Danny Manning vs. Pete Maravich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pete Maravich 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, 5 more than Pete Maravich, who played 10. Danny Manning had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Pete Maravich had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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
Pete Maravich	10	4	1970-71 to 1979-80

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Danny Manning	Pete Maravich
Season	1988-89	1970-71
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East 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		%
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
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692


Season 2
	Danny Manning	Pete Maravich
Season	1989-90	1971-72
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East 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		%
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
Pete Maravich	66	34.9	19.3	-	-	3.9	6.0	-	-	-	3.1	7.0	16.3	.427	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	6	36.5	27.7	-	-	5.3	4.7	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	20.2	.446	-	-	-	9.7	11.8	.817


Season 3
	Danny Manning	Pete Maravich
Season	1990-91	1972-73
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East 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		%
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
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794


Season 4
	Danny Manning	Pete Maravich
Season	1991-92	1973-74
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers 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	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
Pete Maravich	76	38.2	27.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	3.4	10.8	23.6	.457	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.826

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
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Danny Manning	Pete Maravich
Season	1992-93	1974-75
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers 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	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
Pete Maravich	79	36.1	21.5	1.2	4.2	5.3	6.2	1.5	0.2	-	2.9	8.3	19.8	.419	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.811

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
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Danny Manning	Pete Maravich
Season	1993-94	1975-76
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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	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
Pete Maravich	62	38.3	25.9	0.7	4.1	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	-	3.2	9.7	21.2	.459	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.811

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
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Danny Manning	Pete Maravich
Season	1994-95	1976-77
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring 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	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
Pete Maravich	73	41.7	31.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	12.1	28.0	.433	-	-	-	6.9	8.2	.835

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


Season 8
	Danny Manning	Pete Maravich
Season	1995-96	1977-78
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
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	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
Pete Maravich	50	40.8	27.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	5.0	2.3	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	4.8	5.5	.870

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
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Danny Manning	Pete Maravich
Season	1996-97	1978-79
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Jazz
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
Pete Maravich	49	37.2	22.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	4.1	2.1	8.9	21.1	.421	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.841

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
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Danny Manning	Pete Maravich
Season	1997-98	1979-80
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
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
Pete Maravich	43	22.4	13.7	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.9	1.8	5.7	12.6	.449	0.2	0.3	.667	2.1	2.4	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pete Maravich	9	11.6	6.0	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	5.7	.490	0.2	0.7	.333	0.2	0.3	.667


Season 11
	Danny Manning	Pete Maravich
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
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
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Danny Manning	Pete Maravich
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
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
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Danny Manning	Pete Maravich
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
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
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Danny Manning	Pete Maravich
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 15
	Danny Manning	Pete Maravich
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
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
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	-
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Danny Manning vs. Pete Maravich Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pete Maravich 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