Donovan Clingan vs. Manu Ginobili Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Manu Ginobili and Donovan Clingan, 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.
Donovan Clingan played 2 years in the NBA, 14 less than Manu Ginobili, who played 16. Donovan Clingan had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, 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.
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Donovan Clingan |
67 |
19.8 |
6.5 |
3.2 |
4.6 |
7.9 |
1.1 |
0.5 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
5.0 |
.539 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
.286 |
0.9 |
1.6 |
.596 |
| difference: | +2 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +2.5 | +2.9 | +5.6 | +0.9 | +0.9 | +1.4 | -0.3 | -0.3 | +0.2 | +0.8 | +.101 | +0.5 | +1.4 | +.059 | +0.9 | +0.9 | +.141 |
| 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 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Donovan Clingan |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Donovan Clingan |
22 |
25.1 |
9.7 |
4.5 |
5.6 |
10.2 |
1.7 |
0.6 |
1.5 |
0.8 |
2.5 |
3.7 |
7.8 |
.480 |
0.6 |
2.7 |
.237 |
1.6 |
2.0 |
.795 |
| difference: | +55 | +4.3 | +3.1 | +3.4 | +2.2 | +5.7 | +2.1 | +1.2 | +1.3 | -1.3 | -0.1 | +0.6 | +2.4 | +.062 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +.122 | +1.5 | +1.9 | +.007 |
| Manu Ginobili |
77 |
29.4 |
12.8 |
1.1 |
3.4 |
4.5 |
3.8 |
1.8 |
0.2 |
2.1 |
2.4 |
4.3 |
10.2 |
.418 |
1.1 |
3.2 |
.359 |
3.1 |
3.9 |
.802 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Donovan Clingan |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manu Ginobili |
10 |
27.9 |
13.0 |
1.5 |
3.8 |
5.3 |
3.1 |
1.7 |
0.1 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
4.2 |
9.4 |
.447 |
1.0 |
3.5 |
.286 |
3.6 |
4.4 |
.818 |
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Additional Years |
* Manu Ginobili played 14 seasons more than Donovan Clingan in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 16, from 2005 to 2018—Manu Ginobili played in 13 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 14 extra years over Donovan Clingan, Manu Ginobili got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  2 All-NBA Third Team
1 Sixth Man of the Year
2 All-Star Game
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NBA Champion