Brook Lopez vs. Ed Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ed Mikan and Brook Lopez, 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.

Brook Lopez played 16 years in the NBA, 10 more than Ed Mikan, who played 6. Brook Lopez had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Ed 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
	Brook Lopez	Ed Mikan
Season	2008-09	1948-49
Team	New Jersey Nets	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Stags 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		%
Brook Lopez	82	30.5	13.0	2.7	5.4	8.1	1.0	0.5	1.8	1.8	3.1	5.5	10.3	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	2.6	.793
Ed Mikan	60	-	9.9	-	-	-	1.0	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	12.2	.314	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.743
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Mikan	2	-	8.0	-	-	-	0.5	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	19.0	.211	-	-	-	0.0	1.5	.000

Season 5
	Brook Lopez	Ed Mikan
Season	2012-13	1952-53
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Philadelphia Warriors, Indianapolis Olympians
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Olympians 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		%
Brook Lopez	74	30.4	19.4	2.8	4.1	6.9	0.9	0.4	2.1	1.8	2.1	7.7	14.8	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	5.3	.758
Ed Mikan	62	15.0	3.8	-	-	3.8	0.6	-	-	-	2.0	1.3	4.7	.267	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	7	37.6	22.3	4.1	3.3	7.4	1.4	0.9	3.0	2.3	2.9	8.3	17.6	.472	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.6	6.3	.886
Ed Mikan	2	16.0	3.5	-	-	3.5	0.0	-	-	-	0.5	1.0	5.0	.200	-	-	-	1.5	1.5	1.000

Season 12
	Brook Lopez	Ed Mikan
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Brook Lopez	68	26.7	12.0	0.9	3.7	4.6	1.5	0.7	2.4	1.0	2.4	4.3	9.9	.435	1.5	4.8	.314	1.9	2.2	.836
Ed Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	10	32.8	15.8	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.5	1.0	1.3	1.2	2.7	6.1	11.4	.535	2.1	5.3	.396	1.5	2.0	.750
Ed Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Brook Lopez	Ed Mikan
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Brook Lopez	70	27.2	12.3	1.5	3.5	5.0	0.7	0.6	1.5	0.9	2.1	4.6	9.1	.503	1.4	4.0	.338	1.7	2.0	.845
Ed Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	23	29.0	13.0	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.3	0.7	1.5	1.1	2.1	5.2	9.4	.548	1.0	3.1	.319	1.6	1.9	.860
Ed Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 15
	Brook Lopez	Ed Mikan
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	78	30.4	15.9	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.3	0.5	2.5	1.4	2.6	6.1	11.5	.531	1.7	4.7	.374	1.9	2.4	.784
Ed Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brook Lopez	5	36.4	19.0	2.8	3.6	6.4	1.2	1.4	1.8	2.2	2.0	7.8	13.4	.582	1.4	3.4	.412	2.0	2.6	.769
Ed Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-