George Mikan vs. Beno Udrih Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Beno Udrih and George Mikan, 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.

George Mikan played 7 years in the NBA, 6 less than Beno Udrih, who played 13. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Beno Udrih had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
	George Mikan	Beno Udrih
Season	1948-49	2004-05
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
George Mikan	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Beno Udrih	80	14.4	5.9	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.9	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.2	2.2	4.9	.444	0.7	1.8	.408	0.8	1.1	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802
Beno Udrih	21	11.3	3.7	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.3	3.7	.359	0.5	1.8	.270	0.6	0.7	.857

Season 2
	George Mikan	Beno Udrih
Season	1949-50	2005-06
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs Lost West 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		%
George Mikan	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Beno Udrih	54	10.9	5.1	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	4.3	.455	0.4	1.3	.343	0.7	0.9	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788
Beno Udrih	7	6.7	3.6	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.1	1.4	4.3	.333	0.1	0.9	.167	0.6	0.7	.800

Season 3
	George Mikan	Beno Udrih
Season	1950-51	2006-07
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
George Mikan	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Beno Udrih	73	13.0	4.7	0.2	1.0	1.1	1.7	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.7	4.7	.369	0.5	1.6	.287	0.7	0.8	.883
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800
Beno Udrih	8	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 4
	George Mikan	Beno Udrih
Season	1951-52	2007-08
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
George Mikan	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Beno Udrih	65	32.0	12.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	4.3	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.1	5.0	10.9	.463	0.8	2.1	.387	1.9	2.3	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	13	42.5	23.6	-	-	15.9	2.8	-	-	-	4.8	7.6	20.1	.379	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.790
Beno Udrih	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	George Mikan	Beno Udrih
Season	1952-53	2008-09
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
George Mikan	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Beno Udrih	73	31.1	11.0	0.6	2.4	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.6	4.4	9.5	.461	0.5	1.5	.310	1.7	2.1	.820
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	12	38.6	19.8	-	-	15.4	1.9	-	-	-	4.7	6.5	17.8	.366	-	-	-	6.8	9.3	.732
Beno Udrih	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	George Mikan	Beno Udrih
Season	1953-54	2009-10
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
George Mikan	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Beno Udrih	79	31.4	12.9	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.7	1.1	0.1	1.7	2.1	5.3	10.6	.493	0.9	2.5	.377	1.5	1.8	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	13	32.6	19.4	-	-	13.2	1.9	-	-	-	4.3	6.7	14.6	.458	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.813
Beno Udrih	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: George Mikan didn't play in 1954-55.