Dorian Finney-Smith vs. Manu Ginobili Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Manu Ginobili and Dorian Finney-Smith, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Dorian Finney-Smith played 9 years in the NBA, 7 less than Manu Ginobili, who played 16. Dorian Finney-Smith 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Dorian Finney-Smith	9	5	2016-17 to 2024-25
Manu Ginobili	16	15	2002-03 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dorian Finney-Smith	Manu Ginobili
Season	2016-17	2002-03
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	81	20.3	4.3	0.7	2.1	2.7	0.8	0.6	0.3	0.6	1.5	1.5	4.1	.372	0.7	2.4	.293	0.6	0.8	.754
difference:	+12	+0.4	+3.3		+0.4	+0.4	+1.2	+0.8	+0.1	-0.8	-1.0	+1.0	+1.7	+.066		+0.3	+.052	+1.2	+1.7	+.017
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		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	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


Season 2
	Dorian Finney-Smith	Manu Ginobili
Season	2017-18	2003-04
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	21	21.3	5.9	1.0	2.5	3.6	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.0	2.2	5.8	.380	1.0	3.2	.299	0.5	0.7	.733
difference:	+56	+8.1	+6.9	+0.1	+0.9	+0.9	+2.6	+1.3		-1.1	-0.4	+2.1	+4.4	+.038	+0.1		+.060	+2.6	+3.2	+.069
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	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


Season 3
	Dorian Finney-Smith	Manu Ginobili
Season	2018-19	2004-05
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	81	24.5	7.5	1.7	3.1	4.8	1.2	0.9	0.4	0.9	2.3	2.8	6.5	.432	1.0	3.1	.311	0.9	1.3	.709
difference:	+7	+5.1	+8.5	+0.7	+0.3	+0.4	+2.7	+0.7		-1.4	-0.3	+2.2	+4.0	+.039	+0.3	+0.4	+.065	+3.9	+4.7	+.094
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		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 4
	Dorian Finney-Smith	Manu Ginobili
Season	2019-20	2005-06
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	71	29.9	9.5	2.0	3.7	5.7	1.6	0.6	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.4	7.4	.466	1.6	4.3	.376	1.1	1.5	.722
difference:	+6	+2.0	+5.6	+1.4	+0.8	+2.2	+2.0	+1.0	+0.1	-0.9	-0.1	+1.4	+2.9	+.004	+0.3	+1.0	+.006	+3.2	+4.0	+.056
Manu Ginobili	65	27.9	15.1	0.6	2.9	3.5	3.6	1.6	0.4	1.9	2.4	4.8	10.3	.462	1.3	3.3	.382	4.3	5.5	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	6	31.8	10.2	2.0	3.7	5.7	3.2	1.2	0.5	1.5	3.7	3.8	8.7	.442	1.8	5.0	.367	0.7	0.8	.800
difference:	+7	+1.0	+8.2	+1.3	+0.1	+1.2	+0.2	+0.3		-1.0	-0.4	+2.0	+3.4	+.042	+0.7	+1.8	+.034	+4.9	+5.9	+.039
Manu Ginobili	13	32.8	18.4	0.7	3.8	4.5	3.0	1.5	0.5	2.5	3.3	5.8	12.1	.484	1.1	3.2	.333	5.6	6.7	.839


Season 5
	Dorian Finney-Smith	Manu Ginobili
Season	2020-21	2006-07
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	60	32.0	9.8	1.6	3.8	5.4	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.8	2.3	3.7	7.8	.472	2.0	5.0	.394	0.5	0.7	.756
difference:	+15	+4.5	+6.7	+0.8	+0.2	+1.0	+1.8	+0.6		-1.3	-0.2	+1.6	+3.6	+.008	+0.3	+0.7	+.002	+3.8	+4.3	+.104
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		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	7	38.7	10.3	2.4	4.1	6.6	2.1	1.1	0.3	1.7	3.3	3.7	9.1	.406	2.3	5.3	.432	0.6	0.7	.800
difference:	+13	+8.6	+6.4	+1.6	+0.6	+1.1	+1.6	+0.6	+0.1	-0.4	-0.2	+1.3	+3.3	+.005	+0.4	+0.3	+.048	+4.3	+5.1	+.036
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
	Dorian Finney-Smith	Manu Ginobili
Season	2021-22	2007-08
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	80	33.1	11.0	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.9	1.1	0.5	1.0	2.3	4.1	8.7	.471	2.2	5.4	.395	0.7	1.0	.675
difference:	+6	+2.0	+8.5	+0.6	+0.7	+0.1	+2.6	+0.4	+0.1	-1.7		+2.0	+4.6	+.011	+0.1	+0.1	+.006	+4.4	+5.0	+.185
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		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	18	38.2	11.7	1.8	3.7	5.5	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.9	4.1	8.7	.471	2.6	6.0	.426	0.9	1.3	.708
difference:	+1	+5.3	+6.1	+1.0	+0.8	+1.7	+2.0	+0.3	+0.1	-1.8	-0.1	+1.7	+4.9	+.049	+0.4		+.053	+3.2	+3.2	+.188
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


Season 7
	Dorian Finney-Smith	Manu Ginobili
Season	2022-23	2008-09
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	66	30.4	8.3	1.7	3.1	4.8	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.2	3.0	7.6	.391	1.7	5.1	.337	0.7	0.9	.763
difference:	+22	+3.6	+7.2	+1.2	+0.9	+0.3	+2.1	+0.7	+0.1	-1.1	-0.2	+2.1	+3.6	+.063	+0.1	+0.3	+.007	+3.1	+3.4	+.121
Manu Ginobili	44	26.8	15.5	0.5	4.0	4.5	3.6	1.5	0.4	2.0	2.0	5.1	11.2	.454	1.6	4.8	.330	3.8	4.3	.884

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	4	25.3	6.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.8	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	2.3	5.8	.391	1.8	4.3	.412	0.0	0.0	-
Manu Ginobili	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dorian Finney-Smith	Manu Ginobili
Season	2023-24	2009-10
Team	Brooklyn Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	68	28.4	8.5	1.6	3.1	4.7	1.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.2	3.2	7.5	.421	1.7	4.9	.348	0.5	0.7	.717
difference:	+7	+0.3	+8.0	+0.7	+0.2	+0.9	+3.3	+0.6	+0.3	-1.2	-0.1	+2.1	+4.5	+.020	+0.1	+0.2	+.029	+3.6	+4.0	+.153
Manu Ginobili	75	28.7	16.5	0.9	2.9	3.8	4.9	1.4	0.3	2.1	2.1	5.3	12.0	.441	1.8	4.7	.377	4.1	4.7	.870

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	10	35.2	19.4	0.4	3.3	3.7	6.0	2.6	0.2	3.0	3.0	5.8	14.0	.414	2.0	6.0	.333	5.8	6.7	.866


Season 9
	Dorian Finney-Smith	Manu Ginobili
Season	2024-25	2010-11
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	63	28.9	8.7	1.3	2.7	3.9	1.4	0.9	0.4	0.9	2.2	3.1	6.9	.448	2.0	5.0	.411	0.5	0.7	.667
difference:	+17	+1.4	+8.7	+0.8	+0.5	+0.2	+3.5	+0.6		-1.3	-0.2	+2.4	+5.8	+.015	+0.1	+0.5	+.062	+4.0	+4.4	+.204
Manu Ginobili	80	30.3	17.4	0.5	3.2	3.7	4.9	1.5	0.4	2.2	2.0	5.5	12.7	.433	1.9	5.5	.349	4.5	5.1	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dorian Finney-Smith	5	34.0	6.2	2.0	2.2	4.2	2.6	0.2	0.4	1.0	3.4	2.4	5.8	.414	1.4	3.8	.368	0.0	0.0	-
difference:		+0.8	+14.4	+1.6	+1.4	+0.2	+1.6	+2.4	+0.2	-2.4	-0.8	+3.8	+8.2	+.029	+0.4	+1.8	+.047	+6.4	+8.2
Manu Ginobili	5	34.8	20.6	0.4	3.6	4.0	4.2	2.6	0.6	3.4	2.6	6.2	14.0	.443	1.8	5.6	.321	6.4	8.2	.780

Additional Years

* Manu Ginobili played 7 seasons more than Dorian Finney-Smith in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 10 to 16, from 2012 to 2018—Manu Ginobili played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Dorian Finney-Smith vs. Manu Ginobili Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Manu Ginobili and Dorian Finney-Smith, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years