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Manu Ginóbili

Manu Ginóbili stats, teams and career impact

#32 all-timeCareer averages · 13.3 PPG · 3.5 RPG · 3.8 APGPeak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Position: Shooting guard
Final NBA team: San Antonio Spurs
Height / weight: 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) · 205 lb (93 kg)
Born: July 28, 1977 (49 yrs old)
NBA seasons: 16 seasons · 2002–03 to 2017–18

Career or season view

Career summaryManu Ginóbili was a shooting guard who played 16 NBA seasons, from 2002–03 through 2017–18.

Career PPG: 13.3
Career RPG: 3.5
Career APG: 3.8; #3 in 2 seasons; #32 all-time

Peak-weighted regular-season model · playoffs, awards, and championships excluded

Career overview

Why Manu Ginóbili ranks #32 all time

Manu Ginóbili ranks #32 all time. 5 top-five finishes and 7 top-ten finishes give him a strong blend of peak and staying power. His full-career value ranks #65, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity.

Peak#3 in 2006–07

Best league finish

Sustained excellence5 top-five finishes

7 top-ten finishes

Career breadth16 seasons

1,057 games · Career Value Rank #65

NBA honors2× All-Star · 2× All-NBA · Sixth ManContext only; honors are not model inputs.

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Full player detailsTeam history, career shooting and sources

Full team history

Teams: San Antonio Spurs
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Career shooting

NBA regular season

Field goal: 44.7%FG%
Three-point: 36.9%3P%
Free throw: 82.7%FT%

1,057 career games · 26,859 minutes

Sources and updateConventional stats and measurements: Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 13, 2026. hussEyquation ranking data through 2025–26. Life dates: Wikidata; conflicting dates checked against Basketball Reference, accessed Sep 17, 2026.

Traditional box score

Manu Ginóbili stats by season

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Box impact is an estimate in points per 100 possessions, not the 0–100 Impact Rate score. Zero is league average; higher is better. Rate rank is a league place: No. 1 is best.

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				pts/100 · higher is better
2017–18	8.9	2.2	2.5	-0.67	SAS	65	0	20.0	43.4%	33.3%	84.0%	#198	34.1
2016–17	7.5	2.3	2.7	+1.34	SAS	69	0	18.7	39.0%	39.2%	80.4%	#74	84.6
2015–16	9.6	2.5	3.1	+2.86	SAS	58	0	19.6	45.3%	39.1%	81.3%	#33	107.7
2014–15	10.5	3.0	4.2	+1.44	SAS	70	0	22.7	42.6%	34.5%	72.1%	#72	106.6
2013–14	12.3	3.0	4.3	+3.70	SAS	68	3	22.8	46.9%	34.9%	85.1%	#21	174.8
2012–13	11.8	3.4	4.6	+3.44	SAS	60	0	23.2	42.5%	35.3%	79.6%	#23	148.6
2011–12	12.9	3.4	4.4	+6.78	SAS	34	7	23.3	52.6%	41.3%	87.1%	#4	134.6
2010–11	17.4	3.7	4.9	+4.92	SAS	80	79	30.3	43.3%	34.9%	87.1%	#7	322.9
2009–10	16.5	3.8	4.9	+6.28	SAS	75	21	28.7	44.1%	37.7%	87.0%	#5	340.1
2008–09	15.5	4.5	3.6	+6.95	SAS	44	7	26.8	45.4%	33.0%	88.4%	#4	194.6
2007–08	19.5	4.8	4.5	+8.13	SAS	74	23	31.1	46.0%	40.1%	86.0%	#3	430.9
2006–07	16.5	4.4	3.5	+7.35	SAS	75	36	27.5	46.4%	39.6%	86.0%	#3	360.3
2005–06	15.1	3.5	3.6	+6.16	SAS	65	56	27.9	46.2%	38.2%	77.8%	#12	272.8
2004–05	16.0	4.4	3.9	+6.64	SAS	74	74	29.6	47.1%	37.6%	80.3%	#6	350.8
2003–04	12.8	4.5	3.8	+4.17	SAS	77	38	29.4	41.8%	35.9%	80.2%	#13	259.1
2002–03	7.6	2.3	2.0	+1.14	SAS	69	5	20.7	43.8%	34.5%	73.7%	#73	84.3
Career	13.3	3.5	3.8	—	SAS	1057	—	25.4	44.7%	36.9%	82.7%	—	—

Source: Basketball Reference regular-season totals, accessed Sep 13, 2026.

Film evidence

Manu Ginóbili highlights

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Film breakdown

Was a sixth man the MVP of a dynasty?

This analysis explains how Ginóbili's passing, rim pressure and decision-making drove elite offense even when his minutes and starts looked modest.

