Richard Jefferson vs. Danny Manning Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Manning and Richard Jefferson, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Richard Jefferson played 17 years in the NBA, 2 more than Danny Manning, who played 15. Richard Jefferson had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Danny Manning had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
Richard Jefferson	17	12	2001-02 to 2017-18
Danny Manning	15	9	1988-89 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Richard Jefferson	Danny Manning
Season	2001-02	1988-89
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Richard Jefferson	79	24.3	9.4	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.7	3.4	7.5	.457	0.2	0.7	.232	2.4	3.4	.713
Danny Manning	26	36.5	16.7	2.7	3.9	6.6	3.1	1.7	1.0	3.6	3.4	6.8	13.8	.494	0.0	0.2	.200	3.0	4.0	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	20	22.1	7.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.0	2.7	5.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.0	.550
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Richard Jefferson	Danny Manning
Season	2002-03	1989-90
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Richard Jefferson	80	36.0	15.5	1.9	4.6	6.4	2.5	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.7	5.7	11.4	.501	0.1	0.3	.250	4.1	5.5	.743
Danny Manning	71	32.0	16.3	2.0	3.9	5.9	2.6	1.3	0.5	2.6	3.7	6.2	11.6	.533	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	5.2	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	20	35.7	14.1	1.5	4.9	6.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.3	3.4	5.5	11.6	.476	0.0	0.2	.000	3.1	4.3	.718
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Richard Jefferson	Danny Manning
Season	2003-04	1990-91
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
Richard Jefferson	82	38.2	18.5	1.3	4.3	5.7	3.8	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.7	6.8	13.6	.498	0.6	1.6	.364	4.4	5.7	.763
Danny Manning	73	30.1	15.9	2.3	3.5	5.8	2.7	1.6	0.8	2.6	3.8	6.4	12.4	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	4.2	.716

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	11	41.6	19.8	1.3	5.0	6.3	3.8	1.3	0.7	3.9	3.2	6.0	14.4	.418	0.8	3.0	.273	7.0	9.8	.713
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Richard Jefferson	Danny Manning
Season	2004-05	1991-92
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Richard Jefferson	33	41.1	22.2	1.5	5.8	7.3	4.0	1.0	0.5	4.0	3.3	7.2	17.1	.422	0.9	2.7	.337	6.9	8.2	.844
Danny Manning	82	35.4	19.3	2.8	4.1	6.9	3.5	1.6	1.5	2.6	3.6	7.9	14.6	.542	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.7	.725

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	4	35.5	15.8	2.0	3.5	5.5	2.3	0.8	0.0	2.0	3.5	5.0	12.5	.400	0.5	2.5	.200	5.3	7.8	.677
Danny Manning	5	38.8	22.6	3.0	2.6	5.6	2.8	1.0	0.8	2.6	4.2	9.2	16.2	.568	0.2	0.6	.333	4.0	6.2	.645


Season 5
	Richard Jefferson	Danny Manning
Season	2005-06	1992-93
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Richard Jefferson	78	39.2	19.5	1.2	5.6	6.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.3	12.9	.493	0.8	2.4	.319	6.0	7.4	.812
Danny Manning	79	34.9	22.8	2.5	4.1	6.6	2.6	1.4	1.3	2.9	4.1	8.9	17.5	.509	0.1	0.4	.267	4.9	6.1	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	11	39.7	22.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	4.1	0.9	0.4	2.7	2.9	8.2	15.0	.545	1.1	2.6	.414	4.7	5.7	.825
Danny Manning	5	34.2	18.2	2.4	4.8	7.2	1.6	1.4	1.0	2.6	3.8	7.0	17.0	.412	0.0	0.4	.000	4.2	5.2	.808


Season 6
	Richard Jefferson	Danny Manning
Season	2006-07	1993-94
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
Richard Jefferson	55	35.6	16.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	2.2	2.2	5.5	12.1	.456	0.9	2.6	.359	4.3	5.9	.733
Danny Manning	68	37.1	20.6	1.9	4.9	6.8	3.8	1.5	1.2	3.4	3.8	8.6	17.7	.488	0.0	0.3	.176	3.4	5.0	.669

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	12	40.8	19.7	0.3	5.3	5.6	2.3	0.8	0.4	2.3	2.0	6.8	14.0	.482	1.1	3.3	.325	5.1	5.5	.924
Danny Manning	11	38.7	20.0	2.5	4.5	7.0	3.4	1.4	0.8	2.4	3.5	7.6	15.6	.488	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	6.0	.788


Season 7
	Richard Jefferson	Danny Manning
Season	2007-08	1994-95
Team	New Jersey Nets	Phoenix Suns
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		%
Richard Jefferson	82	39.0	22.6	1.1	3.0	4.2	3.1	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.7	7.5	16.2	.466	0.9	2.6	.362	6.6	8.3	.798
Danny Manning	46	32.8	17.9	2.1	3.9	6.0	3.3	0.9	1.2	2.6	3.8	7.4	13.5	.547	0.1	0.5	.286	3.0	4.4	.673

