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Gary PaytonvsManu Ginobili

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

PG · VAL group G

Gary Payton

1991–2007 · 17 seasons

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Manu Ginobili

2003–2018 · 16 seasons

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At a glance

Gary Payton and Manu Ginobili: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Gary Payton	Stat	Manu Ginobili
17	Seasons	16
185.1	Career VAL	153.2
17.1 (2002)	Peak-season VAL	16.1 (2008)
Inducted 2013	Hall of Fame	Inducted 2022
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
3	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	1

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NBA VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 2002 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Gary Payton and Manu Ginobili have
Gary Payton	Stat	Manu Ginobili
Career
1,328	Games	1,056

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Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals, Blocks, 3-pointers made, Points / game, Rebounds / game, Assists / game, FG %, 3P %, FT %, True shooting %, PER, Win shares — Gary Payton's career line covers 2002–2007 only (the table behind it does not cover 11 early-career seasons).

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Gary Payton	Manu Ginobili
22	7.6	—
23	7	—
24	9.7	—
25	10.8	5.2
26	15.8	12.1
27	15.3	15.9
28	14.2	12.4
29	14	15.1
30	8.8	16.1
31	14.7	7.2
32	15.4	13.5
33	17.1	14.2
34	13.1	5.7
35	9.9	7.8
36	7.8	9.5
37	3.4	6.3
38	0.5	5.7
39	—	4.4
40	—	2.1