What these measures mean

Box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above that season's league average, from the historical box-score model. Zero is league average; higher is better. Historical defense estimates are included where labeled. This is not the live model's lineup-adjusted estimate.
Impact Rate: A 0–100 score comparing performance within one season. Higher is better. This is a score, not points per possession.
Impact estimate: The season model's final estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, before conversion to the 0–100 Impact Rate score. It includes lineup evidence where available. Zero is league average; higher is better.
Impact Rate rank: The player's place among qualified players in that season's Impact Rate ranking. No. 1 is best. This is a rank, not an impact score.
Value contribution / Season Value: Completed seasons use a fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. The live season instead uses Season Value, combining that season's impact with workload.
Career Impact Rank: An all-time rank weighted toward the player's best three, five, and ten seasons.

Career Impact Rank#32

4.4 composite · lower is better

Best 5#30

3.8 average league finish

Career Value Rank#65

3,407 total value

Impact Rate: 0–100 score within one season. Higher is better.
Box impact: Estimated points per 100 possessions above league average, from the historical model. Zero is average; higher is better.

Career standing

How Manu Ginóbili ranks all time

These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.

Number-one seasons0

Best in the league

Top-five seasons5

Elite finishes

Top-ten seasons7

Upper-tier finishes

Top-10 Impact Margin19.6

Tie-breaker across top-ten seasons

Career Composite Score4.4

Best 3, Best 5, and Best 10 average league finishes receive 50%, 30%, and 20% window weights. Missing seasons receive a replacement finish just below the player's typical qualified field. Lower is better.

Best 3 effective weight: 74%
Missing-season finish: 345.0
Qualified seasons: 16
All-time rank: #32

Strongest seasons

Every season

Manu Ginóbili advanced stats by season

Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.

More advanced statsAge, minutes, impact, rank, value and data coverage

					pts/100 · higher is better	0–100 · higher is better
2017–18Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	40	65	1,299	-0.67	45.4	#198	34.1	45th	Broad
2016–17Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	39	69	1,291	+1.34	79.9	#74	84.6	73rd	Broad
2015–16Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	38	58	1,134	+2.86	91.2	#33	107.7	75th	Broad
2014–15Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	37	70	1,587	+1.44	80.8	#72	106.6	76th	Broad
2013–14Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	36	68	1,550	+3.70	94.2	#21	174.8	88th	Broad
2012–13Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	35	60	1,393	+3.44	93.7	#23	148.6	83rd	Broad
2011–12Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	34	34	792	+6.78	99.1	#4	134.6	85th	Standard
2010–11Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	33	80	2,426	+4.92	98.3	#7	322.9	97th	Broad
2009–10Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	32	75	2,150	+6.28	98.8	#5	340.1	98th	Broad
2008–09Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	31	44	1,181	+6.95	99.1	#4	194.6	90th	Broad
2007–08Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	30	74	2,299	+8.13	99.4	#3	430.9	99th	Broad
2006–07Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	29	75	2,060	+7.35	99.4	#3	360.3	97th	Broad
2005–06Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	28	65	1,813	+6.16	96.6	#12	272.8	92nd	Broad
2004–05Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	27	74	2,193	+6.64	98.5	#6	350.8	97th	Broad
2003–04Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	26	77	2,260	+4.17	96.4	#13	259.1	92nd	Broad
2002–03Historical Defense Estimate	SAS	25	69	1,431	+1.14	77.4	#73	84.3	69th	Broad

Career movement

Manu Ginóbili's box impact by season

Peak box impact +8.13 points per 100 possessions in 2007–08 · 16 seasons · 26,859 minutes

Box impact estimates points per 100 possessions above each season's league average. Zero is average; higher is better. Rank labels show Impact Rate league places, not ranks on this chart's box-impact scale.

Box impact · points per 100 possessionsMinutes

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Career comparison

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Box impactEra-adjusted points per 100 possessions above league average · higher is better · dashed marker means the player did not play

Manu Ginóbili and Clyde Drexler era-centered impact values by NBA season number
NBA season	Manu Ginóbili	Clyde Drexler
1	1.1	-0.1
2	4.2	4.4
3	6.6	4.1
4	6.2	4.1
5	7.3	6.4
6	8.1	6.9
7	6.9	6.2
8	6.3	5.9
9	4.9	7.7
10	6.8	5.6
11	3.4	3.4
12	3.7	6.8
13	1.4	4.3
14	2.9	4.8
15	1.3	3.3
16	-0.7	Did not play

NBA season number

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How to read this page

Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played; completed player-profile rows instead show each season's fixed-baseline contribution to Career Value. Career Impact Rank rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →