Manu Ginobili vs. Ausar Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ausar Thompson and Manu Ginobili, 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.

Manu Ginobili played 16 years in the NBA, 13 more than Ausar Thompson, who played 3. Manu Ginobili had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Ausar Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Manu Ginobili	Ausar Thompson
Season	2002-03	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+6	+4.4	+1.2	+1.3	+2.6	+4.1	+0.1	+0.3	+0.7	-0.1	-0.3	+1.2	+1.8	+.045	+0.4	+0.3	+.159	+0.7	+0.6	+.140
Ausar Thompson	63	25.1	8.8	2.0	4.3	6.4	1.9	1.1	0.9	1.3	2.8	3.7	7.6	.483	0.3	1.8	.186	1.1	1.9	.597
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Ausar Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Manu Ginobili	Ausar Thompson
Season	2004-05	2025-26
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+52	+2.2	+4.4	+1.0	+0.6	+1.6	+1.0	+0.1	+0.3	-0.8		+0.2	+1.2	+.049	+1.1	+2.8	+.063	+3.1	+2.7	+.282
Ausar Thompson	22	27.4	11.6	2.0	4.0	6.0	2.9	1.5	0.7	1.5	2.6	4.8	9.3	.520	0.2	0.7	.313	1.7	3.3	.521
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Ausar Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Manu Ginobili played 13 seasons more than Ausar Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 16, from 2006 to 2018—Manu Ginobili played in 12 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 13 extra years over Ausar Thompson, Manu Ginobili got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 1 Sixth Man of the Year 1 All-Star Game