Davis Bertans vs. Manu Ginobili Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Manu Ginobili and Davis Bertans, 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.

Davis Bertans played 8 years in the NBA, 8 less than Manu Ginobili, who played 16. Davis Bertans had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, 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
	Davis Bertans	Manu Ginobili
Season	2016-17	2002-03
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Davis Bertans	67	12.1	4.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.5	1.1	1.5	3.5	.440	1.0	2.6	.399	0.4	0.5	.824
difference:	+2	+8.6	+3.1	+0.4	+0.6	+0.8	+1.3	+1.1	+0.2	-0.9	-1.4	+1.0	+2.3	+.002	+0.3	+0.5	+.054	+1.4	+2.0	+.087
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		%
Davis Bertans	13	8.6	2.8	0.4	1.2	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	2.1	.444	0.6	1.5	.400	0.3	0.5	.667
difference:	+11	+18.9	+6.6	+0.8	+1.4	+2.3	+2.7	+1.5	+0.1	-1.0	-2.1	+2.1	+5.6	+.058	+0.6	+1.5	+.016	+2.0	+2.6	+.090
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
	Davis Bertans	Manu Ginobili
Season	2018-19	2004-05
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Davis Bertans	76	21.5	8.0	0.3	3.2	3.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.8	2.7	6.0	.450	1.9	4.4	.429	0.7	0.8	.883
difference:	+2	+8.1	+8.0	+0.7	+0.2	+0.9	+2.6	+1.1		-1.7	-0.8	+2.3	+4.5	+.021	+0.6	+0.9	+.053	+4.1	+5.2	+.080
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		%
Davis Bertans	5	15.8	3.2	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	2.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.6	2.2	.273	0.6	1.0	.600
difference:	+18	+17.9	+17.6	+0.8	+3.4	+4.2	+3.2	+1.2	+0.1	-2.7	-1.0	+5.3	+9.4	+.174	+1.2	+2.0	+.165	+5.8	+7.0	+.195
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 5
	Davis Bertans	Manu Ginobili
Season	2020-21	2006-07
Team	Washington Wizards	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards 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		%
Davis Bertans	57	25.7	11.5	0.3	2.6	2.9	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.6	2.4	3.4	8.4	.404	3.0	7.5	.395	1.8	2.0	.870
difference:	+18	+1.8	+5.0	+0.5	+1.0	+1.5	+2.6	+0.9	+0.2	-1.5	-0.3	+1.9	+3.0	+.060	+1.3	+3.2	+.001	+2.5	+3.0	+.010
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		%
Davis Bertans	4	26.5	9.3	0.0	2.8	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	3.0	2.8	6.8	.407	2.0	5.8	.348	1.8	1.8	1.000
difference:	+16	+3.6	+7.4	+0.8	+1.9	+2.7	+3.4	+1.4	+0.3	-1.8	-0.1	+2.2	+5.6	+.006	+0.1	+0.8	+.036	+3.1	+4.0	+.164
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
	Davis Bertans	Manu Ginobili
Season	2021-22	2007-08
Team	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Davis Bertans	56	14.4	5.6	0.2	1.9	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.9	.360	1.4	4.1	.335	0.6	0.7	.900
difference:	+18	+16.7	+13.9	+0.7	+2.0	+2.7	+3.9	+1.2	+0.2	-2.4	-0.8	+4.3	+8.4	+.100	+0.7	+1.2	+.066	+4.5	+5.3	+.040
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		%
Davis Bertans	18	10.7	4.1	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.2	1.4	1.2	3.1	.400	1.1	2.8	.373	0.6	0.7	.833
difference:	+1	+22.2	+13.7	+0.6	+1.7	+2.4	+3.6	+0.2	+0.2	-2.6	-1.4	+4.6	+10.5	+.022	+1.1	+3.2		+3.5	+3.8	+.063
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

Additional Years
* Manu Ginobili played 8 seasons more than Davis Bertans in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 16, from 2011 to 2018—Manu Ginobili played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Davis Bertans, Manu Ginobili got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game