Danny Manning vs. Max Strus Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Max Strus 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, 10 more than Max Strus, who played 5. Danny Manning had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Max Strus had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
Max Strus 5 4 2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

Jump to season:
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15

Rookie Season
Danny Manning Max Strus
Season 1988-892019-20
Team Los Angeles ClippersChicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 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
Max Strus 2 3.0 2.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 .667 0.0 0.5 .000 0.5 0.5 1.000
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning ------- --- ----------
Max Strus ------- --- ----------

Season 2
Danny Manning Max Strus
Season 1989-902020-21
Team Los Angeles ClippersMiami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayHeat 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 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
Max Strus 39 13.0 6.1 0.1 0.9 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 1.1 2.2 4.8 .455 1.3 3.8 .338 0.4 0.6 .667
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning ------- --- ----------
Max Strus 2 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -

Season 3
Danny Manning Max Strus
Season 1990-912021-22
Team Los Angeles ClippersMiami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayHeat 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 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
Max Strus 68 23.3 10.6 0.4 2.6 3.0 1.4 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.7 3.7 8.3 .441 2.7 6.5 .410 0.6 0.8 .792
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning ------- --- ----------
Max Strus 18 29.1 10.9 0.8 3.2 4.1 2.1 0.8 0.4 1.1 3.1 3.8 10.1 .374 2.6 7.9 .331 0.7 1.0 .722

Season 4
Danny Manning Max Strus
Season 1991-922022-23
Team Los Angeles ClippersMiami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Clippers Lost West Conf 1st RdHeat Lost NBA Finals
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
Max Strus 80 28.4 11.5 0.6 2.6 3.2 2.1 0.5 0.2 0.9 2.1 4.1 9.9 .410 2.5 7.0 .350 1.0 1.1 .876
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
Max Strus 23 28.2 9.3 0.6 3.0 3.6 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 2.0 3.3 8.2 .402 1.9 5.9 .319 0.9 1.1 .800

Season 5
Danny Manning Max Strus
Season 1992-932023-24
Team Los Angeles ClippersCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Clippers Lost West Conf 1st RdCavaliers TBD
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
Max Strus 70 32.0 12.2 0.9 3.9 4.8 4.0 0.9 0.4 1.6 2.4 4.3 10.4 .418 2.4 6.8 .351 1.1 1.4 .794
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
Max Strus 11 35.4 9.3 0.7 4.5 5.2 2.4 0.8 0.0 1.3 3.4 3.5 8.5 .419 2.0 5.9 .338 0.2 0.2 1.000

Season 6
Danny Manning Max Strus
Season 1993-94-
Team Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Hawks Lost East Conf Semis-
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
Max Strus ------- --- ----------
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
Max Strus ------- --- ----------

Season 7
Danny Manning Max Strus
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
Max Strus ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning ------- --- ----------
Max Strus ------- --- ----------

Season 8
Danny Manning Max Strus
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
Max Strus ------- --- ----------
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
Max Strus ------- --- ----------

Season 9
Danny Manning Max Strus
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
Max Strus ------- --- ----------
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
Max Strus ------- --- ----------

Season 10
Danny Manning Max Strus
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
Max Strus ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning ------- --- ----------
Max Strus ------- --- ----------

Season 11
Danny Manning Max Strus
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
Max Strus ------- --- ----------
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
Max Strus ------- --- ----------

Season 12
Danny Manning Max Strus
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
Max Strus ------- --- ----------
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 -
Max Strus ------- --- ----------

Season 13
Danny Manning Max Strus
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
Max Strus ------- --- ----------
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
Max Strus ------- --- ----------

Season 14
Danny Manning Max Strus
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
Max Strus ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Danny Manning ------- --- ----------
Max Strus ------- --- ----------

Season 15
Danny Manning Max Strus
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
Max Strus ------- --- ----------
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 -
Max Strus ------- --- ----------
Share: