Kobe Bryant vs. Manu Ginobili Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Manu Ginobili and Kobe Bryant, 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.

Kobe Bryant played 20 years in the NBA, 4 more than Manu Ginobili, who played 16. Kobe Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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
Kobe Bryant	20	15	1996-97 to 2015-16
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
	Kobe Bryant	Manu Ginobili
Season	1996-97	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kobe Bryant	71	15.5	7.6	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.4	2.5	5.9	.417	0.7	1.9	.375	1.9	2.3	.819
difference:	+2	+5.2			+0.5	+0.4	+0.7	+0.7	+0.1	-0.2	-1.1		+0.1	+.021		+0.2	+.030	+0.1	+0.2	+.082
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		%
Kobe Bryant	9	14.8	8.2	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	0.3	0.2	1.6	2.6	2.3	6.1	.382	0.7	2.6	.261	2.9	3.3	.867
difference:	+15	+12.7	+1.2	+1.1	+1.5	+2.6	+1.7	+1.4	+0.2	-0.1		+0.7	+1.6	+.004	+0.5	+0.4	+.123	+0.6	+0.2	+.110
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
	Kobe Bryant	Manu Ginobili
Season	1997-98	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Kobe Bryant	79	26.0	15.4	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.5	0.9	0.5	2.0	2.3	4.9	11.6	.428	0.9	2.8	.341	4.6	5.8	.794
difference:	+2	+3.4	+2.6	+0.1	+1.3	+1.4	+1.3	+0.9	+0.3	-0.1	-0.1	+0.6	+1.4	+.010	+0.2	+0.4	+.018	+1.5	+1.9	+.008
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		%
Kobe Bryant	11	20.2	8.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.5	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.5	2.8	6.9	.408	0.3	1.3	.214	2.8	4.1	.689
difference:	+1	+7.7	+4.3	+0.9	+2.5	+3.4	+1.6	+1.4	+0.6	-1.1	-0.5	+1.4	+2.5	+.039	+0.7	+2.2	+.072	+0.8	+0.3	+.129
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
	Kobe Bryant	Manu Ginobili
Season	1998-99	2004-05
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kobe Bryant	50	37.9	19.9	1.1	4.2	5.3	3.8	1.4	1.0	3.1	3.1	7.2	15.6	.465	0.5	2.0	.267	4.9	5.8	.839
difference:	+24	+8.3	+3.9	+0.1	+0.8	+0.9	+0.1	+0.2	+0.6	-0.8	-0.5	+2.2	+5.1	+.006	+0.8	+1.5	+.109	+0.1	+0.2	+.036
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		%
Kobe Bryant	8	39.6	19.8	1.6	5.3	6.9	4.6	1.9	1.3	3.9	3.0	7.6	17.8	.430	1.0	2.9	.348	3.5	4.4	.800
difference:	+15	+5.9	+1.0	+0.8	+0.3	+1.1	+0.4	+0.7	+1.0	-1.0		+1.3	+5.4	+.077	+0.8	+1.3	+.090	+2.9	+3.6	+.005
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
	Kobe Bryant	Manu Ginobili
Season	1999-00	2005-06
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kobe Bryant	66	38.2	22.5	1.6	4.7	6.3	4.9	1.6	0.9	2.8	3.3	8.4	17.9	.468	0.7	2.2	.319	5.0	6.1	.821
difference:	+1	+10.3	+7.4	+1.0	+1.8	+2.8	+1.3		+0.5	-0.9	-0.9	+3.6	+7.6	+.006	+0.6	+1.1	+.063	+0.7	+0.6	+.043
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		%
Kobe Bryant	22	39.0	21.1	1.2	3.3	4.5	4.4	1.5	1.5	2.5	4.0	7.9	17.9	.442	1.0	2.9	.344	4.3	5.7	.754
difference:	+9	+6.2	+2.7	+0.5	+0.5		+1.4		+1.0		-0.7	+2.1	+5.8	+.042	+0.1	+0.3	+.011	+1.3	+1.0	+.085
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
	Kobe Bryant	Manu Ginobili
Season	2000-01	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kobe Bryant	68	40.9	28.5	1.5	4.3	5.9	5.0	1.7	0.6	3.2	3.3	10.3	22.2	.464	0.9	2.9	.305	7.0	8.2	.853
difference:	+7	+13.4	+12.0	+0.7	+0.7	+1.5	+1.5	+0.2	+0.2	-1.1	-1.2	+5.0	+10.8		+0.8	+1.4	+.091	+2.7	+3.2	+.007
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		%
Kobe Bryant	16	43.4	29.4	1.8	5.4	7.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	3.2	3.3	10.5	22.4	.469	0.7	2.1	.324	7.8	9.4	.821
difference:	+4	+13.3	+12.7	+1.0	+0.7	+1.8	+2.4	+0.1	+0.6	-1.1	-0.2	+5.5	+10.0	+.068	+1.2	+2.9	+.060	+2.9	+3.6	+.015
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
	Kobe Bryant	Manu Ginobili
Season	2001-02	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kobe Bryant	80	38.3	25.2	1.4	4.1	5.5	5.5	1.5	0.4	2.8	2.9	9.4	20.0	.469	0.4	1.7	.250	6.1	7.4	.829
difference:	+6	+7.2	+5.7	+0.5	+0.2	+0.7	+1.0			-0.1	-0.6	+3.3	+6.7	+.009	+1.7	+3.6	+.151	+1.0	+1.4	+.031
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		%
Kobe Bryant	19	43.8	26.6	1.5	4.4	5.8	4.6	1.4	0.9	2.8	3.4	9.8	22.7	.434	1.2	3.1	.379	5.8	7.6	.759
difference:	+2	+10.9	+8.8	+0.7	+1.5	+2.0	+0.7	+0.8	+0.6		-0.6	+4.0	+9.1	+.012	+1.0	+2.9	+.006	+1.7	+3.1	+.137
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
	Kobe Bryant	Manu Ginobili
Season	2002-03	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kobe Bryant	82	41.5	30.0	1.3	5.6	6.9	5.9	2.2	0.8	3.5	2.7	10.6	23.5	.451	1.5	4.0	.383	7.3	8.7	.843
difference:	+38	+14.7	+14.5	+0.8	+1.6	+2.4	+2.3	+0.7	+0.4	-1.5	-0.7	+5.5	+12.3	+.003	+0.1	+0.8	+.053	+3.5	+4.4	+.041
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		%
Kobe Bryant	12	44.3	32.1	1.3	3.8	5.1	5.2	1.2	0.1	3.5	2.9	11.4	26.4	.432	2.1	5.2	.403	7.2	8.7	.827
Manu Ginobili	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Kobe Bryant	Manu Ginobili
Season	2003-04	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kobe Bryant	65	37.6	24.0	1.6	3.9	5.5	5.1	1.7	0.4	2.6	2.7	7.9	18.1	.438	1.1	3.3	.327	7.0	8.2	.852
difference:	+10	+8.9	+7.5	+0.7	+1.0	+1.7	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	-0.5	-0.6	+2.6	+6.1	+.003	+0.7	+1.4	+.050	+2.9	+3.5	+.018
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		%
Kobe Bryant	22	44.2	24.5	0.8	3.9	4.7	5.5	1.9	0.3	2.8	2.7	8.6	20.9	.413	1.1	4.4	.247	6.1	7.5	.813
difference:	+12	+9.0	+5.1	+0.4	+0.6	+1.0	+0.5	+0.7	+0.1	-0.2	-0.3	+2.8	+6.9	+.001	+0.9	+1.6	+.086	+0.3	+0.8	+.053
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
	Kobe Bryant	Manu Ginobili
Season	2004-05	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kobe Bryant	66	40.7	27.6	1.4	4.5	5.9	6.0	1.3	0.8	4.1	2.6	8.7	20.1	.433	2.0	5.9	.339	8.2	10.1	.816
difference:	+14	+10.4	+10.2	+0.9	+1.3	+2.2	+1.1	+0.2	+0.4	-1.9	-0.6	+3.2	+7.4		+0.1	+0.4	+.010	+3.7	+5.0	+.055
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		%
Kobe Bryant	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kobe Bryant	Manu Ginobili
Season	2005-06	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kobe Bryant	80	41.0	35.4	0.9	4.4	5.3	4.5	1.8	0.4	3.1	2.9	12.2	27.2	.450	2.3	6.5	.347	8.7	10.2	.850
difference:	+46	+17.7	+22.5	+0.4	+1.5	+1.9	+0.1	+1.1		-1.2	-1.3	+7.8	+18.8	+.076	+0.8	+2.8	+.066	+6.1	+7.2	+.021
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		%
Kobe Bryant	7	44.9	27.9	0.6	5.7	6.3	5.1	1.1	0.4	4.7	3.6	10.3	20.7	.497	2.0	5.0	.400	5.3	6.9	.771
difference:	+7	+17.0	+13.5		+2.8	+2.8	+1.1	+0.4	+0.1	-1.7	-1.0	+5.7	+10.3	+.049	+0.4	+0.1	+.062	+1.9	+2.9	+.086
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
	Kobe Bryant	Manu Ginobili
Season	2006-07	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost NBA Finals

