Chuck Cooper vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Chuck Cooper, 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.

Chuck Cooper played 6 years in the NBA, 1 less than George Mikan, who played 7. Chuck Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, 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
	Chuck Cooper	George Mikan
Season	1950-51	1948-49
Team	Boston Celtics	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
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		%
Chuck Cooper	66	-	9.3	-	-	8.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.3	3.1	9.1	.344	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.753
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		%
Chuck Cooper	2	-	5.0	-	-	6.5	1.5	-	-	-	4.0	2.0	6.0	.333	-	-	-	1.0	2.5	.400
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Chuck Cooper	George Mikan
Season	1951-52	1949-50
Team	Boston Celtics	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
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		%
Chuck Cooper	66	29.9	8.2	-	-	7.6	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	3.0	8.3	.361	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.741
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		%
Chuck Cooper	3	42.7	11.0	-	-	5.3	1.3	-	-	-	5.7	2.7	8.3	.320	-	-	-	5.7	6.3	.895
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Chuck Cooper	George Mikan
Season	1952-53	1950-51
Team	Boston Celtics	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Chuck Cooper	70	28.5	6.5	-	-	6.3	1.6	-	-	-	3.7	2.2	6.7	.337	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.758
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		%
Chuck Cooper	6	32.5	10.0	-	-	6.5	2.3	-	-	-	4.5	3.2	8.0	.396	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.815
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Chuck Cooper	George Mikan
Season	1953-54	1951-52
Team	Boston Celtics	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Chuck Cooper	70	15.7	3.3	-	-	4.3	1.1	-	-	-	2.1	1.1	3.7	.299	-	-	-	1.1	1.7	.672
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		%
Chuck Cooper	6	18.0	4.0	-	-	5.2	0.7	-	-	-	3.5	1.3	2.7	.500	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.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
	Chuck Cooper	George Mikan
Season	1954-55	1952-53
Team	Milwaukee Hawks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	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		%
Chuck Cooper	70	25.0	8.2	-	-	5.5	2.2	-	-	-	3.0	2.8	8.1	.339	-	-	-	2.7	3.6	.751
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		%
Chuck Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Chuck Cooper	George Mikan
Season	1955-56	1953-54
Team	St. Louis Hawks, Fort Wayne Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Chuck Cooper	67	17.1	4.5	-	-	3.6	1.3	-	-	-	2.1	1.5	4.6	.328	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.752
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		%
Chuck Cooper	9	6.6	1.3	-	-	1.9	0.2	-	-	-	0.6	0.6	2.9	.192	-	-	-	0.2	0.3	.667
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.