Manu Ginobili vs. Reggie Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Reggie Miller 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, 2 less than Reggie Miller, who played 18. Manu Ginobili had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Reggie Miller had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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	Reggie Miller
Season	2002-03	1987-88
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
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:	+13	+1.7	+2.4	+0.5	+0.5		+0.4	+0.8		-0.2	-0.6	+1.2	+1.8	+.050			+.010		+0.2	+.064
Reggie Miller	82	22.4	10.0	1.2	1.2	2.3	1.6	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	3.7	7.6	.488	0.7	2.1	.355	1.8	2.3	.801
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
Reggie Miller	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Manu Ginobili	Reggie Miller
Season	2004-05	1989-90
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+8	+9.3	+8.6	+0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	-0.4	-0.5	+3.1	+5.2	+.043	+0.5	+0.9	+.038	+1.8	+1.6	+.065
Reggie Miller	82	38.9	24.6	1.2	2.4	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.2	2.7	2.1	8.1	15.7	.514	1.8	4.4	.414	6.6	7.6	.868
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
difference:	+20	+8.0	+0.1	+0.5	+1.3	+1.8	+2.2	+0.2	+0.3	-1.9	-1.0	+0.4	+0.7	+.064	+0.8	+1.9	+.009	+0.1	+1.0	+.110
Reggie Miller	3	41.7	20.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	6.7	11.7	.571	1.0	2.3	.429	6.3	7.0	.905

Season 5
	Manu Ginobili	Reggie Miller
Season	2006-07	1991-92
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	+10.5	+4.2	+0.2	+0.7	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	-0.2	-0.5	+1.6	+2.3	+.037	+0.1	+0.1	+.018	+1.1	+1.3	+.002
Reggie Miller	82	38.0	20.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	3.8	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.6	6.9	13.7	.501	1.6	4.2	.378	5.4	6.3	.858
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:	+17	+13.2	+10.3	+0.5	+3.7	+3.2	+1.0	+0.4	+0.2	-0.8	-0.9	+3.3	+1.9	+.180	+0.4	+1.3	+.252	+3.1	+4.2	+.036
Reggie Miller	3	43.3	27.0	1.3	1.0	2.3	4.7	1.3	0.0	1.3	4.0	8.3	14.3	.581	2.3	3.7	.636	8.0	10.0	.800

Season 6
	Manu Ginobili	Reggie Miller
Season	2007-08	1992-93
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+8	+4.9	+1.7	+0.1	+1.6	+1.7	+1.3		+0.1	-0.9	-0.1	+0.9	+1.2	+.019	+0.1	+0.2	+.002	+0.1	+0.1	+.020
Reggie Miller	82	36.0	21.2	0.8	2.3	3.1	3.2	1.5	0.3	1.8	2.2	7.0	14.5	.479	2.0	5.1	.399	5.2	5.9	.880
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:	+13	+10.9	+13.7	+0.2	+0.9	+0.8	+1.1	+0.2	+0.3	-0.3		+4.2	+5.2	+.111	+0.3	+1.2	+.153	+4.9	+5.0	+.051
Reggie Miller	4	43.8	31.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.8	0.8	0.0	2.5	2.8	10.0	18.8	.533	2.5	4.8	.526	9.0	9.5	.947

Season 8
	Manu Ginobili	Reggie Miller
Season	2009-10	1994-95
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+6	+4.2	+3.1	+0.5	+0.7	+1.2	+1.9	+0.2	+0.1	-0.2	-0.2	+0.9	+1.5	+.021	+0.6	+1.1	+.038	+0.6	+0.6	+.027
Reggie Miller	81	32.9	19.6	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.0	1.2	0.2	1.9	1.9	6.2	13.5	.462	2.4	5.8	.415	4.7	5.3	.897
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
difference:	+7	+2.5	+6.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+3.9	+1.7		-0.7	-0.9	+2.3	+3.1	+.062	+1.2	+1.5	+.089	+0.3	+0.4	+.006
Reggie Miller	17	37.7	25.5	0.5	3.1	3.6	2.1	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.1	8.1	17.1	.476	3.2	7.5	.422	6.1	7.1	.860

