Spencer Dinwiddie vs. Manu Ginobili Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Manu Ginobili and Spencer Dinwiddie, 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.

Spencer Dinwiddie played 11 years in the NBA, 5 less than Manu Ginobili, who played 16. Spencer Dinwiddie had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Manu Ginobili had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Spencer Dinwiddie	11	5	2014-15 to 2024-25
Manu Ginobili	16	15	2002-03 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Manu Ginobili
Season	2014-15	2002-03
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	34	13.4	4.3	0.1	1.3	1.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.6	1.5	5.0	.302	0.4	1.9	.185	0.9	1.0	.912
difference:	+35	+7.3	+3.3	+0.6	+0.4	+0.9	+1.1	+0.8		-0.4	-0.9	+1.0	+0.8	+.136	+0.3	+0.2	+.160	+0.9	+1.5	+.175
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 2
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Manu Ginobili
Season	2015-16	2003-04
Team	Detroit Pistons	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	12	13.3	4.8	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.7	1.6	4.5	.352	0.1	0.8	.100	1.6	2.8	.576
difference:	+65	+16.1	+8.0	+0.8	+2.3	+3.1	+2.0	+1.5	+0.2	-1.5	-0.7	+2.7	+5.7	+.066	+1.0	+2.4	+.259	+1.5	+1.1	+.226
Manu Ginobili	77	29.4	12.8	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.8	1.8	0.2	2.1	2.4	4.3	10.2	.418	1.1	3.2	.359	3.1	3.9	.802

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	1	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+9	+25.9	+11.0	+1.5	+3.8	+5.3	+2.1	+1.7	+0.1	-2.1	-3.0	+3.2	+8.4	+.553	+1.0	+3.5		+3.6	+4.4
Manu Ginobili	10	27.9	13.0	1.5	3.8	5.3	3.1	1.7	0.1	2.1	3.0	4.2	9.4	.447	1.0	3.5	.286	3.6	4.4	.818


Season 3
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Manu Ginobili
Season	2016-17	2004-05
Team	Brooklyn Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	59	22.6	7.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.1	0.7	0.4	1.1	2.0	2.3	5.1	.444	0.6	1.7	.376	2.1	2.7	.792
difference:	+15	+7.0	+8.7	+0.5	+1.1	+1.6	+0.8	+0.9		-1.2	-0.6	+2.7	+5.4	+.027	+0.7	+1.8		+2.7	+3.3	+.011
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 4
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Manu Ginobili
Season	2017-18	2005-06
Team	Brooklyn Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	80	28.8	12.6	0.5	2.7	3.2	6.6	0.9	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.1	10.5	.387	1.8	5.4	.326	2.7	3.4	.813
difference:	+15	+0.9	+2.5	+0.1	+0.2	+0.3	+3.0	+0.7	+0.1	-0.3	-0.1	+0.7	+0.2	+.075	+0.5	+2.1	+.056	+1.6	+2.1	+.035
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 5
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Manu Ginobili
Season	2018-19	2006-07
Team	Brooklyn Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	68	28.1	16.8	0.4	2.1	2.4	4.6	0.6	0.3	2.2	2.8	5.4	12.2	.442	1.8	5.4	.335	4.2	5.2	.806
difference:	+7	+0.6	+0.3	+0.4	+1.5	+2.0	+1.1	+0.9	+0.1	-0.1	-0.7	+0.1	+0.8	+.022	+0.1	+1.1	+.061	+0.1	+0.2	+.054
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	5	26.2	14.6	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.6	0.4	0.0	1.6	2.0	5.4	12.4	.435	1.8	4.8	.375	2.0	2.8	.714
difference:	+15	+3.9	+2.1		+2.9	+2.9	+2.1	+1.3	+0.2	-0.5	-1.1	+0.4		+.034	+0.1	+0.2	+.009	+2.9	+3.0	+.122
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


