Manu Ginobili vs. Clyde Lee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clyde Lee 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, 6 more than Clyde Lee, who played 10. Manu Ginobili had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Clyde Lee had his rookie season in 1966-67. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Manu Ginobili	Clyde Lee
Season	2002-03	1966-67
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors 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		%
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
Clyde Lee	74	16.9	7.0	-	-	7.4	1.0	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	6.8	.408	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	.633
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
Clyde Lee	11	11.8	3.6	-	-	4.9	0.7	-	-	-	1.8	1.7	5.2	.333	-	-	-	0.2	0.9	.200

Season 2
	Manu Ginobili	Clyde Lee
Season	2003-04	1967-68
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Div 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		%
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
Clyde Lee	82	32.9	11.9	-	-	13.9	1.6	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	10.9	.417	-	-	-	2.8	4.1	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Clyde Lee	10	40.5	11.4	-	-	13.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	11.7	.410	-	-	-	1.8	3.6	.500

Season 3
	Manu Ginobili	Clyde Lee
Season	2004-05	1968-69
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors Lost West Div 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		%
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
Clyde Lee	65	34.4	10.7	-	-	13.8	1.3	-	-	-	3.5	4.1	10.4	.398	-	-	-	2.5	3.9	.625
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
Clyde Lee	6	21.5	4.5	-	-	7.2	0.8	-	-	-	2.3	1.5	5.5	.273	-	-	-	1.5	1.8	.818

Season 5
	Manu Ginobili	Clyde Lee
Season	2006-07	1970-71
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors 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		%
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
Clyde Lee	82	17.0	6.1	-	-	7.0	0.8	-	-	-	1.7	2.4	5.2	.453	-	-	-	1.4	2.4	.558
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
Clyde Lee	5	18.6	4.8	-	-	7.4	0.4	-	-	-	2.6	2.0	4.8	.417	-	-	-	0.8	1.6	.500

Season 6
	Manu Ginobili	Clyde Lee
Season	2007-08	1971-72
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Warriors 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		%
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
Clyde Lee	78	34.3	8.1	-	-	14.5	1.1	-	-	-	3.1	3.3	7.0	.471	-	-	-	1.5	2.8	.541
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Clyde Lee	5	35.0	4.8	-	-	12.8	1.4	-	-	-	2.8	1.6	5.6	.286	-	-	-	1.6	2.4	.667

Season 9
	Manu Ginobili	Clyde Lee
Season	2010-11	1974-75
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
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
Clyde Lee	80	30.7	5.9	3.6	5.9	9.5	1.3	0.4	0.3	-	3.6	2.2	5.3	.412	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.672
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Clyde Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Manu Ginobili	Clyde Lee
Season	2013-14	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
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
Clyde Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Clyde Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-