George Mikan vs. Max Zaslofsky Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Max Zaslofsky 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, 3 less than Max Zaslofsky, who played 10. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Max Zaslofsky had his rookie season in 1946-47. 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	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1948-49	1946-47
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Stags 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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Max Zaslofsky	61	-	14.4	-	-	-	0.7	-	-	-	2.0	5.5	16.7	.329	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.737
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
Max Zaslofsky	11	-	13.5	-	-	-	0.4	-	-	-	2.4	5.5	18.1	.302	-	-	-	2.6	4.0	.659

Season 2
	George Mikan	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1949-50	1947-48
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Scoring Leader	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Stags Lost Semifinals

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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
Max Zaslofsky	48	-	21.0	-	-	-	0.6	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	24.1	.323	-	-	-	5.4	6.9	.784
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
Max Zaslofsky	5	-	19.4	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	3.4	6.0	17.6	.341	-	-	-	7.4	9.4	.787

Season 3
	George Mikan	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1950-51	1948-49
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Stags Lost West Div 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
Max Zaslofsky	58	-	20.6	-	-	-	2.6	-	-	-	2.7	7.3	21.0	.350	-	-	-	6.0	7.1	.840
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
Max Zaslofsky	2	-	22.0	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	1.5	7.5	24.5	.306	-	-	-	7.0	9.0	.778

Season 4
	George Mikan	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1951-52	1949-50
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Stags Lost Cent Div 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
Max Zaslofsky	68	-	16.4	-	-	-	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	16.6	.351	-	-	-	4.7	5.6	.843
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
Max Zaslofsky	2	-	22.5	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.5	16.0	.469	-	-	-	7.5	9.0	.833

Season 5
	George Mikan	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1952-53	1950-51
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Max Zaslofsky	66	-	12.7	-	-	3.5	2.1	-	-	-	2.3	4.6	12.9	.354	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.775
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
Max Zaslofsky	14	-	17.9	-	-	4.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.1	6.3	15.5	.406	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.740

Season 6
	George Mikan	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1953-54	1951-52
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Max Zaslofsky	66	32.0	14.1	-	-	2.9	2.4	-	-	-	2.8	4.9	14.5	.336	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	.755
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
Max Zaslofsky	14	36.1	16.2	-	-	3.1	1.6	-	-	-	3.6	4.9	13.2	.373	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.809

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