George Mikan vs. Jamaal Tinsley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamaal Tinsley 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 Jamaal Tinsley, who played 11. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Jamaal Tinsley had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	1948-49	2001-02
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Jamaal Tinsley	80	30.5	9.4	1.0	2.8	3.7	8.1	1.7	0.5	3.4	3.1	3.6	9.5	.380	0.5	2.2	.240	1.6	2.3	.704
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
Jamaal Tinsley	5	17.8	3.6	0.4	1.6	2.0	5.0	0.4	0.0	2.4	2.4	1.6	3.8	.421	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.6	.667

Season 2
	George Mikan	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	1949-50	2002-03
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Jamaal Tinsley	73	30.6	7.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	7.5	1.7	0.2	2.6	2.8	3.0	7.6	.396	0.6	2.3	.277	1.1	1.5	.714
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
Jamaal Tinsley	6	31.0	8.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.5	0.7	0.0	1.3	3.3	3.3	5.8	.571	1.3	2.2	.615	0.5	1.0	.500

Season 3
	George Mikan	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	1950-51	2003-04
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Pacers Lost East 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
Jamaal Tinsley	52	26.5	8.3	0.5	2.1	2.6	5.8	1.6	0.3	2.1	2.5	2.9	7.1	.414	1.5	4.0	.372	0.9	1.3	.731
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
Jamaal Tinsley	16	26.4	8.1	0.4	2.5	2.9	5.0	1.8	0.2	1.9	3.5	3.1	7.7	.398	1.0	3.4	.296	0.9	1.0	.938

Season 4
	George Mikan	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	1951-52	2004-05
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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
Jamaal Tinsley	40	32.5	15.4	0.7	3.4	4.0	6.4	2.0	0.3	3.4	2.8	5.5	13.1	.418	1.5	3.9	.372	3.1	4.1	.744
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
Jamaal Tinsley	9	27.8	8.7	0.7	2.7	3.3	5.7	1.6	0.3	3.0	3.4	3.6	9.9	.360	0.2	2.0	.111	1.3	2.3	.571

Season 5
	George Mikan	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	1952-53	2005-06
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Jamaal Tinsley	42	26.7	9.3	0.8	2.3	3.2	5.0	1.2	0.1	2.6	2.3	3.8	9.2	.409	0.4	1.7	.229	1.4	2.2	.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
Jamaal Tinsley	1	7.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 6
	George Mikan	Jamaal Tinsley
Season	1953-54	2006-07
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Indiana Pacers
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
Jamaal Tinsley	72	31.2	12.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	6.9	1.6	0.3	2.8	2.6	4.8	12.3	.389	0.8	2.7	.316	2.4	3.3	.720
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
Jamaal Tinsley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Note: Jamaal Tinsley didn't play in 2008-09.

Note: Jamaal Tinsley didn't play in 2010-11.