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Richard Jefferson	Danny Manning
Season	2008-09	1995-96
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Richard Jefferson	82	35.8	19.6	0.7	3.9	4.6	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.0	3.1	6.5	14.9	.439	1.4	3.6	.397	5.1	6.3	.805
Danny Manning	33	24.7	13.4	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.0	1.2	0.7	2.3	3.7	5.4	11.8	.459	0.1	0.4	.214	2.5	3.3	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Manning	4	22.5	12.3	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.3	1.0	0.3	1.5	3.8	5.5	12.0	.458	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	2.0	.625


Season 9
	Richard Jefferson	Danny Manning
Season	2009-10	1996-97
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Suns 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		%
Richard Jefferson	81	31.1	12.3	0.7	3.7	4.4	2.0	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.2	4.5	9.6	.467	0.7	2.3	.316	2.6	3.5	.735
Danny Manning	77	27.7	13.5	1.8	4.3	6.1	2.2	1.1	1.0	2.1	3.5	5.5	10.3	.536	0.1	0.5	.194	2.4	3.3	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	10	33.4	9.4	0.8	4.5	5.3	1.8	0.6	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.4	7.0	.486	0.1	0.5	.200	2.5	3.3	.758
Danny Manning	5	23.4	13.2	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.4	0.8	1.4	1.6	4.2	5.2	9.0	.578	0.0	0.6	.000	2.8	3.0	.933


Season 10
	Richard Jefferson	Danny Manning
Season	2010-11	1997-98
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
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		%
Richard Jefferson	81	30.4	11.0	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.8	7.9	.474	1.7	3.8	.440	1.8	2.4	.759
Danny Manning	70	25.6	13.5	1.6	4.0	5.6	2.0	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.9	5.6	10.8	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.2	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	6	29.3	6.5	0.3	3.8	4.2	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.2	2.0	5.2	.387	1.0	2.8	.353	1.5	1.8	.818
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Richard Jefferson	Danny Manning
Season	2011-12	1998-99
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Richard Jefferson	63	27.7	9.2	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.9	3.2	7.7	.416	1.8	4.3	.420	0.9	1.3	.694
Danny Manning	50	23.7	9.1	1.2	3.1	4.4	2.3	0.7	0.8	1.4	2.6	3.7	7.7	.484	0.0	0.2	.111	1.6	2.2	.696

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Manning	3	26.0	12.7	0.0	1.7	1.7	2.0	1.3	0.0	1.0	4.0	4.7	8.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.3	.769


Season 12
	Richard Jefferson	Danny Manning
Season	2012-13	1999-00
Team	Golden State Warriors	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	Bucks 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		%
Richard Jefferson	56	10.1	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.4	.456	0.3	0.8	.311	0.7	0.9	.717
Danny Manning	72	16.9	4.6	0.7	2.2	2.9	1.0	0.9	0.4	0.8	2.5	2.1	4.7	.440	0.0	0.1	.250	0.5	0.7	.654

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	7	5.6	1.9	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.6	1.3	.444	0.3	0.4	.667	0.4	1.3	.333
Danny Manning	1	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Richard Jefferson	Danny Manning
Season	2013-14	2000-01
Team	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
Richard Jefferson	82	27.0	10.1	0.2	2.5	2.7	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.1	2.0	3.6	8.0	.450	1.5	3.7	.409	1.5	2.0	.741
Danny Manning	82	15.9	7.4	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.1	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.7	3.0	6.1	.494	0.1	0.3	.250	1.2	1.7	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Manning	5	19.0	9.8	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.6	0.6	0.8	1.4	4.2	3.8	6.8	.559	0.4	0.4	1.000	1.8	2.4	.750


Season 14
	Richard Jefferson	Danny Manning
Season	2014-15	2001-02
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Richard Jefferson	74	16.8	5.8	0.3	2.1	2.5	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.6	1.9	4.4	.444	0.9	2.1	.426	1.1	1.5	.684
Danny Manning	41	13.5	4.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.6	2.0	1.7	3.6	.477	0.0	0.2	.143	0.5	0.8	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	4	12.8	3.8	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	2.3	1.3	3.5	.357	0.8	2.0	.375	0.5	0.5	1.000
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Richard Jefferson	Danny Manning
Season	2015-16	2002-03
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons 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		%
Richard Jefferson	74	17.9	5.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.7	1.9	4.2	.458	0.9	2.3	.382	0.8	1.2	.667
Danny Manning	13	6.8	2.6	0.5	0.8	1.4	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.0	2.5	.406	0.2	0.6	.375	0.4	0.5	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	21	18.1	5.4	0.8	2.8	3.5	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.6	2.1	4.0	.524	0.5	1.3	.393	0.7	1.0	.750
Danny Manning	4	3.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 16
	Richard Jefferson	Danny Manning
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Richard Jefferson	79	20.4	5.7	0.4	2.2	2.6	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.9	1.9	4.3	.446	0.8	2.4	.333	1.0	1.4	.741
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	14	12.8	3.9	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.6	2.1	1.1	2.7	.421	0.4	1.4	.263	1.3	2.0	.643
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Richard Jefferson	Danny Manning
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
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		%
Richard Jefferson	20	8.2	1.5	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.4	.444	0.1	0.4	.286	0.2	0.4	.571
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Richard Jefferson vs. Danny Manning Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Manning and Richard Jefferson, 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

Season 17