Season 9
	Manu Ginobili	Reggie Miller
Season	2010-11	1995-96
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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
difference:	+4	+4.2	+3.7		+0.9	+0.9	+1.6	+0.5	+0.2	-0.3	-0.3	+1.1	+1.3	+.040	+0.3	+0.1	+.061	+1.2	+1.5	+.008
Reggie Miller	76	34.5	21.1	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.3	1.0	0.2	2.5	2.3	6.6	14.0	.473	2.2	5.4	.410	5.7	6.6	.863
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
difference:	+4	+3.8	+8.4	+0.6	+3.6	+3.0	+3.2	+1.6	+0.6	-3.4	-1.6	+0.8	+3.0	+.031	+0.2	+0.4	+.012	+6.6	+6.8	+.087
Reggie Miller	1	31.0	29.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	17.0	.412	2.0	6.0	.333	13.0	15.0	.867

Season 11
	Manu Ginobili	Reggie Miller
Season	2012-13	1997-98
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
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
difference:	+21	+11.3	+7.7	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+2.5	+0.3	+0.1	-0.6	-0.1	+2.6	+4.3	+.052	+0.6	+0.8	+.076	+2.0	+2.0	+.072
Reggie Miller	81	34.5	19.5	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.1	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.8	6.4	13.3	.477	2.0	4.7	.429	4.7	5.4	.868
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
difference:	+5	+12.6	+8.4	+0.1	+1.9	+1.9	+3.0	+0.1	+0.1	-0.9	-0.9	+2.4	+5.2	+.027	+1.0	+1.3	+.098	+2.5	+2.1	+.166
Reggie Miller	16	39.3	19.9	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.0	1.2	0.2	1.7	1.6	6.1	14.4	.426	2.4	5.9	.400	5.3	5.9	.904

Season 12
	Manu Ginobili	Reggie Miller
Season	2013-14	1998-99
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+18	+12.9	+6.1	+0.1	+0.3	+0.3	+2.1	+0.3	+0.1	-0.5	-0.1	+1.6	+4.2	+.031	+0.8	+1.7	+.036	+2.1	+2.1	+.064
Reggie Miller	50	35.7	18.4	0.5	2.2	2.7	2.2	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.0	5.9	13.4	.438	2.1	5.5	.385	4.5	4.9	.915
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
difference:	+10	+11.5	+5.9	+0.6		+0.6	+1.5	+0.9	+0.1	-0.7	-0.6	+1.6	+5.0	+.042	+0.4	+1.9	+.057	+2.4	+2.5	+.033
Reggie Miller	13	37.0	20.2	1.0	2.9	3.9	2.6	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.0	6.1	15.3	.397	2.2	6.5	.333	5.9	6.6	.895

Season 13
	Manu Ginobili	Reggie Miller
Season	2014-15	1999-00
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+11	+14.2	+7.6	+0.2	+0.3		+1.9			-0.6	-0.4	+2.2	+4.5	+.022	+0.7	+1.3	+.063	+2.5	+2.1	+.198
Reggie Miller	81	36.9	18.1	0.6	2.3	3.0	2.3	1.0	0.3	1.6	1.6	5.8	12.9	.448	2.0	5.0	.408	4.6	5.0	.919
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
difference:	+15	+21.9	+16.0	+0.2	+0.9	+1.0	+1.9	+0.4	+0.4	-0.7	-1.0	+5.8	+11.4	+.103	+1.5	+3.6	+.031	+2.9	+2.6	+.155
Reggie Miller	22	40.6	24.0	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.3	1.7	7.9	17.5	.452	2.6	6.7	.395	5.5	5.9	.938