Bones McKinney vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Bones McKinney, 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.

Bones McKinney played 6 years in the NBA, 1 less than George Mikan, who played 7. Bones McKinney had the first of his seasons in 1946-47, 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
	Bones McKinney	George Mikan
Season	1946-47	1948-49
Team	Washington Capitols	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Capitols Lost Semifinals	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		%
Bones McKinney	58	-	12.0	-	-	-	1.2	-	-	-	2.8	4.7	17.0	.279	-	-	-	2.5	3.6	.690
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		%
Bones McKinney	6	-	9.7	-	-	-	0.5	-	-	-	2.8	3.0	14.2	.212	-	-	-	3.7	5.7	.647
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Bones McKinney	George Mikan
Season	1947-48	1949-50
Team	Washington Capitols	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		%
Bones McKinney	43	-	11.3	-	-	-	0.8	-	-	-	4.1	4.2	15.8	.268	-	-	-	2.8	4.4	.644
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		%
Bones McKinney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Bones McKinney	George Mikan
Season	1948-49	1950-51
Team	Washington Capitols	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Capitols Lost NBA 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		%
Bones McKinney	57	-	12.7	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	3.8	4.6	14.1	.328	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	.706
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		%
Bones McKinney	10	-	12.8	-	-	-	0.9	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	12.7	.354	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.731
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Bones McKinney	George Mikan
Season	1949-50	1951-52
Team	Washington Capitols	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Capitols 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		%
Bones McKinney	53	-	9.3	-	-	-	1.7	-	-	-	3.5	3.5	11.9	.296	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.776
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		%
Bones McKinney	2	-	8.0	-	-	-	1.5	-	-	-	5.5	3.0	11.0	.273	-	-	-	2.0	2.5	.800
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
	Bones McKinney	George Mikan
Season	1950-51	1952-53
Team	Washington Capitols, Boston Celtics	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Bones McKinney	44	-	6.0	-	-	4.5	1.9	-	-	-	3.1	2.3	7.4	.312	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.716
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		%
Bones McKinney	2	-	13.0	-	-	5.0	4.0	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	12.5	.440	-	-	-	2.0	2.5	.800
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
	Bones McKinney	George Mikan
Season	1951-52	1953-54
Team	Boston Celtics	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Bones McKinney	63	17.2	5.3	-	-	2.8	1.8	-	-	-	2.3	2.2	6.6	.325	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.813
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		%
Bones McKinney	3	6.7	1.3	-	-	2.0	0.7	-	-	-	3.0	0.7	3.0	.222	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
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.