Manu Ginobili vs. Isaiah Hartenstein Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Hartenstein 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings

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, 8 more than Isaiah Hartenstein, who played 8. Manu Ginobili had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Isaiah Hartenstein had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
Manu Ginobili	16	15	2002-03 to 2017-18
Isaiah Hartenstein	8	4	2018-19 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Manu Ginobili	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	2002-03	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+41	+12.8	+5.7	+0.1	+0.8	+0.6	+1.5	+1.1	+0.2	-0.9	-0.5	+1.8	+4.3	+.050	+0.6	+1.9	+.012	+1.4	+2.0	+.049
Isaiah Hartenstein	28	7.9	1.9	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.5	2.0	0.7	1.5	.488	0.1	0.2	.333	0.4	0.5	.786

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
difference:	+22	+26.5	+7.4	+0.7	+2.6	+3.3	+2.9	+1.7	+0.4	-1.5	-2.1	+2.0	+6.7	+.614	+1.2	+3.0		+2.3	+3.1
Isaiah Hartenstein	2	1.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Manu Ginobili	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	2003-04	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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:	+54	+17.8	+8.1	+0.2	+0.7	+0.6	+3.0	+1.4	+0.3	-1.4	-0.6	+2.4	+7.3	+.239	+1.1	+3.0	+.359	+2.3	+2.7	+.123
Isaiah Hartenstein	23	11.6	4.7	1.3	2.7	3.9	0.8	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.8	1.9	2.9	.657	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	1.2	.679

Playoffs Stats
	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
Isaiah Hartenstein	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Manu Ginobili	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	2004-05	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets, Cleveland Cavaliers
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:	+28	+17.4	+10.9	+0.4	+0.9	+0.5	+2.7	+1.2	+0.4	-1.3	-0.3	+3.0	+6.8	+.079	+1.3	+3.4	+.043	+3.8	+4.5	+.155
Isaiah Hartenstein	46	12.2	5.1	1.4	2.5	3.9	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.0	2.3	2.0	3.7	.550	0.0	0.1	.333	1.0	1.5	.648

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
Isaiah Hartenstein	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Manu Ginobili	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	2005-06	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+3	+10.0	+6.8	+1.1	+0.3	+1.4	+1.2	+0.9	+0.7	-0.7	-0.1	+1.4	+4.9	+.164	+1.1	+2.9	+.085	+3.0	+3.6	+.089
Isaiah Hartenstein	68	17.9	8.3	1.7	3.2	4.9	2.4	0.7	1.1	1.2	2.5	3.4	5.4	.626	0.2	0.4	.467	1.3	1.9	.689

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Isaiah Hartenstein	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Manu Ginobili	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	2006-07	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+7	+7.6	+11.5	+1.7	+0.4	+2.1	+2.3	+0.9	+0.4	-1.3	-0.5	+3.2	+7.4	+.071	+1.6	+3.8	+.180	+3.7	+4.1	+.184
Isaiah Hartenstein	82	19.9	5.0	2.5	4.0	6.5	1.2	0.6	0.8	0.8	2.6	2.1	4.0	.535	0.1	0.5	.216	0.6	0.9	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+9	+10.1	+13.6	+1.3	+2.2	+0.9	+2.4	+0.9	+1.2	-1.6	-0.5	+4.0	+10.3	+.077	+1.9	+5.0		+3.8	+4.3	+.086
Isaiah Hartenstein	11	20.0	3.1	2.1	2.5	4.6	1.3	0.8	1.4	0.5	2.6	1.0	2.1	.478	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.750


Season 6
	Manu Ginobili	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	2007-08	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+5.8	+11.7	+2.4	+1.2	+3.5	+2.0	+0.3	+0.7	-1.5	-0.5	+3.0	+8.4	+.184	+2.1	+5.3		+3.6	+3.9	+.153
Isaiah Hartenstein	75	25.3	7.8	3.3	5.1	8.3	2.5	1.2	1.1	1.2	2.8	3.1	4.9	.644	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+4	+3.1	+9.3	+3.0	+1.2	+4.0	+0.4	+0.3	+0.6	-1.3	-0.4	+2.3	+7.8	+.170	+2.1	+5.8	+.127	+2.6	+2.8	+.032
Isaiah Hartenstein	13	29.8	8.5	3.8	4.1	7.8	3.5	0.3	0.9	1.5	3.2	3.5	5.8	.592	0.1	0.2	.500	1.5	1.7	.864


Season 7
	Manu Ginobili	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	2008-09	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+13	+1.1	+4.3	+2.4	+3.9	+6.2	+0.2	+0.7	+0.7	-0.3	-1.0	+0.2	+2.8	+.127	+1.6	+4.5	+.330	+2.4	+2.2	+.209
Isaiah Hartenstein	57	27.9	11.2	2.9	7.9	10.7	3.8	0.8	1.1	1.7	3.0	4.9	8.4	.581	0.0	0.3	.000	1.4	2.1	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manu Ginobili	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Hartenstein	23	22.4	8.1	2.7	4.8	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.5	3.6	5.8	.619	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.3	.667


Season 8
	Manu Ginobili	Isaiah Hartenstein
Season	2009-10	2025-26
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+55	+1.3	+4.4	+2.6	+4.2	+6.8	+1.6	+0.1	+0.5		-0.7		+4.1	+.224	+1.8	+4.5	+.377	+2.5	+2.2	+.230
Isaiah Hartenstein	20	27.4	12.1	3.5	7.1	10.6	3.3	1.3	0.8	2.1	2.8	5.3	7.9	.665	0.0	0.2	.000	1.6	2.5	.640

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Isaiah Hartenstein	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Manu Ginobili played 8 seasons more than Isaiah Hartenstein in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 16, from 2011 to 2018—Manu Ginobili played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 8 extra years over Isaiah Hartenstein, Manu Ginobili got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game

Manu Ginobili vs. Isaiah Hartenstein Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Isaiah Hartenstein 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.

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

Additional Years