Manu Ginobili vs. Thabo Sefolosha Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Thabo Sefolosha 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.

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.

Manu Ginobili played 16 years in the NBA, 2 more than Thabo Sefolosha, who played 14. Manu Ginobili had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Thabo Sefolosha had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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
Manu Ginobili	16	15	2002-03 to 2017-18
Thabo Sefolosha	14	9	2006-07 to 2019-20

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
	Manu Ginobili	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	2002-03	2006-07
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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		%
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
Thabo Sefolosha	71	12.2	3.6	0.5	1.7	2.2	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.4	1.5	3.6	.426	0.2	0.6	.357	0.3	0.6	.511

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
Thabo Sefolosha	9	11.0	3.3	0.4	1.4	1.9	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.2	1.1	2.9	.385	0.3	0.9	.375	0.8	1.3	.583


Season 2
	Manu Ginobili	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	2003-04	2007-08
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
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
Thabo Sefolosha	69	20.8	6.7	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	1.9	2.6	6.1	.428	0.4	1.3	.330	1.1	1.5	.721

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
Thabo Sefolosha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Manu Ginobili	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	2004-05	2008-09
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Chicago Bulls, Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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	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
Thabo Sefolosha	66	22.0	5.9	0.8	2.8	3.7	1.7	1.1	0.7	1.0	1.6	2.3	5.4	.426	0.4	1.3	.276	0.9	1.1	.836

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
Thabo Sefolosha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Manu Ginobili	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	2005-06	2009-10
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder 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		%
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
Thabo Sefolosha	82	28.6	6.0	0.9	3.8	4.7	1.8	1.2	0.6	1.1	1.9	2.4	5.4	.440	0.5	1.6	.313	0.7	1.1	.674

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
Thabo Sefolosha	6	21.2	4.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.2	0.8	1.0	0.3	2.5	1.3	4.5	.296	0.5	2.2	.231	1.3	1.5	.889


Season 5
	Manu Ginobili	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	2006-07	2010-11
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder 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		%
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
Thabo Sefolosha	79	25.9	5.1	0.8	3.6	4.4	1.4	1.2	0.5	0.7	2.2	2.0	4.2	.471	0.4	1.3	.275	0.7	1.0	.747

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
Thabo Sefolosha	17	20.2	4.6	0.7	2.4	3.1	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.4	1.8	3.9	.463	0.2	1.5	.154	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 6
	Manu Ginobili	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	2007-08	2011-12
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Thunder 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	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
Thabo Sefolosha	42	21.8	4.8	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.1	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.9	1.6	3.7	.432	0.7	1.7	.437	0.9	1.0	.884

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
Thabo Sefolosha	20	22.3	5.3	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.3	1.5	0.5	0.6	2.2	2.1	5.1	.402	0.8	2.5	.327	0.4	0.5	.889


Season 7
	Manu Ginobili	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	2008-09	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder 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	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
Thabo Sefolosha	81	27.5	7.6	0.7	3.2	3.9	1.5	1.3	0.5	0.8	2.2	2.8	5.8	.481	1.3	3.2	.419	0.7	0.9	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Manu Ginobili	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thabo Sefolosha	11	27.3	5.7	1.2	3.3	4.5	2.1	1.1	0.5	0.7	2.4	1.9	5.5	.344	1.1	3.5	.316	0.8	1.0	.818


Season 8
	Manu Ginobili	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	2009-10	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder 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		%
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
Thabo Sefolosha	61	26.0	6.3	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.5	1.3	0.3	0.9	1.5	2.3	5.6	.415	0.8	2.5	.316	0.9	1.1	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Thabo Sefolosha	15	15.7	3.7	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.5	3.7	.418	0.4	1.5	.261	0.3	0.3	.800


Season 9
	Manu Ginobili	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	2010-11	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	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
Thabo Sefolosha	52	18.8	5.3	1.0	3.3	4.3	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.7	1.3	2.0	4.8	.418	0.5	1.5	.321	0.9	1.1	.776

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
Thabo Sefolosha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Manu Ginobili	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	2011-12	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
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
Thabo Sefolosha	75	23.4	6.4	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.4	1.1	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.5	4.9	.507	0.6	1.6	.341	0.8	1.3	.626

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Thabo Sefolosha	10	20.3	5.9	0.8	3.3	4.1	1.7	1.0	0.6	1.0	1.7	2.2	4.6	.478	0.7	1.9	.368	0.8	1.5	.533


Season 11
	Manu Ginobili	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	2012-13	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	Hawks 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		%
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
Thabo Sefolosha	62	25.7	7.2	0.9	3.5	4.4	1.7	1.5	0.5	0.9	1.6	2.8	6.4	.441	0.7	1.9	.342	0.9	1.2	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Thabo Sefolosha	4	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.250


Season 12
	Manu Ginobili	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	2013-14	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
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	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
Thabo Sefolosha	38	21.2	8.2	0.8	3.5	4.2	0.9	1.4	0.3	0.8	1.6	3.1	6.3	.492	0.8	2.2	.381	1.2	1.4	.815

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
Thabo Sefolosha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Manu Ginobili	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	2014-15	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Thabo Sefolosha	50	12.2	3.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	0.5	0.9	0.1	0.5	0.8	1.4	3.0	.477	0.7	1.6	.436	0.3	0.4	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Thabo Sefolosha	4	10.5	1.3	0.3	1.8	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.5	3.5	.143	0.3	2.0	.125	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Manu Ginobili	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	2015-16	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
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
Thabo Sefolosha	41	10.6	2.2	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.9	2.2	.407	0.4	1.3	.278	0.1	0.2	.375

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


Season 15
	Manu Ginobili	Thabo Sefolosha
Season	2016-17	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
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
Thabo Sefolosha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 16
	Manu Ginobili	Thabo Sefolosha
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		%
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
Thabo Sefolosha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Manu Ginobili vs. Thabo Sefolosha Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Thabo Sefolosha 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.

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