George Mikan vs. Gary Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gary Neal 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 and Gary Neal both played 7 years in the NBA. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Gary Neal had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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	Gary Neal
Season	1948-49	2010-11
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Gary Neal	80	21.1	9.8	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.2	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.9	3.6	7.9	.451	1.6	3.9	.419	1.1	1.3	.808
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
Gary Neal	6	18.5	7.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.8	2.8	7.7	.370	0.8	3.2	.263	1.2	1.2	1.000

Season 2
	George Mikan	Gary Neal
Season	1949-50	2011-12
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Gary Neal	56	21.5	9.9	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.1	0.5	0.0	1.1	1.3	3.8	8.7	.436	1.5	3.5	.419	0.9	1.1	.781
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
Gary Neal	14	15.5	7.5	0.1	1.2	1.3	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.8	1.5	2.8	5.9	.476	1.1	2.6	.444	0.8	0.9	.846

Season 3
	George Mikan	Gary Neal
Season	1950-51	2012-13
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Spurs Lost NBA 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
Gary Neal	68	21.8	9.5	0.2	1.9	2.1	1.9	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.4	3.6	8.8	.412	1.3	3.7	.355	0.9	1.1	.865
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
Gary Neal	21	18.6	6.8	0.0	2.1	2.1	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.6	1.6	2.5	6.4	.385	1.1	3.1	.348	0.8	0.8	1.000

Season 4
	George Mikan	Gary Neal
Season	1951-52	2013-14
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks, Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bobcats 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	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Gary Neal	52	21.4	10.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.6	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.3	3.7	9.1	.410	1.3	3.5	.378	1.8	2.0	.895
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
Gary Neal	4	26.0	11.3	0.8	1.3	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.3	4.5	12.8	.353	1.0	4.5	.222	1.3	1.8	.714

Season 5
	George Mikan	Gary Neal
Season	1952-53	2014-15
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Charlotte Hornets, Minnesota Timberwolves
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
Gary Neal	54	22.1	10.1	0.3	2.1	2.4	1.9	0.4	0.0	1.2	1.6	3.5	9.3	.374	0.9	3.0	.305	2.2	2.5	.867
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
Gary Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	George Mikan	Gary Neal
Season	1953-54	2015-16
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Washington Wizards
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
Gary Neal	40	20.2	9.8	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.2	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.4	3.8	8.1	.465	1.0	2.5	.410	1.2	1.4	.855
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
Gary Neal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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