Manu Ginobili vs. Dereck Lively II Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dereck Lively II 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, 14 more than Dereck Lively II, who played 2. Manu Ginobili had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Dereck Lively II 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.
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 | % |
| 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: | +14 | +2.8 | +1.2 | +1.8 | +2.7 | +4.6 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +1.2 | -0.5 | -0.1 | +1.5 | +0.4 | +.309 | +0.7 | +2.1 | | +1.1 | +1.0 | +.231 |
| Dereck Lively II |
55 |
23.5 |
8.8 |
2.5 |
4.4 |
6.9 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
2.6 |
4.0 |
5.4 |
.747 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.7 |
1.5 |
.506 |
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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 | % |
| 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 |
| difference: | +3 | +5.5 | +1.5 | +1.5 | +2.1 | +3.6 | +1.6 | +1.3 | +0.6 | -0.5 | -0.3 | | +3.2 | +.288 | +1.2 | +3.0 | | +0.6 | +0.2 | +.167 |
| Dereck Lively II |
21 |
22.0 |
7.9 |
2.7 |
4.7 |
7.4 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
4.5 |
.674 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.7 |
2.9 |
.590 |
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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 | % |
| 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 |
| difference: | +41 | +6.3 | +4.1 | +1.8 | +1.2 | +3.0 | +1.4 | +1.2 | +1.4 | -1.0 | -0.4 | +0.6 | +4.9 | +.284 | +1.1 | +3.2 | | +1.8 | +1.9 | +.172 |
| Dereck Lively II |
36 |
23.1 |
8.7 |
2.9 |
4.6 |
7.5 |
2.4 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
2.8 |
3.7 |
5.3 |
.702 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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1.3 |
2.0 |
.630 |
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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 | % |
| 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 |
| Dereck Lively II |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Additional Years |
* Manu Ginobili played 14 seasons more than Dereck Lively II 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 Dereck Lively II, 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