John Bagley vs. Manu Ginobili Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Manu Ginobili and John Bagley, 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.

John Bagley played 11 years in the NBA, 5 less than Manu Ginobili, who played 16. John Bagley had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, 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 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
John Bagley	11	3	1982-83 to 1993-94
Manu Ginobili	16	15	2002-03 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	John Bagley	Manu Ginobili
Season	1982-83	2002-03
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Bagley	68	14.6	5.7	0.3	1.2	1.4	2.5	0.8	0.1	1.7	1.1	2.4	5.5	.432	0.0	0.2	.000	0.9	1.2	.762
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		%
John Bagley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	John Bagley	Manu Ginobili
Season	1983-84	2003-04
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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		%
John Bagley	76	22.5	8.9	0.6	1.4	2.1	4.4	1.0	0.1	2.2	1.5	3.4	8.0	.423	0.0	0.2	.118	2.1	2.6	.793
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		%
John Bagley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	John Bagley	Manu Ginobili
Season	1984-85	2004-05
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Bagley	81	29.6	9.9	0.7	2.9	3.6	8.6	1.6	0.1	2.6	1.6	4.2	8.6	.488	0.0	0.3	.115	1.5	2.1	.749
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		%
John Bagley	4	42.0	12.8	0.3	3.8	4.0	10.0	2.5	0.0	4.3	1.8	5.5	14.0	.393	0.0	0.8	.000	1.8	2.5	.700
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
	John Bagley	Manu Ginobili
Season	1985-86	2005-06
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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		%
John Bagley	78	31.7	11.7	1.0	2.6	3.5	9.4	1.6	0.1	3.1	2.1	4.7	11.1	.423	0.1	0.5	.243	2.2	2.8	.791
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		%
John Bagley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	John Bagley	Manu Ginobili
Season	1986-87	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Bagley	72	30.3	10.7	0.8	2.7	3.5	5.3	1.3	0.1	2.3	1.6	4.3	10.2	.426	0.4	1.4	.301	1.6	1.9	.831
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		%
John Bagley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	John Bagley	Manu Ginobili
Season	1987-88	2007-08
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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		%
John Bagley	82	33.8	12.0	0.7	2.4	3.1	5.8	1.3	0.1	2.5	2.0	4.8	10.9	.439	0.6	2.0	.292	1.8	2.2	.822
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		%
John Bagley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	John Bagley	Manu Ginobili
Season	1988-89	2008-09
Team	New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
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		%
John Bagley	68	24.1	7.4	0.5	1.6	2.1	5.8	1.1	0.1	2.3	1.7	2.9	7.1	.416	0.2	0.8	.204	1.3	1.8	.724
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		%
John Bagley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	John Bagley	Manu Ginobili
Season	1989-90	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West 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		%
John Bagley	54	20.3	4.3	0.5	1.2	1.6	5.5	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.4	1.9	4.0	.459	0.0	0.3	.056	0.5	0.7	.744
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		%
John Bagley	5	14.0	3.8	0.6	0.2	0.8	3.4	0.8	0.2	1.8	1.8	1.6	3.0	.533	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	0.8	.750
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

Note: John Bagley didn't play in 1990-91.


Season 9
	John Bagley	Manu Ginobili
Season	1991-92	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
John Bagley	73	23.9	7.2	0.5	1.7	2.2	6.6	0.8	0.1	2.0	1.7	3.1	6.9	.441	0.1	0.6	.238	0.9	1.3	.716
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		%
John Bagley	10	30.8	11.1	0.8	1.9	2.7	8.5	0.9	0.1	3.5	1.7	4.2	9.5	.442	0.1	0.4	.250	2.6	3.7	.703
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


Season 10
	John Bagley	Manu Ginobili
Season	1992-93	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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		%
John Bagley	10	9.7	2.3	0.1	0.6	0.7	2.0	0.2	0.0	1.7	1.1	0.9	2.5	.360	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.6	.833
Manu Ginobili	34	23.3	12.9	0.5	2.9	3.4	4.4	0.7	0.4	1.9	1.6	4.4	8.4	.526	1.5	3.7	.413	2.6	3.0	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Bagley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	14	27.9	14.4	0.6	2.9	3.5	4.0	0.7	0.3	3.0	2.6	4.6	10.4	.448	1.6	4.9	.338	3.4	4.0	.857


Season 11
	John Bagley	Manu Ginobili
Season	1993-94	2012-13
Team	Atlanta Hawks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost NBA 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		%
John Bagley	3	4.3	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000
Manu Ginobili	60	23.2	11.8	0.5	2.9	3.4	4.6	1.3	0.2	2.2	1.9	3.8	9.0	.425	1.4	3.9	.353	2.7	3.4	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Bagley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	21	26.7	11.5	0.4	3.3	3.7	5.0	1.1	0.3	2.6	2.5	3.7	9.2	.399	1.4	4.6	.302	2.8	3.8	.738


Season 12
	John Bagley	Manu Ginobili
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Bagley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	68	22.8	12.3	0.4	2.5	3.0	4.3	1.0	0.3	2.0	1.9	4.3	9.2	.469	1.3	3.8	.349	2.4	2.8	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Bagley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	23	25.5	14.3	0.4	2.9	3.3	4.1	1.6	0.1	2.3	2.6	4.5	10.3	.439	1.8	4.6	.390	3.5	4.1	.862


Season 13
	John Bagley	Manu Ginobili
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
John Bagley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	70	22.7	10.5	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.2	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.0	3.6	8.4	.426	1.3	3.7	.345	2.1	2.9	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Bagley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	7	18.7	8.0	0.6	2.9	3.4	4.6	0.6	0.9	2.0	2.7	2.1	6.1	.349	1.1	3.1	.364	2.6	3.3	.783


Season 14
	John Bagley	Manu Ginobili
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs Lost West 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		%
John Bagley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	58	19.6	9.6	0.4	2.1	2.5	3.1	1.1	0.2	1.7	1.7	3.4	7.5	.453	1.2	3.1	.391	1.6	1.9	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Bagley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	10	19.2	6.7	0.6	2.1	2.7	2.5	0.8	0.3	0.7	2.5	2.0	4.7	.426	0.9	2.1	.429	1.8	2.3	.783


Season 15
	John Bagley	Manu Ginobili
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs Lost West 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		%
John Bagley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	69	18.7	7.5	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.7	1.2	0.2	1.4	1.7	2.5	6.4	.390	1.3	3.3	.392	1.2	1.6	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Bagley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	16	17.8	6.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.4	1.0	0.1	0.8	1.8	2.5	6.1	.412	0.6	2.5	.225	1.1	1.4	.739


Season 16
	John Bagley	Manu Ginobili
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
John Bagley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	65	20.0	8.9	0.3	1.9	2.2	2.5	0.7	0.2	1.6	1.9	3.1	7.1	.434	1.0	3.0	.333	1.7	2.0	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Bagley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	5	21.4	9.0	0.2	2.8	3.0	3.2	1.4	0.2	1.4	2.6	3.0	7.4	.405	1.2	3.6	.333	1.8	2.2	.818

John Bagley vs. Manu Ginobili Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Manu Ginobili and John Bagley, 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

Season 16