Darvin Ham vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Darvin Ham, 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.

Darvin Ham played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Darvin Ham had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
Rookie Season
	Darvin Ham	George Mikan
Season	1996-97	1948-49
Team	Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers	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		%
Darvin Ham	36	8.8	2.3	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.6	0.9	1.7	.532	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.486
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		%
Darvin Ham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Darvin Ham	George Mikan
Season	1997-98	1949-50
Team	Washington Wizards	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		%
Darvin Ham	71	8.9	2.0	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	1.7	0.8	1.5	.529	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.473
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		%
Darvin Ham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Note: Darvin Ham didn't play in 1998-99.

Season 3
	Darvin Ham	George Mikan
Season	1999-00	1950-51
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Darvin Ham	35	22.6	5.1	2.4	2.5	4.9	1.2	0.8	0.8	0.8	2.9	2.0	3.7	.555	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.2	.449
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		%
Darvin Ham	5	28.8	5.0	3.4	2.4	5.8	1.4	0.2	1.6	1.4	4.4	2.2	3.4	.647	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	1.8	.333
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Darvin Ham	George Mikan
Season	2000-01	1951-52
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 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		%
Darvin Ham	29	18.6	3.8	1.9	2.2	4.2	0.9	0.6	0.7	1.1	2.9	1.3	2.8	.488	0.1	0.1	.667	1.0	1.7	.592
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		%
Darvin Ham	14	9.4	2.1	0.7	0.6	1.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.4	2.2	0.6	1.1	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.4	.550
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
	Darvin Ham	George Mikan
Season	2001-02	1952-53
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Darvin Ham	70	17.3	4.3	1.3	1.6	2.9	1.0	0.4	0.5	1.2	2.5	1.7	3.0	.569	0.0	0.1	.143	0.9	1.8	.504
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		%
Darvin Ham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Darvin Ham	George Mikan
Season	2002-03	1953-54
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Darvin Ham	75	12.3	2.4	1.0	1.1	2.0	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.9	1.7	0.9	2.1	.447	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.1	.481
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		%
Darvin Ham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Darvin Ham	George Mikan
Season	2003-04	1955-56
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Darvin Ham	54	9.0	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.2	0.7	1.4	.493	0.0	0.0	.500	0.4	0.6	.600
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		%
Darvin Ham	22	4.2	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.9	0.4	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
George Mikan	3	20.0	12.0	-	-	9.3	1.7	-	-	-	4.7	4.3	11.7	.371	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.769