Boban Marjanovic vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Boban Marjanovic, 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.

Boban Marjanovic played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Boban Marjanovic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, 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
	Boban Marjanovic	George Mikan
Season	2015-16	1948-49
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Boban Marjanovic	54	9.4	5.5	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.0	1.9	3.2	.603	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.1	.763
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		%
Boban Marjanovic	7	6.0	3.4	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.4	1.4	1.1	1.7	.667	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.3	.889
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Boban Marjanovic	George Mikan
Season	2016-17	1949-50
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
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		%
Boban Marjanovic	35	8.4	5.5	1.3	2.4	3.7	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.1	3.8	.545	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.810
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		%
Boban Marjanovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Boban Marjanovic	George Mikan
Season	2017-18	1950-51
Team	Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Boban Marjanovic	39	8.7	6.0	1.2	2.5	3.7	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.9	1.3	2.0	3.8	.534	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.794
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		%
Boban Marjanovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Boban Marjanovic	George Mikan
Season	2018-19	1951-52
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Boban Marjanovic	58	11.7	7.3	1.5	3.1	4.6	0.9	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.6	2.8	4.5	.615	0.1	0.2	.400	1.7	2.3	.748
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		%
Boban Marjanovic	11	9.5	5.8	1.2	2.1	3.3	1.0	0.2	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.2	3.6	.600	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	1.7	.842
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
	Boban Marjanovic	George Mikan
Season	2019-20	1952-53
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Boban Marjanovic	44	9.6	6.6	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.3	2.8	4.8	.573	0.1	0.4	.235	1.0	1.3	.754
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		%
Boban Marjanovic	6	13.7	6.8	1.0	4.8	5.8	0.8	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.5	2.8	5.0	.567	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.5	.778
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
	Boban Marjanovic	George Mikan
Season	2020-21	1953-54
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Boban Marjanovic	33	8.2	4.7	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.9	1.9	3.7	.508	0.0	0.2	.125	0.9	1.2	.816
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		%
Boban Marjanovic	4	20.8	11.8	3.5	4.5	8.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	3.3	5.0	9.8	.513	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.3	.778
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.