The Tournament of Power arc in Dragon Ball Super has become one of the most popular storylines in the franchise's history, known for having dozens of epic fights occurring simultaneously with the highest stakes of any battle yet. But with 8 universes with 10 fighters each, not every character on the field got their turn in the spotlight--in fact, several of them weren't shown at all until the manga.
Also called the Universal Survival saga, the Tournament of Power pitted Goku and friends (and Frieza) against the very best fighters from 7 other universes. Because of the scale of the battle, it gave characters like Tien and Master Roshi, who hadn't meaningfully contributed in a long time, a chance to be useful again, and every member of Universe 7's team was featured at least a little. But Goku and company couldn't logically defeat every single opponent in what was intended to be a free-for-all, so many adversaries were defeated offscreen, with the victories attributed to other familiar characters like Universe 6's Hit. The manga decided to avoid repeating content, and instead had some battles go down quite differently.
The first big change deals with a character from Universe 10, Murisam. In the anime, he tries a surprise attack on Universe 6's Cabba, only to get taken out in a single strike. In the manga, Murisam challenges Android 17 in a direct fight, but 17 is able to defeat him with a series of rapid attacks. Another Universe 10 fighter, Rubalt, tries to avenge Murisam by going after 17, but also gets tossed aside easily before ultimately being defeated by Frieza. Android 17 gets a lot more focus in general, given credit for defeating Universe 6's Botamo and Universe 4's Damom, as well as Universe 10's Dium, Methiop, and Napapa, meaning that Android 17 defeated half of Universe 10's team by himself in the manga. In the anime, Rubalt is one of the last members of his team standing, and ends up going against Piccolo instead, marking one of the biggest shifts in performance (for the worse) between the two stories.
Another character who performed far better in the manga was Universe 4's Gamisalas, a chameleon-like alien who spent most of the fight invisible. While only taking out one opponent in the anime, Gamisalas is much sneakier in the manga, appearing from nowhere when another fighter's battle brings them close to the edge of the ring. He takes out Universe 2's magical girls Ribrianne, Kakunsa, and Rozie, and even manages to eject Android 18 from the ring in this manner before Piccolo turns the tables on him. Kale has a similar boost in performance, defeating a whopping 17 opponents either on her own or with help from Caulifla, and stands on equal footing even with Golden Frieza. Kale even rings out one of her own teammates, Auta Magetta, while rampaging out of control. Kale has a much harder time controlling her power in the manga, and Caulifla merges with Kale in hopes of bringing her under control rather than as a power boost. The fused Kefla then proceeds to take out a significant chunk of Universe 11's team until Gohan takes Kefla out with him.
While there are many other smaller differences in the order of elimination and who fights who, getting to see characters like Kale and Android 17 defeating as many opponents as they probably should is pretty impressive, and the alternate match-ups show just how much the battle could've changed as a result of different strategies being employed. The biggest Dragon Ball Super fans will certainly enjoy both versions of the Tournament, even if the end result is the same.