Goran Dragic vs. Manu Ginobili Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Manu Ginobili and Goran Dragic, 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.

Goran Dragic played 15 years in the NBA, 1 less than Manu Ginobili, who played 16. Goran Dragic had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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 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
Goran Dragic	15	7	2008-09 to 2022-23
Manu Ginobili	16	15	2002-03 to 2017-18

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


Rookie Season
	Goran Dragic	Manu Ginobili
Season	2008-09	2002-03
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	55	13.2	4.5	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.6	1.6	4.1	.393	0.4	1.0	.370	0.9	1.2	.769
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		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Goran Dragic	Manu Ginobili
Season	2009-10	2003-04
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs 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		%
Goran Dragic	80	18.0	7.9	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.0	0.6	0.1	1.6	1.6	2.8	6.1	.452	0.9	2.4	.394	1.5	2.0	.736
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		%
Goran Dragic	16	14.8	7.6	0.6	1.2	1.8	2.3	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	2.7	6.3	.430	0.8	2.5	.325	1.4	1.9	.742
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
	Goran Dragic	Manu Ginobili
Season	2010-11	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	70	17.6	7.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.9	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.8	2.7	6.3	.435	0.8	2.2	.361	1.2	1.9	.624
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		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Goran Dragic	Manu Ginobili
Season	2011-12	2005-06
Team	Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Goran Dragic	66	26.5	11.7	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.3	1.3	0.2	2.4	2.5	4.2	9.1	.462	1.0	3.1	.337	2.3	2.9	.805
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		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Goran Dragic	Manu Ginobili
Season	2012-13	2006-07
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	77	33.5	14.7	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.4	1.6	0.3	2.8	2.8	5.2	11.8	.443	1.1	3.6	.319	3.2	4.2	.748
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		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Goran Dragic	Manu Ginobili
Season	2013-14	2007-08
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Goran Dragic	76	35.1	20.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.9	1.4	0.3	2.8	2.7	7.3	14.4	.505	1.6	3.9	.408	4.2	5.5	.760
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		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Goran Dragic	Manu Ginobili
Season	2014-15	2008-09
Team	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
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		%
Goran Dragic	78	33.8	16.3	1.0	2.5	3.5	4.5	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.4	12.8	.501	1.2	3.3	.347	2.3	3.0	.774
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Goran Dragic	Manu Ginobili
Season	2015-16	2009-10
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
Goran Dragic	72	32.8	14.1	0.8	3.1	3.8	5.8	1.0	0.2	2.6	2.6	5.8	12.2	.477	0.9	2.8	.312	1.7	2.3	.727
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		%
Goran Dragic	14	33.7	16.5	0.8	4.1	4.9	3.9	0.4	0.2	2.2	3.3	6.5	14.7	.442	1.1	3.3	.348	2.4	3.1	.767
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
	Goran Dragic	Manu Ginobili
Season	2016-17	2010-11
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Goran Dragic	73	33.7	20.3	0.8	3.0	3.8	5.8	1.2	0.2	2.9	2.7	7.3	15.4	.475	1.6	4.0	.405	4.1	5.2	.790
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		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Goran Dragic	Manu Ginobili
Season	2017-18	2011-12
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Goran Dragic	75	31.7	17.3	0.7	3.4	4.1	4.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.4	6.5	14.3	.450	1.5	4.0	.370	2.9	3.6	.801
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		%
Goran Dragic	5	31.2	18.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	4.6	1.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	7.0	15.0	.467	1.6	4.2	.381	3.0	4.4	.682
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
	Goran Dragic	Manu Ginobili
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Goran Dragic	36	27.5	13.7	0.6	2.5	3.1	4.8	0.8	0.1	2.0	2.3	5.0	12.0	.413	1.6	4.6	.348	2.2	2.8	.782
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		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	Goran Dragic	Manu Ginobili
Season	2019-20	2013-14
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	59	28.2	16.2	0.5	2.7	3.2	5.1	0.7	0.2	2.4	2.1	5.4	12.3	.441	2.1	5.7	.367	3.2	4.2	.776
Manu Ginobili	68	22.8	12.3	0.4	2.5	3.0	4.3	1.0	0.3	2.0	1.9	4.3	9.2	.469	1.3	3.8	.349	2.4	2.8	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	17	32.5	19.1	0.8	3.3	4.1	4.4	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.9	7.0	15.8	.444	2.2	6.3	.346	2.9	3.6	.803
Manu Ginobili	23	25.5	14.3	0.4	2.9	3.3	4.1	1.6	0.1	2.3	2.6	4.5	10.3	.439	1.8	4.6	.390	3.5	4.1	.862


Season 13
	Goran Dragic	Manu Ginobili
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Goran Dragic	50	26.7	13.4	0.5	2.9	3.4	4.4	0.7	0.2	2.4	2.3	4.8	11.1	.432	1.8	4.9	.373	2.0	2.4	.828
Manu Ginobili	70	22.7	10.5	0.4	2.6	3.0	4.2	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.0	3.6	8.4	.426	1.3	3.7	.345	2.1	2.9	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	4	29.3	16.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.8	1.0	0.5	1.5	2.8	5.8	13.5	.426	2.3	6.5	.346	2.3	3.0	.750
Manu Ginobili	7	18.7	8.0	0.6	2.9	3.4	4.6	0.6	0.9	2.0	2.7	2.1	6.1	.349	1.1	3.1	.364	2.6	3.3	.783


Season 14
	Goran Dragic	Manu Ginobili
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Goran Dragic	21	23.7	7.5	0.6	2.5	3.1	4.1	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.1	2.7	7.2	.377	0.8	3.0	.254	1.3	1.6	.818
Manu Ginobili	58	19.6	9.6	0.4	2.1	2.5	3.1	1.1	0.2	1.7	1.7	3.4	7.5	.453	1.2	3.1	.391	1.6	1.9	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	4	19.8	10.5	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.5	0.8	0.0	1.3	2.8	4.5	8.0	.563	1.0	3.0	.333	0.5	0.5	1.000
Manu Ginobili	10	19.2	6.7	0.6	2.1	2.7	2.5	0.8	0.3	0.7	2.5	2.0	4.7	.426	0.9	2.1	.429	1.8	2.3	.783


Season 15
	Goran Dragic	Manu Ginobili
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls, Milwaukee Bucks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Goran Dragic	58	15.0	6.3	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.6	0.2	0.1	1.1	1.1	2.4	5.8	.421	0.9	2.5	.359	0.5	0.8	.689
Manu Ginobili	69	18.7	7.5	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.7	1.2	0.2	1.4	1.7	2.5	6.4	.390	1.3	3.3	.392	1.2	1.6	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	2	3.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
Manu Ginobili	16	17.8	6.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.4	1.0	0.1	0.8	1.8	2.5	6.1	.412	0.6	2.5	.225	1.1	1.4	.739


Season 16
	Goran Dragic	Manu Ginobili
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	65	20.0	8.9	0.3	1.9	2.2	2.5	0.7	0.2	1.6	1.9	3.1	7.1	.434	1.0	3.0	.333	1.7	2.0	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Manu Ginobili	5	21.4	9.0	0.2	2.8	3.0	3.2	1.4	0.2	1.4	2.6	3.0	7.4	.405	1.2	3.6	.333	1.8	2.2	.818

Goran Dragic vs. Manu Ginobili Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Manu Ginobili and Goran Dragic, 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