Archie Clark vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Archie Clark, 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

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.

Archie Clark played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Archie Clark had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, while George Mikan had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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
Archie Clark	10	10	1966-67 to 1975-76
George Mikan	7	7	1948-49 to 1955-56

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10


Rookie Season
	Archie Clark	George Mikan
Season	1966-67	1948-49
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Archie Clark	76	23.2	10.5	-	-	2.9	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	4.4	9.6	.452	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	.708
George Mikan	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	3	41.7	25.7	-	-	4.3	5.0	-	-	-	3.7	10.7	20.7	.516	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.765
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802


Season 2
	Archie Clark	George Mikan
Season	1967-68	1949-50
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Archie Clark	81	37.5	19.9	-	-	4.2	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	7.8	16.2	.480	-	-	-	4.4	5.9	.740
George Mikan	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	15	35.2	15.3	-	-	3.1	4.0	-	-	-	2.8	5.9	13.7	.427	-	-	-	3.5	4.6	.768
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788


Season 3
	Archie Clark	George Mikan
Season	1968-69	1950-51
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Archie Clark	82	26.1	13.5	-	-	3.2	3.6	-	-	-	2.3	5.4	11.3	.478	-	-	-	2.7	3.8	.697
George Mikan	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	5	37.0	19.4	-	-	3.8	4.4	-	-	-	3.4	8.0	15.4	.519	-	-	-	3.4	3.8	.895
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800


Season 4
	Archie Clark	George Mikan
Season	1969-70	1951-52
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Archie Clark	76	36.5	19.7	-	-	4.0	5.0	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	15.8	.496	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.785
George Mikan	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	5	29.2	13.6	-	-	2.8	3.6	-	-	-	2.0	5.2	12.0	.433	-	-	-	3.2	4.4	.727
George Mikan	13	42.5	23.6	-	-	15.9	2.8	-	-	-	4.8	7.6	20.1	.379	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.790


Season 5
	Archie Clark	George Mikan
Season	1970-71	1952-53
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Archie Clark	82	39.6	21.3	-	-	4.8	5.4	-	-	-	2.6	8.1	16.3	.496	-	-	-	5.1	6.5	.787
George Mikan	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	7	42.1	23.6	-	-	4.1	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	9.4	19.9	.475	-	-	-	4.7	6.4	.733
George Mikan	12	38.6	19.8	-	-	15.4	1.9	-	-	-	4.7	6.5	17.8	.366	-	-	-	6.8	9.3	.732


Season 6
	Archie Clark	George Mikan
Season	1971-72	1953-54
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Baltimore Bullets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Archie Clark	77	42.7	25.2	-	-	3.5	8.0	-	-	-	2.5	9.2	19.7	.470	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.771
George Mikan	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	6	45.2	26.7	-	-	4.0	7.8	-	-	-	2.5	9.2	21.0	.437	-	-	-	8.3	9.8	.847
George Mikan	13	32.6	19.4	-	-	13.2	1.9	-	-	-	4.3	6.7	14.6	.458	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.813

Note: George Mikan didn't play in 1954-55.


Season 7
	Archie Clark	George Mikan
Season	1972-73	1955-56
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers 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		%
Archie Clark	39	37.9	18.3	-	-	3.3	7.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.7	15.3	.507	-	-	-	2.8	3.5	.810
George Mikan	37	20.7	10.5	-	-	8.3	1.4	-	-	-	4.1	4.0	10.1	.395	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	5	42.8	21.2	-	-	3.4	5.2	-	-	-	4.0	9.2	18.4	.500	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.778
George Mikan	3	20.0	12.0	-	-	9.3	1.7	-	-	-	4.7	4.3	11.7	.371	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.769


Season 8
	Archie Clark	George Mikan
Season	1973-74	-
Team	Capital Bullets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Archie Clark	56	31.9	13.1	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.1	1.1	0.1	-	2.2	5.6	12.1	.467	-	-	-	1.8	2.3	.786
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	7	23.1	7.3	0.4	1.4	1.9	2.1	0.7	0.0	-	1.9	2.9	8.4	.339	-	-	-	1.6	2.9	.550
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Archie Clark	George Mikan
Season	1974-75	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Archie Clark	77	32.2	13.9	0.8	2.3	3.1	5.6	1.4	0.1	-	2.4	5.9	11.9	.495	-	-	-	2.1	2.5	.834
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	9	29.9	11.1	0.8	2.8	3.6	3.4	0.7	0.1	-	2.6	4.6	10.4	.436	-	-	-	2.0	2.2	.900
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Archie Clark	George Mikan
Season	1975-76	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Archie Clark	79	20.1	7.6	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.8	0.8	0.1	-	2.0	3.2	7.3	.433	-	-	-	1.3	1.5	.862
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Archie Clark	9	21.3	8.0	0.2	2.1	2.3	3.2	0.7	0.0	-	2.8	3.3	6.9	.484	-	-	-	1.3	2.0	.667
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Archie Clark vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Archie Clark, 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