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kobe Bryant	77	40.8	31.6	1.0	4.7	5.7	5.4	1.4	0.5	3.3	2.7	10.6	22.8	.463	1.8	5.2	.344	8.7	10.0	.868
difference:	+17	+17.6	+19.8	+0.5	+1.8	+2.3	+0.8	+0.1	+0.3	-1.1	-0.8	+6.8	+13.8	+.038	+0.4	+1.3	+.009	+6.0	+6.6	+.072
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		%
Kobe Bryant	5	43.0	32.8	0.2	5.0	5.2	4.4	1.0	0.4	4.4	2.0	12.0	26.0	.462	2.0	5.6	.357	6.8	7.4	.919
difference:	+16	+16.3	+21.3	+0.2	+1.7	+1.5	+0.6	+0.1	+0.1	-1.8	-0.5	+8.3	+16.8	+.063	+0.6	+1.0	+.055	+4.0	+3.6	+.181
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
	Kobe Bryant	Manu Ginobili
Season	2007-08	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kobe Bryant	82	38.9	28.3	1.1	5.2	6.3	5.4	1.8	0.5	3.1	2.8	9.5	20.6	.459	1.8	5.1	.361	7.6	9.0	.840
difference:	+14	+16.1	+16.0	+0.7	+2.7	+3.3	+1.1	+0.8	+0.2	-1.1	-0.9	+5.2	+11.4	+.010	+0.5	+1.3	+.012	+5.2	+6.2	+.011
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		%
Kobe Bryant	21	41.1	30.1	0.9	4.8	5.7	5.6	1.7	0.4	3.3	2.8	10.6	22.0	.479	1.5	5.0	.302	7.5	9.2	.809
difference:	+2	+15.6	+15.8	+0.5	+1.9	+2.4	+1.5	+0.1	+0.3	-1.0	-0.2	+6.1	+11.7	+.040	+0.3	+0.4	+.088	+4.0	+5.1	+.053
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
	Kobe Bryant	Manu Ginobili
Season	2008-09	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kobe Bryant	82	36.1	26.8	1.1	4.1	5.2	4.9	1.5	0.5	2.6	2.3	9.8	20.9	.467	1.4	4.1	.351	5.9	6.9	.856
difference:	+12	+13.4	+16.3	+0.7	+1.5	+2.2	+0.7	+0.5	+0.2	-0.4	-0.3	+6.2	+12.5	+.041	+0.1	+0.4	+.006	+3.8	+4.0	+.135
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		%
Kobe Bryant	23	40.9	30.2	0.8	4.5	5.3	5.5	1.7	0.9	2.6	2.6	10.5	23.0	.457	1.6	4.6	.349	7.6	8.6	.883
difference:	+16	+22.2	+22.2	+0.2	+1.6	+1.9	+0.9	+1.1		-0.6	-0.1	+8.4	+16.9	+.108	+0.5	+1.5	+.015	+5.0	+5.3	+.100
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
	Kobe Bryant	Manu Ginobili
Season	2009-10	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kobe Bryant	73	38.8	27.0	1.1	4.3	5.4	5.0	1.5	0.3	3.2	2.6	9.8	21.5	.456	1.4	4.1	.329	6.0	7.4	.811
difference:	+15	+19.2	+17.4	+0.7	+2.2	+2.9	+1.9	+0.4	+0.1	-1.5	-0.9	+6.4	+14.0	+.003	+0.2	+1.0	+.062	+4.4	+5.5	+.002
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		%
Kobe Bryant	23	40.1	29.2	1.1	4.9	6.0	5.5	1.3	0.7	3.4	3.3	10.2	22.2	.458	2.1	5.7	.374	6.7	8.0	.842
difference:	+13	+20.9	+22.5	+0.5	+2.8	+3.3	+3.0	+0.5	+0.4	-2.7	-0.8	+8.2	+17.5	+.032	+1.2	+3.6	+.055	+4.9	+5.7	+.059
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
	Kobe Bryant	Manu Ginobili
