Manu Ginobili vs. Earl Lloyd Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Earl Lloyd 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, 7 more than Earl Lloyd, who played 9. Manu Ginobili had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Earl Lloyd had his rookie season in 1950-51. 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	Earl Lloyd
Season	2002-03	1950-51
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Washington Capitols
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	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
Earl Lloyd	7	-	6.1	-	-	6.7	1.6	-	-	-	3.7	2.3	5.0	.457	-	-	-	1.6	1.9	.846
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
Earl Lloyd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Earl Lloyd didn't play in 1951-52.

Season 3
	Manu Ginobili	Earl Lloyd
Season	2004-05	1953-54
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nationals 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	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
Earl Lloyd	72	30.6	9.1	-	-	7.3	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	3.5	9.3	.374	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.746
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
Earl Lloyd	10	26.0	6.7	-	-	5.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.4	2.5	7.3	.342	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.654

Season 4
	Manu Ginobili	Earl Lloyd
Season	2005-06	1954-55
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
Earl Lloyd	72	30.7	10.2	-	-	7.7	2.1	-	-	-	3.9	4.0	10.9	.365	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Earl Lloyd	11	32.3	11.5	-	-	8.1	3.2	-	-	-	3.7	4.0	11.1	.361	-	-	-	3.5	4.7	.750

Season 5
	Manu Ginobili	Earl Lloyd
Season	2006-07	1955-56
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nationals Lost East 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	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
Earl Lloyd	72	25.5	8.5	-	-	6.8	1.6	-	-	-	3.7	3.0	8.8	.335	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.772
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
Earl Lloyd	8	21.5	8.1	-	-	5.4	0.9	-	-	-	4.6	3.3	10.1	.321	-	-	-	1.6	1.8	.929

Season 6
	Manu Ginobili	Earl Lloyd
Season	2007-08	1956-57
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Nationals Lost East 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	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
Earl Lloyd	72	27.3	9.0	-	-	6.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.9	3.6	9.5	.373	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.749
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
Earl Lloyd	5	16.6	6.2	-	-	4.2	1.0	-	-	-	3.6	2.4	6.0	.400	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	.636

Season 9
	Manu Ginobili	Earl Lloyd
Season	2010-11	1959-60
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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	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
Earl Lloyd	68	23.7	8.9	-	-	4.7	1.3	-	-	-	3.3	3.5	9.8	.356	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.800
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
Earl Lloyd	2	26.5	8.5	-	-	4.5	1.5	-	-	-	5.5	3.0	12.0	.250	-	-	-	2.5	4.0	.625

Season 12
	Manu Ginobili	Earl Lloyd
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
Earl Lloyd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Earl Lloyd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-