0	-	-	5.3	8.3	-	-	-	3.1	6.7	15.2	.438	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.768

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
Lenny Wilkens	6	39.5	18.3	-	-	6.3	7.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.2	.440	-	-	-	5.0	6.7	.750


Season 9
	Danny Manning	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1996-97	1968-69
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	82	42.2	22.4	-	-	6.2	8.2	-	-	-	3.6	7.9	17.8	.440	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.770

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
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Danny Manning	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1997-98	1969-70
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	75	37.4	17.8	-	-	5.0	9.1	-	-	-	2.8	6.0	14.2	.420	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Danny Manning	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1998-99	1970-71
Team	Phoenix Suns	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	71	37.2	19.8	-	-	4.5	9.2	-	-	-	2.8	6.6	15.8	.419	-	-	-	6.5	8.1	.803

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
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Danny Manning	Lenny Wilkens
Season	1999-00	1971-72
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	80	37.4	18.0	-	-	4.2	9.6	-	-	-	2.6	6.0	12.8	.466	-	-	-	6.0	7.8	.774

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	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Danny Manning	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2000-01	1972-73
Team	Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	75	39.6	20.5	-	-	4.6	8.4	-	-	-	2.9	7.6	17.0	.449	-	-	-	5.3	6.3	.828

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
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Danny Manning	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2001-02	1973-74
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	74	33.6	16.4	1.1	2.7	3.7	7.1	1.3	0.2	-	2.2	6.2	13.4	.465	-	-	-	3.9	4.9	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Danny Manning	Lenny Wilkens
Season	2002-03	1974-75
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 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		%
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
Lenny Wilkens	65	17.9	6.5	0.6	1.3	1.8	3.6	1.2	0.1	-	1.5	2.1	4.7	.439	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.768

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	-
Lenny Wilkens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Danny Manning vs. Lenny Wilkens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lenny Wilkens 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.

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