Danny Manning vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

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

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Danny Manning played 15 years in the NBA, 8 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Danny Manning had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Danny Manning	15	9	1988-89 to 2002-03
George Mikan	7	7	1948-49 to 1955-56

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Danny Manning	George Mikan
Season	1988-89	1948-49
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Danny Manning	26	36.5	16.7	2.7	3.9	6.6	3.1	1.7	1.0	3.6	3.4	6.8	13.8	.494	0.0	0.2	.200	3.0	4.0	.767
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		%
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802


Season 2
	Danny Manning	George Mikan
Season	1989-90	1949-50
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Danny Manning	71	32.0	16.3	2.0	3.9	5.9	2.6	1.3	0.5	2.6	3.7	6.2	11.6	.533	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	5.2	.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		%
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788


Season 3
	Danny Manning	George Mikan
Season	1990-91	1950-51
Team	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		%
Danny Manning	73	30.1	15.9	2.3	3.5	5.8	2.7	1.6	0.8	2.6	3.8	6.4	12.4	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	4.2	.716
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		%
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800


Season 4
	Danny Manning	George Mikan
Season	1991-92	1951-52
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Danny Manning	82	35.4	19.3	2.8	4.1	6.9	3.5	1.6	1.5	2.6	3.6	7.9	14.6	.542	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.7	.725
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		%
Danny Manning	5	38.8	22.6	3.0	2.6	5.6	2.8	1.0	0.8	2.6	4.2	9.2	16.2	.568	0.2	0.6	.333	4.0	6.2	.645
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
	Danny Manning	George Mikan
Season	1992-93	1952-53
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Danny Manning	79	34.9	22.8	2.5	4.1	6.6	2.6	1.4	1.3	2.9	4.1	8.9	17.5	.509	0.1	0.4	.267	4.9	6.1	.802
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		%
Danny Manning	5	34.2	18.2	2.4	4.8	7.2	1.6	1.4	1.0	2.6	3.8	7.0	17.0	.412	0.0	0.4	.000	4.2	5.2	.808
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
	Danny Manning	George Mikan
Season	1993-94	1953-54
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Danny Manning	68	37.1	20.6	1.9	4.9	6.8	3.8	1.5	1.2	3.4	3.8	8.6	17.7	.488	0.0	0.3	.176	3.4	5.0	.669
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		%
Danny Manning	11	38.7	20.0	2.5	4.5	7.0	3.4	1.4	0.8	2.4	3.5	7.6	15.6	.488	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	6.0	.788
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
	Danny Manning	George Mikan
Season	1994-95	1955-56
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Danny Manning	46	32.8	17.9	2.1	3.9	6.0	3.3	0.9	1.2	2.6	3.8	7.4	13.5	.547	0.1	0.5	.286	3.0	4.4	.673
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		%
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Danny Manning	George Mikan
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Danny Manning	33	24.7	13.4	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.0	1.2	0.7	2.3	3.7	5.4	11.8	.459	0.1	0.4	.214	2.5	3.3	.752
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	4	22.5	12.3	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.3	1.0	0.3	1.5	3.8	5.5	12.0	.458	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	2.0	.625
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Danny Manning	George Mikan
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Danny Manning	77	27.7	13.5	1.8	4.3	6.1	2.2	1.1	1.0	2.1	3.5	5.5	10.3	.536	0.1	0.5	.194	2.4	3.3	.721
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	5	23.4	13.2	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.4	0.8	1.4	1.6	4.2	5.2	9.0	.578	0.0	0.6	.000	2.8	3.0	.933
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Danny Manning	George Mikan
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	70	25.6	13.5	1.6	4.0	5.6	2.0	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.9	5.6	10.8	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.2	.739
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Danny Manning	George Mikan
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Danny Manning	50	23.7	9.1	1.2	3.1	4.4	2.3	0.7	0.8	1.4	2.6	3.7	7.7	.484	0.0	0.2	.111	1.6	2.2	.696
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	3	26.0	12.7	0.0	1.7	1.7	2.0	1.3	0.0	1.0	4.0	4.7	8.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.3	.769
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Danny Manning	George Mikan
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
Danny Manning	72	16.9	4.6	0.7	2.2	2.9	1.0	0.9	0.4	0.8	2.5	2.1	4.7	.440	0.0	0.1	.250	0.5	0.7	.654
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	1	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Danny Manning	George Mikan
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Danny Manning	82	15.9	7.4	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.1	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.7	3.0	6.1	.494	0.1	0.3	.250	1.2	1.7	.729
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	5	19.0	9.8	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.6	0.6	0.8	1.4	4.2	3.8	6.8	.559	0.4	0.4	1.000	1.8	2.4	.750
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Danny Manning	George Mikan
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	41	13.5	4.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.6	2.0	1.7	3.6	.477	0.0	0.2	.143	0.5	0.8	.667
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Danny Manning	George Mikan
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 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		%
Danny Manning	13	6.8	2.6	0.5	0.8	1.4	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.0	2.5	.406	0.2	0.6	.375	0.4	0.5	.833
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Manning	4	3.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Danny Manning vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

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

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15