George Mikan vs. Dan Roundfield Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dan Roundfield 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, 4 less than Dan Roundfield, who played 11. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Dan Roundfield had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	George Mikan	Dan Roundfield
Season	1948-49	1976-77
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Dan Roundfield	61	27.0	13.9	2.9	5.6	8.5	1.1	1.0	2.1	-	4.0	5.6	12.0	.466	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.686
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
Dan Roundfield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Dan Roundfield
Season	1949-50	1977-78
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
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	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Dan Roundfield	79	30.7	13.4	3.5	6.7	10.2	2.5	1.0	1.9	2.5	3.8	5.3	10.9	.489	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.727
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
Dan Roundfield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	George Mikan	Dan Roundfield
Season	1950-51	1978-79
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Hawks 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		%
George Mikan	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Dan Roundfield	80	31.7	15.3	4.1	6.7	10.8	1.6	1.1	2.2	2.6	4.5	5.8	11.5	.504	-	-	-	3.8	5.3	.714
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
Dan Roundfield	9	37.6	17.6	4.9	6.9	11.8	2.8	0.9	2.6	2.6	4.9	6.8	14.8	.459	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800

Season 4
	George Mikan	Dan Roundfield
Season	1951-52	1979-80
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
George Mikan	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Dan Roundfield	81	32.0	16.5	3.6	6.7	10.3	2.3	1.2	1.7	2.9	3.9	6.2	12.4	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	5.7	.710
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
Dan Roundfield	5	34.8	17.2	5.0	6.6	11.6	2.2	0.8	1.6	2.2	4.4	6.4	13.8	.464	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	7.0	.629

Season 5
	George Mikan	Dan Roundfield
Season	1952-53	1980-81
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	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
Dan Roundfield	63	33.8	17.6	3.7	6.4	10.1	2.6	1.2	1.9	2.8	4.1	6.8	12.8	.527	0.0	0.0	.000	4.1	5.6	.721
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
Dan Roundfield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	George Mikan	Dan Roundfield
Season	1953-54	1981-82
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
George Mikan	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Dan Roundfield	61	36.3	18.6	3.7	8.1	11.8	2.7	1.0	1.5	3.0	3.4	7.0	14.9	.466	0.0	0.1	.200	4.7	6.1	.760
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
Dan Roundfield	2	42.5	21.0	3.0	8.0	11.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	8.5	18.0	.472	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	7.0	.571

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

Season 7
	George Mikan	Dan Roundfield
Season	1955-56	1982-83
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Hawks 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		%
George Mikan	37	20.7	10.5	-	-	8.3	1.4	-	-	-	4.1	4.0	10.1	.395	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.770
Dan Roundfield	77	36.5	19.0	3.4	8.1	11.4	2.9	0.8	1.5	3.2	3.1	7.3	15.5	.470	0.1	0.4	.185	4.4	5.8	.749
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	3	20.0	12.0	-	-	9.3	1.7	-	-	-	4.7	4.3	11.7	.371	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.769
Dan Roundfield	3	41.3	17.7	2.0	12.0	14.0	3.3	1.3	1.3	3.7	1.7	8.0	16.7	.480	0.0	0.3	.000	1.7	3.7	.455

Season 8
	George Mikan	Dan Roundfield
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Roundfield	73	35.8	18.9	2.8	7.1	9.9	2.5	0.8	1.0	2.8	3.0	6.9	14.2	.485	0.0	0.2	.000	5.1	6.7	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan Roundfield	5	38.2	17.2	2.4	6.4	8.8	1.6	0.4	1.4	3.8	3.2	6.0	13.8	.435	0.2	0.2	1.000	5.0	7.0	.714