George Mikan vs. Hedo Turkoglu Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hedo Turkoglu 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, 8 less than Hedo Turkoglu, who played 15. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Hedo Turkoglu 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
Hedo Turkoglu	15	11	2000-01 to 2014-15

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Mikan	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1948-49	2000-01
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings 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
Hedo Turkoglu	74	16.8	5.3	0.7	2.2	2.8	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.9	1.9	4.5	.412	0.4	1.2	.326	1.2	1.5	.777

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
Hedo Turkoglu	8	17.6	7.5	0.9	2.6	3.5	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.8	2.3	2.5	5.8	.435	1.0	1.8	.571	1.5	1.5	1.000


Season 2
	George Mikan	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1949-50	2001-02
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings 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
Hedo Turkoglu	80	24.6	10.1	0.8	3.8	4.5	2.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.3	3.6	8.6	.422	0.8	2.1	.368	2.1	2.9	.726

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
Hedo Turkoglu	16	27.8	8.6	1.1	4.1	5.2	1.4	0.4	0.6	1.4	3.1	3.4	8.6	.401	0.8	2.1	.353	1.0	1.9	.516


Season 3
	George Mikan	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1950-51	2002-03
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Kings 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	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Hedo Turkoglu	67	17.5	6.7	0.5	2.3	2.8	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.9	2.5	5.8	.422	0.4	1.2	.372	1.3	1.6	.800

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
Hedo Turkoglu	10	17.3	5.3	0.5	2.4	2.9	1.4	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.9	1.8	5.0	.360	0.4	1.4	.286	1.3	1.8	.722


Season 4
	George Mikan	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1951-52	2003-04
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Hedo Turkoglu	80	25.9	9.2	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.9	1.0	0.4	1.2	2.1	3.3	8.1	.406	1.3	3.0	.419	1.4	2.0	.708

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
Hedo Turkoglu	10	27.2	7.7	0.5	4.0	4.5	1.5	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.0	2.6	8.1	.321	1.4	4.2	.333	1.1	1.8	.611


Season 5
	George Mikan	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1952-53	2004-05
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Orlando Magic
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
Hedo Turkoglu	67	26.2	14.0	0.9	2.6	3.5	2.3	0.6	0.3	1.8	2.1	4.9	11.7	.419	1.4	3.7	.380	2.8	3.4	.836

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
Hedo Turkoglu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	George Mikan	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1953-54	2005-06
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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
Hedo Turkoglu	78	33.5	14.9	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	0.9	0.3	1.7	3.0	5.1	11.2	.454	1.5	3.6	.403	3.3	3.8	.861

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
Hedo Turkoglu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 7
	George Mikan	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	1955-56	2006-07
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Magic 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
Hedo Turkoglu	73	31.1	13.3	0.8	3.2	4.0	3.2	1.0	0.2	2.0	3.0	4.7	11.3	.419	1.5	3.8	.388	2.3	3.0	.781

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
Hedo Turkoglu	4	39.0	13.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.5	1.3	1.0	2.5	3.5	6.3	12.5	.500	0.8	2.3	.333	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 8
	George Mikan	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Playoffs	-	Magic 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	82	36.9	19.5	1.0	4.7	5.7	5.0	0.9	0.3	3.0	3.0	6.8	14.9	.456	2.0	5.1	.400	4.0	4.8	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	10	39.9	17.5	1.4	5.0	6.4	5.5	0.8	0.2	3.8	3.5	6.3	14.1	.447	1.0	3.5	.286	3.9	4.6	.848


Season 9
	George Mikan	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Magic 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	77	36.6	16.8	0.6	4.7	5.3	4.9	0.8	0.2	2.6	2.8	5.5	13.3	.413	1.7	4.9	.356	4.1	5.1	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	24	38.9	15.8	0.4	4.2	4.5	4.8	0.8	0.2	2.7	3.3	5.3	12.3	.427	1.3	3.5	.386	3.9	4.8	.817


Season 10
	George Mikan	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	74	30.7	11.3	0.6	4.1	4.6	4.1	0.7	0.4	1.7	3.0	3.7	9.1	.409	1.5	3.9	.374	2.4	3.1	.774

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


Season 11
	George Mikan	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Magic 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	81	31.4	10.8	0.6	3.8	4.4	4.2	0.9	0.4	1.6	3.0	4.0	8.9	.446	1.6	3.8	.410	1.3	1.9	.679

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	6	34.8	9.2	0.2	3.0	3.2	3.7	1.3	0.2	1.2	3.0	3.3	11.3	.294	1.2	5.0	.233	1.3	2.3	.571


Season 12
	George Mikan	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Magic 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	53	31.2	10.9	0.5	3.3	3.8	4.4	0.8	0.3	2.7	2.6	3.9	9.5	.415	1.7	4.9	.353	1.3	1.8	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	5	32.4	8.4	0.8	2.0	2.8	2.4	1.0	0.8	1.8	3.6	3.0	8.2	.366	1.0	2.4	.417	1.4	2.2	.636


Season 13
	George Mikan	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Orlando Magic
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	11	17.2	2.9	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.0	1.3	4.8	.264	0.1	2.2	.042	0.3	0.5	.500

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


Season 14
	George Mikan	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	38	10.3	3.0	0.3	2.1	2.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.9	.385	0.6	1.3	.440	0.2	0.5	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	5	8.2	3.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.2	2.6	.462	0.8	2.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	George Mikan	Hedo Turkoglu
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	62	11.4	3.7	0.1	1.5	1.6	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.1	1.3	3.0	.441	1.0	2.2	.432	0.1	0.2	.545

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hedo Turkoglu	11	5.0	0.9	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.4	1.5	.235	0.2	1.2	.154	0.0	0.0	-

George Mikan vs. Hedo Turkoglu Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hedo Turkoglu 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

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15