Manu Ginobili vs. Tyrese Haliburton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyrese Haliburton 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, 11 more than Tyrese Haliburton, who played 5. Manu Ginobili had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Tyrese Haliburton had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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	Tyrese Haliburton
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	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:	+11	+9.4	+5.4		+0.6	+0.7	+3.3	+0.1	+0.3	-0.2	-1.1	+2.5	+4.9	+.034	+1.4	+3.0	+.064	+1.0	+1.5	+.120
Tyrese Haliburton	58	30.1	13.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.5	1.6	1.4	5.0	10.7	.472	2.1	5.1	.409	0.8	1.0	.857
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
Tyrese Haliburton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Manu Ginobili	Tyrese Haliburton
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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:	+18	+4.0	+4.7	+0.4	+0.3	+0.7	+6.5			-0.2	-1.4	+2.4	+4.5	+.019	+1.6	+3.7	+.024	+1.7	+2.4	+.068
Tyrese Haliburton	56	33.6	20.7	0.6	3.1	3.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	2.5	1.2	7.4	15.0	.490	2.9	7.2	.400	3.1	3.6	.871
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
Tyrese Haliburton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Manu Ginobili	Tyrese Haliburton
Season	2005-06	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+4	+4.3	+5.0	+0.1	+0.5	+0.4	+7.3	+0.4	+0.3	-0.4	-1.3	+2.4	+4.9	+.015	+1.5	+4.5	+.018	+1.5	+2.2	+.077
Tyrese Haliburton	69	32.2	20.1	0.5	3.4	3.9	10.9	1.2	0.7	2.3	1.1	7.2	15.2	.477	2.8	7.8	.364	2.8	3.3	.855
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
difference:	+2	+2.0	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+5.2	+0.2	+0.2	-0.4	-2.4	+1.2	+2.2	+.004	+2.4	+6.1	+.046	+4.5	+5.4	+.011
Tyrese Haliburton	15	34.8	18.7	0.8	4.0	4.8	8.2	1.3	0.7	2.1	0.9	7.0	14.3	.488	3.5	9.3	.379	1.1	1.3	.850

Season 5
	Manu Ginobili	Tyrese Haliburton
Season	2006-07	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+2	+6.1	+2.1	+0.2	+0.6	+0.9	+5.7	+0.1	+0.3	-0.5	-0.8	+1.2	+2.4	+.009	+1.3	+3.4	+.008	+1.7	+2.0	+.009
Tyrese Haliburton	73	33.6	18.6	0.6	3.0	3.5	9.2	1.4	0.7	1.6	1.3	6.5	13.8	.473	3.0	7.7	.388	2.6	3.0	.851
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:	+3	+3.5	+0.6	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	+4.9	+0.4	+0.5	-0.2	-1.4	+1.3	+1.3	+.062	+0.4	+1.9	+.044	+2.6	+3.0	+.008
Tyrese Haliburton	23	33.6	17.3	0.3	5.0	5.3	8.6	1.3	0.7	2.3	1.7	6.3	13.7	.463	2.3	6.9	.340	2.3	2.8	.828

Additional Years
* Manu Ginobili played 11 seasons more than Tyrese Haliburton in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 16, from 2008 to 2018—Manu Ginobili played in 10 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Tyrese Haliburton, Manu Ginobili got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 1 Sixth Man of the Year 1 All-Star Game