George Mikan vs. Jannero Pargo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jannero Pargo 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 Jannero Pargo, who played 11. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Jannero Pargo had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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	Jannero Pargo
Season	1948-49	2002-03
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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
Jannero Pargo	34	10.1	2.5	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.3	1.1	2.7	.398	0.2	0.7	.292	0.1	0.1	1.000
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
Jannero Pargo	11	11.7	2.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.7	0.1	0.6	2.0	0.7	2.2	.333	0.4	1.4	.267	0.3	0.4	.750

Season 2
	George Mikan	Jannero Pargo
Season	1949-50	2003-04
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls
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
Jannero Pargo	31	15.5	6.7	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.3	0.4	0.2	1.5	1.6	2.6	6.4	.407	0.7	2.0	.355	0.7	0.9	.852
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
Jannero Pargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	George Mikan	Jannero Pargo
Season	1950-51	2004-05
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Bulls 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	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Jannero Pargo	32	14.2	6.4	0.4	1.1	1.5	2.4	0.5	0.0	1.4	1.7	2.6	6.7	.385	0.7	2.1	.348	0.5	0.7	.739
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
Jannero Pargo	5	15.0	10.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.0	0.6	0.0	1.6	2.8	3.6	10.2	.353	2.6	6.4	.406	0.6	1.0	.600

Season 4
	George Mikan	Jannero Pargo
Season	1951-52	2005-06
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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
Jannero Pargo	57	11.3	4.8	0.1	0.9	1.1	1.6	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.0	1.9	5.1	.373	0.7	1.8	.379	0.3	0.4	.810
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
Jannero Pargo	5	3.8	3.4	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	1.0	2.4	.417	0.6	1.0	.600	0.8	1.0	.800

Season 5
	George Mikan	Jannero Pargo
Season	1952-53	2006-07
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
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
Jannero Pargo	82	20.9	9.2	0.2	2.0	2.2	2.5	0.6	0.0	1.5	1.5	3.5	8.4	.409	1.0	2.5	.388	1.3	1.5	.852
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
Jannero Pargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	George Mikan	Jannero Pargo
Season	1953-54	2007-08
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hornets 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	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Jannero Pargo	80	18.7	8.1	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.5	3.2	8.2	.390	0.8	2.3	.349	0.9	1.0	.877
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
Jannero Pargo	12	22.1	10.2	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.3	1.0	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.8	9.7	.388	1.3	3.6	.349	1.4	2.0	.708

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

Note: Jannero Pargo didn't play in 2008-09.

Note: Jannero Pargo didn't play in 2010-11.