George Mikan vs. Eduardo Najera Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eduardo Najera 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.

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.

George Mikan played 7 years in the NBA, 5 less than Eduardo Najera, who played 12. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Eduardo Najera had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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
George Mikan	7	7	1948-49 to 1955-56
Eduardo Najera	12	9	2000-01 to 2011-12

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Mikan	Eduardo Najera
Season	1948-49	2000-01
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks 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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Eduardo Najera	40	10.8	3.3	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.2	1.5	2.8	.523	0.0	0.1	.333	0.4	0.8	.424

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
Eduardo Najera	7	6.0	3.0	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.1	1.3	2.4	.529	0.4	0.6	.750	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	George Mikan	Eduardo Najera
Season	1949-50	2001-02
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks 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
Eduardo Najera	62	21.9	6.5	2.4	3.1	5.5	0.6	0.9	0.5	0.6	2.5	2.4	4.8	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.4	.676

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
Eduardo Najera	8	15.4	4.6	0.4	1.3	1.6	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.3	2.8	2.0	2.9	.696	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.625


Season 3
	George Mikan	Eduardo Najera
Season	1950-51	2002-03
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
George Mikan	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Eduardo Najera	48	23.0	6.7	1.9	2.8	4.6	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.5	2.7	2.7	4.8	.558	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.681

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
Eduardo Najera	19	20.8	6.1	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.8	2.8	2.1	4.5	.453	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.792


Season 4
	George Mikan	Eduardo Najera
Season	1951-52	2003-04
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks 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		%
George Mikan	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Eduardo Najera	58	12.4	3.0	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.5	1.6	1.2	2.8	.444	0.0	0.1	.500	0.5	0.8	.652

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
Eduardo Najera	5	11.2	2.4	2.0	1.4	3.4	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	2.4	1.0	2.2	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 5
	George Mikan	Eduardo Najera
Season	1952-53	2004-05
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Golden State Warriors, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
George Mikan	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Eduardo Najera	68	17.4	5.2	1.5	2.1	3.6	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.9	2.2	2.1	4.7	.450	0.1	0.3	.286	0.9	1.3	.637

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
Eduardo Najera	2	6.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 6
	George Mikan	Eduardo Najera
Season	1953-54	2005-06
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
George Mikan	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Eduardo Najera	64	22.6	5.4	2.0	3.1	5.1	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.6	2.0	4.7	.422	0.1	0.2	.333	1.4	1.8	.781

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
Eduardo Najera	4	22.3	2.0	1.0	2.8	3.8	0.5	0.8	0.0	1.0	3.3	0.8	3.5	.214	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500

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


Season 7
	George Mikan	Eduardo Najera
Season	1955-56	2006-07
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Nuggets 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		%
George Mikan	37	20.7	10.5	-	-	8.3	1.4	-	-	-	4.1	4.0	10.1	.395	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.770
Eduardo Najera	75	22.1	6.6	1.7	2.4	4.1	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.7	2.8	2.7	4.7	.576	0.0	0.2	.083	1.2	1.6	.715

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
Eduardo Najera	5	19.2	1.8	2.2	3.4	5.6	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.4	2.0	0.8	3.4	.235	0.0	0.6	.000	0.2	0.4	.500


Season 8
	George Mikan	Eduardo Najera
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nuggets 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		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	78	21.3	5.9	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.8	2.6	2.2	4.7	.473	0.7	1.9	.361	0.8	1.1	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	4	19.5	4.0	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.3	3.8	1.8	3.5	.500	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	George Mikan	Eduardo Najera
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
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		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	27	11.8	2.9	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.7	.446	0.2	0.9	.200	0.3	0.8	.364

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


Season 10
	George Mikan	Eduardo Najera
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	New Jersey Nets, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	46	14.9	3.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.5	2.0	1.3	3.2	.425	0.4	1.4	.297	0.3	0.5	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	5	7.2	0.8	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.2	1.6	0.4	1.6	.250	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	George Mikan	Eduardo Najera
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Charlotte Bobcats
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		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	31	12.0	2.2	0.5	1.0	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.7	0.8	2.3	.361	0.4	1.1	.324	0.2	0.4	.545

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


Season 12
	George Mikan	Eduardo Najera
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Charlotte Bobcats
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		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	22	12.3	2.6	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.5	0.9	0.2	0.3	1.8	1.1	2.9	.375	0.4	1.3	.276	0.1	0.2	.500

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

George Mikan vs. Eduardo Najera Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eduardo Najera 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.

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