Bailey Howell vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Bailey Howell, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Bailey Howell played 12 years in the NBA, 5 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Bailey Howell had the first of his seasons in 1959-60, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bailey Howell	George Mikan
Season	1959-60	1948-49
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Bailey Howell	75	31.3	17.8	-	-	10.5	0.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	14.9	.456	-	-	-	4.2	5.6	.739
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		%
Bailey Howell	2	36.0	17.0	-	-	8.5	1.5	-	-	-	4.0	7.0	20.5	.341	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.750
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Bailey Howell	George Mikan
Season	1960-61	1949-50
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Bailey Howell	77	38.3	23.6	-	-	14.4	2.5	-	-	-	3.9	7.9	16.8	.469	-	-	-	7.8	10.4	.753
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		%
Bailey Howell	5	30.8	11.2	-	-	9.2	4.4	-	-	-	4.4	4.0	11.4	.351	-	-	-	3.2	4.6	.696
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Bailey Howell	George Mikan
Season	1961-62	1950-51
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Bailey Howell	79	36.2	19.9	-	-	12.6	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	7.0	15.1	.464	-	-	-	5.9	7.7	.768
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		%
Bailey Howell	10	37.8	20.0	-	-	9.6	2.3	-	-	-	4.8	6.9	16.3	.423	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.827
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Bailey Howell	George Mikan
Season	1962-63	1951-52
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Bailey Howell	79	37.6	22.7	-	-	11.5	2.9	-	-	-	3.8	8.1	15.6	.516	-	-	-	6.6	8.2	.798
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		%
Bailey Howell	4	40.8	17.8	-	-	10.5	2.8	-	-	-	4.8	6.0	16.0	.375	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.852
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
	Bailey Howell	George Mikan
Season	1963-64	1952-53
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bailey Howell	77	35.1	21.6	-	-	10.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.8	7.8	16.5	.472	-	-	-	6.1	7.5	.809
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		%
Bailey Howell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Bailey Howell	George Mikan
Season	1964-65	1953-54
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div 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		%
Bailey Howell	80	37.2	19.2	-	-	10.9	2.6	-	-	-	4.3	6.4	13.0	.495	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.801
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		%
Bailey Howell	9	38.9	20.8	-	-	11.7	2.1	-	-	-	4.2	7.4	14.4	.515	-	-	-	5.9	7.8	.757
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
	Bailey Howell	George Mikan
Season	1965-66	1955-56
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div 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		%
Bailey Howell	79	29.5	17.3	-	-	9.8	2.0	-	-	-	3.9	6.1	12.5	.488	-	-	-	5.1	7.0	.730
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		%
Bailey Howell	3	31.3	18.0	-	-	10.0	0.7	-	-	-	4.3	7.7	16.7	.460	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.727
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
	Bailey Howell	George Mikan
Season	1966-67	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Bailey Howell	81	30.9	20.0	-	-	8.4	1.3	-	-	-	3.7	7.9	15.3	.512	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	.741
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	9	26.8	15.3	-	-	7.3	0.6	-	-	-	3.9	6.6	13.6	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Bailey Howell	George Mikan
Season	1967-68	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Bailey Howell	82	34.2	19.8	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	3.5	7.8	16.3	.481	-	-	-	4.1	5.6	.727
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	19	31.4	18.1	-	-	7.7	1.2	-	-	-	4.4	7.1	13.9	.511	-	-	-	3.9	5.6	.692
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Bailey Howell	George Mikan
Season	1968-69	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Bailey Howell	78	32.4	19.7	-	-	8.8	1.8	-	-	-	3.7	7.8	16.1	.487	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	.735
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	18	30.6	15.0	-	-	6.6	1.1	-	-	-	4.7	6.2	12.7	.489	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.719
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-