Season 6
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Manu Ginobili
Season	2019-20	2007-08
Team	Brooklyn Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	64	31.2	20.6	0.5	3.0	3.5	6.8	0.6	0.3	2.7	2.8	6.6	16.0	.415	1.9	6.3	.308	5.4	7.0	.778
difference:	+10	+0.1	+1.1	+0.4	+0.9	+1.3	+2.3	+0.9	+0.1		-0.5	+0.5	+2.7	+.045	+0.2	+1.0	+.093	+0.3	+1.0	+.082
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 7
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Manu Ginobili
Season	2020-21	2008-09
Team	Brooklyn Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	3	21.3	6.7	0.0	4.3	4.3	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.3	2.0	5.3	.375	0.7	2.3	.286	2.0	2.0	1.000
difference:	+41	+5.5	+8.8	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	+0.6	+0.8	+0.1	-0.3	-0.7	+3.1	+5.9	+.079	+0.9	+2.5	+.044	+1.8	+2.3	+.116
Manu Ginobili	44	26.8	15.5	0.5	4.0	4.5	3.6	1.5	0.4	2.0	2.0	5.1	11.2	.454	1.6	4.8	.330	3.8	4.3	.884

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Spencer Dinwiddie nor Manu Ginobili played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Manu Ginobili
Season	2021-22	2009-10
Team	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	67	29.6	13.7	0.7	3.5	4.2	5.2	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.6	11.0	.416	1.7	4.9	.339	2.9	3.8	.774
difference:	+8	+0.9	+2.8	+0.2	+0.6	+0.4	+0.3	+0.7	+0.1	-0.5	-0.1	+0.7	+1.0	+.025	+0.1	+0.2	+.038	+1.2	+0.9	+.096
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	18	27.8	14.2	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.6	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.3	4.4	10.7	.417	2.2	5.3	.417	3.1	3.7	.821
difference:	+8	+7.4	+5.2		+1.3	+1.3	+2.4	+1.8	+0.1	-1.4	-0.7	+1.4	+3.3	+.003	+0.2	+0.7	+.084	+2.7	+3.0	+.045
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


Season 9
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Manu Ginobili
Season	2022-23	2010-11
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Brooklyn Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	79	34.5	17.3	0.4	3.1	3.4	6.5	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.4	5.8	13.3	.438	2.3	6.2	.369	3.4	4.2	.812
difference:	+1	+4.2	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+0.3	+1.6	+0.7	+0.1	-0.4	-0.4	+0.3	+0.6	+.005	+0.4	+0.7	+.020	+1.1	+0.9	+.059
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	4	39.8	16.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.5	1.3	0.3	3.0	1.8	5.5	12.8	.431	1.8	4.5	.389	3.8	5.5	.682
difference:	+1	+5.0	+4.1	+0.1	+0.6	+0.7	+2.3	+1.3	+0.3	-0.4	-0.8	+0.7	+1.2	+.012		+1.1	+.068	+2.6	+2.7	+.098
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


Season 10
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Manu Ginobili
Season	2023-24	2011-12
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	76	28.3	10.5	0.4	2.3	2.7	4.7	0.7	0.3	1.2	1.8	3.3	8.4	.392	1.6	4.8	.337	2.2	2.8	.805
difference:	+42	+5.0	+2.4	+0.1	+0.6	+0.7	+0.3		+0.1	-0.7	-0.2	+1.1		+.134	+0.1	+1.1	+.076	+0.4	+0.2	+.066
Manu Ginobili	34	23.3	12.9	0.5	2.9	3.4	4.4	0.7	0.4	1.9	1.6	4.4	8.4	.526	1.5	3.7	.413	2.6	3.0	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	5	14.6	3.0	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.4	1.0	2.8	.357	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.2	.500
difference:	+9	+13.3	+11.4	+0.4	+1.7	+2.1	+2.4	+0.3	+0.1	-2.8	-1.2	+3.6	+7.6	+.091	+1.2	+3.3	+.088	+2.8	+2.8	+.357
Manu Ginobili	14	27.9	14.4	0.6	2.9	3.5	4.0	0.7	0.3	3.0	2.6	4.6	10.4	.448	1.6	4.9	.338	3.4	4.0	.857


Season 11
	Spencer Dinwiddie	Manu Ginobili
Season	2024-25	2012-13
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost NBA 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		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	79	27.0	11.0	0.2	2.4	2.6	4.4	0.9	0.2	1.3	1.5	3.6	8.6	.416	1.4	4.1	.334	2.5	3.1	.802
difference:	+19	+3.8	+0.8	+0.3	+0.5	+0.8	+0.2	+0.4		-0.9	-0.4	+0.2	+0.4	+.009		+0.2	+.019	+0.2	+0.3	+.006
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Dinwiddie	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years

* Manu Ginobili played 5 seasons more than Spencer Dinwiddie in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 12 to 16, from 2014 to 2018—Manu Ginobili played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Spencer Dinwiddie vs. Manu Ginobili Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Manu Ginobili and Spencer Dinwiddie, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years