Manu Ginobili vs. Taurean Prince Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Taurean Prince 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, 7 more than Taurean Prince, who played 9. Manu Ginobili had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Taurean Prince had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Taurean Prince
Season	2002-03	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+10	+4.1	+1.9	+0.3	+0.5	+0.4	+1.1	+0.7	+0.3	-0.4	-0.9	+0.6	+1.0	+.038	+0.1	+0.4	+.021	+0.5	+0.9	+.050
Taurean Prince	59	16.6	5.7	0.4	2.2	2.7	0.9	0.7	0.5	1.0	1.6	1.9	4.8	.400	0.6	1.7	.324	1.3	1.6	.787
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:	+18	+3.7	+1.8		+1.6	+1.5	+1.6	+1.4	+0.2	-0.3	-1.1	+1.8	+1.0	+.172	+0.5	+0.7	+.098	+1.5	+2.3	+.243
Taurean Prince	6	31.2	11.2	1.2	4.2	5.3	1.3	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.5	4.8	8.7	.558	0.7	2.3	.286	0.8	0.8	1.000

Season 3
	Manu Ginobili	Taurean Prince
Season	2004-05	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
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:	+19	+1.4	+2.5	+0.6	+0.2	+0.8	+1.8	+0.6	+0.1	-0.5		+0.2	+0.3	+.030	+0.9	+2.2	+.014	+3.1	+3.9	+.016
Taurean Prince	55	28.2	13.5	0.4	3.2	3.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.8	2.6	4.8	10.8	.441	2.2	5.7	.390	1.7	2.1	.819
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
Taurean Prince	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Manu Ginobili	Taurean Prince
Season	2006-07	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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:	+34	+5.4	+7.0	+0.3	+0.6	+0.9	+1.6	+0.8	+0.2	-1.0	-0.3	+2.1	+3.4	+.063	+0.2	+0.5	+.004	+2.7	+3.1	+.005
Taurean Prince	41	22.1	9.5	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.9	0.7	0.6	1.1	1.8	3.2	8.0	.401	1.5	3.8	.400	1.6	1.9	.855
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
Taurean Prince	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Manu Ginobili	Taurean Prince
Season	2007-08	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Timberwolves Lost West 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:	+5	+14.0	+12.2	+0.5	+1.8	+2.3	+3.5	+0.8	+0.1	-1.9	-0.6	+3.5	+7.6	+.006	+0.9	+2.0	+.025	+4.2	+4.8	+.104
Taurean Prince	69	17.1	7.3	0.4	2.1	2.5	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.7	2.6	5.7	.454	1.2	3.3	.376	0.9	1.2	.756
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:	+12	+19.9	+11.8	+0.6	+1.5	+2.2	+2.7	+0.2	+0.1	-2.0	-1.8	+3.8	+8.2	+.052	+1.4	+3.2	+.087	+2.9	+3.1	+.039
Taurean Prince	5	13.0	6.0	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.0	5.4	.370	0.8	2.8	.286	1.2	1.4	.857

Season 8
	Manu Ginobili	Taurean Prince
Season	2009-10	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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:	+3	+1.7	+7.6	+0.6	+0.2	+0.9	+3.4	+0.7	+0.1	-1.2	-0.2	+2.1	+4.7	+.001		+0.1	+.019	+3.5	+3.8	+.135
Taurean Prince	78	27.0	8.9	0.3	2.7	2.9	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.9	1.9	3.2	7.3	.442	1.8	4.6	.396	0.6	0.9	.735
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:	+5	+13.0	+12.0	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+5.4	+2.4	+0.2	-2.8	-1.2	+3.4	+8.2		+1.0	+2.6	+.039	+4.2	+5.1	+.134
Taurean Prince	5	22.2	7.4	0.2	2.2	2.4	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	1.8	2.4	5.8	.414	1.0	3.4	.294	1.6	1.6	1.000

Season 9
	Manu Ginobili	Taurean Prince
Season	2010-11	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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:		+3.2	+9.2	+0.1		+0.1	+3.0	+0.5	+0.2	-1.2	-0.1	+2.6	+6.3	+.024	+0.1	+1.3	+.090	+4.0	+4.5	+.058
Taurean Prince	80	27.1	8.2	0.4	3.2	3.6	1.9	1.0	0.2	1.0	2.1	2.9	6.4	.457	1.8	4.2	.439	0.5	0.6	.813
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:		+22.6	+19.4	+0.4	+2.6	+3.0	+2.6	+2.2	+0.4	-2.4	-2.0	+5.8	+12.0	+.243	+1.4	+3.8	+.099	+6.4	+8.2
Taurean Prince	5	12.2	1.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.6	0.4	2.0	.200	0.4	1.8	.222	0.0	0.0	-