Manu Ginobili vs. Mike Newlin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Newlin 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

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, 5 more than Mike Newlin, who played 11. Manu Ginobili had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Mike Newlin had his rookie season in 1971-72. 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
Manu Ginobili	16	15	2002-03 to 2017-18
Mike Newlin	11	3	1971-72 to 1981-82

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
	Manu Ginobili	Mike Newlin
Season	2002-03	1971-72
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
Mike Newlin	82	18.2	7.6	-	-	2.8	1.6	-	-	-	2.8	3.1	7.5	.414	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.750

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
Mike Newlin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Manu Ginobili	Mike Newlin
Season	2003-04	1972-73
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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
Mike Newlin	82	32.4	17.0	-	-	4.1	5.0	-	-	-	3.7	6.5	14.7	.443	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	.886

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
Mike Newlin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Manu Ginobili	Mike Newlin
Season	2004-05	1973-74
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
Mike Newlin	76	34.1	18.4	1.0	2.4	3.4	4.8	1.1	0.1	-	3.4	6.7	15.0	.448	-	-	-	5.0	5.8	.856

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
Mike Newlin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Manu Ginobili	Mike Newlin
Season	2005-06	1974-75
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets Lost East 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		%
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
Mike Newlin	79	34.3	14.4	0.7	2.6	3.3	5.1	1.4	0.1	-	3.6	5.5	11.5	.482	-	-	-	3.4	3.9	.869

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
Mike Newlin	8	37.4	16.3	1.4	2.8	4.1	5.6	1.5	0.0	-	3.1	6.5	13.4	.486	-	-	-	3.3	3.6	.897


Season 5
	Manu Ginobili	Mike Newlin
Season	2006-07	1975-76
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
Mike Newlin	82	37.4	18.6	0.9	3.2	4.1	5.6	1.3	0.1	-	3.2	6.9	13.7	.507	-	-	-	4.7	5.4	.865

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
Mike Newlin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Manu Ginobili	Mike Newlin
Season	2007-08	1976-77
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Rockets Lost East 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		%
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
Mike Newlin	82	25.8	12.7	0.6	1.8	2.5	3.9	0.7	0.0	-	2.8	4.7	10.4	.455	-	-	-	3.3	3.7	.885

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
Mike Newlin	12	26.3	14.3	0.7	2.2	2.8	4.4	1.3	0.0	-	3.1	6.3	11.9	.524	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.750


Season 7
	Manu Ginobili	Mike Newlin
Season	2008-09	1977-78
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
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		%
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
Mike Newlin	45	26.2	13.0	0.8	1.9	2.7	4.5	1.2	0.2	2.7	2.8	4.8	11.0	.436	-	-	-	3.4	3.9	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manu Ginobili	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Newlin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Manu Ginobili	Mike Newlin
Season	2009-10	1978-79
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets Lost East 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		%
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
Mike Newlin	76	24.1	10.2	0.7	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.7	0.1	2.3	2.9	3.7	7.6	.487	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	.872

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
Mike Newlin	2	33.5	12.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	3.0	5.0	4.0	10.0	.400	-	-	-	4.0	4.0	1.000


Season 9
	Manu Ginobili	Mike Newlin
Season	2010-11	1979-80
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Mike Newlin	78	32.2	20.9	1.3	2.1	3.4	4.0	1.5	0.1	3.0	2.5	7.8	17.0	.460	0.6	1.9	.296	4.7	5.3	.884

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


Season 10
	Manu Ginobili	Mike Newlin
Season	2011-12	1980-81
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
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
Mike Newlin	79	36.8	21.4	1.0	1.8	2.8	3.8	1.1	0.1	3.1	3.0	8.0	16.1	.497	0.1	0.4	.333	5.2	5.9	.888

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


Season 11
	Manu Ginobili	Mike Newlin
Season	2012-13	1981-82
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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
Mike Newlin	76	19.8	9.3	0.5	0.7	1.2	2.2	0.4	0.0	1.4	2.6	3.8	8.1	.465	0.1	0.3	.304	1.7	1.9	.857

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


Season 12
	Manu Ginobili	Mike Newlin
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		%
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
Mike Newlin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Manu Ginobili	Mike Newlin
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		%
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
Mike Newlin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 14
	Manu Ginobili	Mike Newlin
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		%
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
Mike Newlin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 15
	Manu Ginobili	Mike Newlin
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		%
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
Mike Newlin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 16
	Manu Ginobili	Mike Newlin
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		%
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
Mike Newlin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Manu Ginobili vs. Mike Newlin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Newlin 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

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