Manute Bol vs. Paul George Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul George and Manute Bol, 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.

Manute Bol played 10 years in the NBA, 4 less than Paul George, who played 14. Manute Bol had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Paul George had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Manute Bol	10	5	1985-86 to 1994-95
Paul George	14	11	2010-11 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Manute Bol	Paul George
Season	1985-86	2010-11
Team	Washington Bullets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Manute Bol	80	26.1	3.7	1.5	4.4	6.0	0.3	0.4	5.0	0.8	3.2	1.6	3.5	.460	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.1	.488
Paul George	61	20.7	7.8	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.1	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.9	6.5	.453	0.7	2.3	.297	1.3	1.7	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	5	30.4	4.6	3.2	4.4	7.6	0.2	0.6	5.8	0.8	3.0	2.0	3.4	.588	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.6	.375
Paul George	5	26.6	6.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.4	2.0	1.4	2.2	2.0	6.6	.303	0.6	2.6	.231	1.4	1.6	.875


Season 2
	Manute Bol	Paul George
Season	1986-87	2011-12
Team	Washington Bullets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Manute Bol	82	18.9	3.1	1.0	3.4	4.4	0.1	0.2	3.7	0.7	2.3	1.3	2.8	.446	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.8	.672
Paul George	66	29.7	12.1	0.8	4.8	5.6	2.4	1.6	0.6	1.8	2.9	4.3	9.7	.440	1.4	3.5	.385	2.2	2.8	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	3	14.3	2.7	1.7	1.3	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.0	2.0	1.3	3.3	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.7	.000
Paul George	11	33.7	9.7	1.4	5.3	6.6	2.4	1.6	0.4	1.9	2.9	3.4	8.6	.389	1.0	3.7	.268	2.0	2.5	.786


Season 3
	Manute Bol	Paul George
Season	1987-88	2012-13
Team	Washington Bullets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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		%
Manute Bol	77	14.8	2.3	0.9	2.6	3.6	0.2	0.1	2.7	0.5	2.1	1.0	2.1	.455	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.6	.531
Paul George	79	37.6	17.4	1.1	6.5	7.6	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.9	2.9	6.2	14.9	.419	2.2	5.9	.362	2.8	3.5	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	5	8.8	1.8	1.4	1.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.8	1.4	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
Paul George	19	41.1	19.2	0.8	6.6	7.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	3.9	3.8	6.3	14.6	.430	1.8	5.5	.327	4.9	6.7	.727


Season 4
	Manute Bol	Paul George
Season	1988-89	2013-14
Team	Golden State Warriors	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Manute Bol	80	22.1	3.9	1.5	4.3	5.8	0.3	0.1	4.3	1.0	2.8	1.6	4.3	.369	0.3	1.1	.220	0.5	0.8	.606
Paul George	80	36.2	21.7	0.8	6.0	6.8	3.5	1.9	0.3	2.8	2.5	7.2	17.0	.424	2.3	6.3	.364	5.0	5.8	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	8	18.5	2.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	0.1	0.3	3.6	0.4	2.6	0.9	4.5	.194	0.3	2.8	.091	0.3	0.9	.286
Paul George	19	41.1	22.6	0.7	6.9	7.6	3.8	2.2	0.4	2.6	2.9	7.3	16.6	.438	2.7	6.8	.403	5.3	6.7	.789


Season 5
	Manute Bol	Paul George
Season	1989-90	2014-15
Team	Golden State Warriors	Indiana Pacers
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		%
Manute Bol	75	17.5	1.9	0.4	3.2	3.7	0.5	0.2	3.2	0.7	2.6	0.7	2.3	.331	0.1	0.6	.188	0.3	0.7	.510
Paul George	6	15.2	8.8	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.0	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.8	3.0	8.2	.367	1.5	3.7	.409	1.3	1.8	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Manute Bol	Paul George
Season	1990-91	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Manute Bol	82	18.6	1.9	0.8	3.5	4.3	0.2	0.2	3.0	0.8	2.2	0.8	2.0	.396	0.0	0.2	.071	0.3	0.5	.585
Paul George	81	34.8	23.1	1.0	6.0	7.0	4.1	1.9	0.4	3.3	2.8	7.5	17.9	.418	2.6	7.0	.371	5.6	6.5	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	8	13.6	3.0	0.5	1.9	2.4	0.1	0.1	1.5	0.6	1.8	1.1	2.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.667
Paul George	7	39.3	27.3	1.3	6.3	7.6	4.3	2.0	0.7	3.3	3.4	8.0	17.6	.455	2.6	6.1	.419	8.7	9.1	.953