Season	2010-11	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kobe Bryant	82	33.9	25.3	1.0	4.1	5.1	4.7	1.2	0.1	3.0	2.1	9.0	20.0	.451	1.4	4.3	.323	5.9	7.1	.828
difference:	+13	+15.2	+17.8	+0.6	+2.2	+2.8	+2.0		+0.1	-1.6	-0.4	+6.5	+13.6	+.061	+0.1	+1.0	+.069	+4.7	+5.5	+.024
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		%
Kobe Bryant	10	35.4	22.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	3.3	1.6	0.3	3.1	2.3	8.3	18.6	.446	1.2	4.1	.293	5.0	6.1	.820
difference:	+6	+17.6	+16.2	+0.2	+0.8	+1.0	+0.9	+0.6	+0.2	-2.3	-0.5	+5.8	+12.5	+.034	+0.6	+1.6	+.068	+3.9	+4.7	+.081
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
	Kobe Bryant	Manu Ginobili
Season	2011-12	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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16th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kobe Bryant	58	38.5	27.9	1.1	4.3	5.4	4.6	1.2	0.3	3.5	1.8	9.9	23.0	.430	1.5	4.9	.303	6.6	7.8	.845
difference:	+7	+18.5	+19.0	+0.8	+2.4	+3.2	+2.1	+0.5	+0.1	-1.9	-0.1	+6.8	+15.9	+.004	+0.5	+1.9	+.030	+4.9	+5.8	+.005
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		%
Kobe Bryant	12	39.7	30.0	1.3	3.5	4.8	4.3	1.3	0.2	2.8	2.8	11.0	25.1	.439	1.4	5.0	.283	6.6	7.9	.832
difference:	+7	+18.3	+21.0	+1.1	+0.7	+1.8	+1.1	+0.1		-1.4	-0.2	+8.0	+17.7	+.034	+0.2	+1.4	+.050	+4.8	+5.7	+.014
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


Additional Years
* Kobe Bryant played 4 seasons more than Manu Ginobili in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 17 to 20, from 2013 to 2016—Kobe Bryant didn't play in the postseason. In those 4 extra years over Manu Ginobili, Kobe Bryant got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 4 All-Star Game

Kobe Bryant vs. Manu Ginobili Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Manu Ginobili and Kobe Bryant, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

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Season 2

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Season 3

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 7

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Season 8

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Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

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Season 13

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Season 14

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Season 15

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Season 16

16th Season Stats Comparison

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