Season 7
	Manute Bol	Paul George
Season	1991-92	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Manute Bol	71	17.8	1.5	0.8	2.4	3.1	0.3	0.2	2.9	0.6	2.0	0.7	1.8	.383	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.4	.462
Paul George	75	35.9	23.7	0.8	5.8	6.6	3.3	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.7	8.3	18.0	.461	2.6	6.6	.393	4.5	5.0	.898

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	4	43.0	28.0	1.3	7.5	8.8	7.3	1.8	0.5	3.3	3.3	8.5	22.0	.386	4.5	10.5	.429	6.5	7.5	.867


Season 8
	Manute Bol	Paul George
Season	1992-93	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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		%
Manute Bol	58	14.7	2.2	0.8	2.6	3.3	0.3	0.2	2.1	0.9	1.5	0.9	2.2	.409	0.2	0.6	.313	0.2	0.3	.632
Paul George	79	36.6	21.9	0.9	4.7	5.7	3.3	2.0	0.5	2.7	2.9	7.3	17.0	.430	3.1	7.7	.401	4.3	5.2	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	6	41.8	24.7	0.7	5.3	6.0	2.7	1.3	0.7	4.0	2.8	8.2	20.0	.408	3.2	8.7	.365	5.2	6.0	.861


Season 9
	Manute Bol	Paul George
Season	1993-94	2018-19
Team	Miami Heat, Washington Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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		%
Manute Bol	14	8.3	0.6	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.4	0.9	0.3	1.4	.211	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Paul George	77	36.9	28.0	1.4	6.8	8.2	4.1	2.2	0.4	2.7	2.8	9.2	21.0	.438	3.8	9.8	.386	5.9	7.0	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	5	40.8	28.6	1.2	7.4	8.6	3.6	1.4	0.2	4.2	4.2	8.8	20.2	.436	3.0	9.4	.319	8.0	9.8	.816


Season 10
	Manute Bol	Paul George
Season	1994-95	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Manute Bol	5	16.2	3.0	0.2	2.2	2.4	0.0	0.0	1.8	0.2	2.0	1.2	2.0	.600	0.6	1.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-
Paul George	48	29.6	21.5	0.5	5.2	5.7	3.9	1.4	0.4	2.6	2.4	7.1	16.3	.439	3.3	7.9	.412	4.0	4.5	.876

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	13	36.8	20.2	1.1	5.0	6.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	3.1	3.8	6.8	17.0	.398	2.8	8.5	.333	3.8	4.2	.909


Season 11
	Manute Bol	Paul George
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	54	33.7	23.3	0.8	5.8	6.6	5.2	1.1	0.4	3.3	2.4	8.2	17.6	.467	3.2	7.7	.411	3.7	4.2	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	19	40.8	26.9	0.9	8.7	9.6	5.4	1.0	0.5	3.5	3.1	8.7	19.7	.441	2.7	8.0	.336	6.8	8.1	.844


Season 12
	Manute Bol	Paul George
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	31	34.7	24.3	0.4	6.5	6.9	5.7	2.2	0.4	4.1	2.4	8.6	20.5	.421	2.9	8.3	.354	4.1	4.8	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Manute Bol	Paul George
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	56	34.6	23.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	5.1	1.5	0.4	3.1	2.8	8.2	17.9	.457	2.8	7.6	.371	4.6	5.3	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Manute Bol	Paul George
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	74	33.8	22.6	0.5	4.7	5.2	3.5	1.5	0.5	2.1	2.7	7.9	16.7	.471	3.3	7.9	.413	3.6	3.9	.907

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manute Bol	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul George	6	37.0	19.5	0.5	6.3	6.8	4.8	1.2	0.5	2.3	3.7	6.5	15.8	.411	3.0	8.2	.367	3.5	4.2	.840

Manute Bol vs. Paul George Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul George and Manute Bol, 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