George Mikan vs. Mike Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Miller 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, 10 less than Mike Miller, who played 17. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Mike Miller 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Mikan	Mike Miller
Season	1948-49	2000-01
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Mike Miller	82	29.1	11.9	0.8	3.2	4.0	1.7	0.6	0.2	1.2	2.4	4.5	10.3	.436	1.8	4.4	.407	1.1	1.6	.711
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
Mike Miller	4	28.0	12.0	1.3	3.3	4.5	1.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	3.3	4.8	12.0	.396	1.8	4.5	.389	0.8	1.0	.750

Season 2
	George Mikan	Mike Miller
Season	1949-50	2001-02
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Mike Miller	63	33.7	15.2	0.8	3.6	4.3	3.1	0.7	0.4	1.7	2.3	5.6	12.7	.438	1.8	4.8	.383	2.2	2.9	.762
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
Mike Miller	4	18.0	4.8	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.8	5.3	.333	0.3	2.0	.125	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 3
	George Mikan	Mike Miller
Season	1950-51	2002-03
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Orlando Magic, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	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	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Mike Miller	65	33.6	15.6	0.7	4.5	5.2	2.6	0.6	0.3	1.9	2.7	5.7	13.2	.434	1.7	4.6	.363	2.4	2.9	.839
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
Mike Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	George Mikan	Mike Miller
Season	1951-52	2003-04
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Grizzlies 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	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Mike Miller	65	27.2	11.1	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.6	0.9	0.2	1.6	2.5	4.2	9.5	.438	1.2	3.3	.372	1.6	2.2	.723
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
Mike Miller	4	24.5	7.5	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.8	1.3	0.0	1.3	1.0	3.0	8.5	.353	1.3	3.3	.385	0.3	0.8	.333

Season 5
	George Mikan	Mike Miller
Season	1952-53	2004-05
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Grizzlies 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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Mike Miller	76	30.0	13.4	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.9	0.7	0.3	1.7	2.6	5.1	10.1	.505	1.8	4.3	.433	1.4	2.0	.720
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
Mike Miller	4	27.3	12.0	0.0	2.5	2.5	2.8	0.0	0.8	1.3	1.8	4.5	9.3	.486	2.0	4.3	.471	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 6
	George Mikan	Mike Miller
Season	1953-54	2005-06
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Grizzlies 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	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Mike Miller	74	30.6	13.7	0.6	4.8	5.4	2.7	0.7	0.4	1.9	2.3	4.8	10.3	.466	1.9	4.6	.407	2.3	2.8	.800
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
Mike Miller	4	26.8	8.5	0.3	3.5	3.8	1.8	0.5	0.5	2.0	2.8	3.0	7.5	.400	0.3	2.0	.125	2.3	2.3	1.000

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

Season 12
	George Mikan	Mike Miller
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	39	19.3	6.1	0.6	2.7	3.3	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.5	2.3	5.4	.435	1.4	3.0	.453	0.1	0.1	.400
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	23	16.0	5.2	0.4	2.1	2.5	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.8	1.7	4.3	.404	1.3	3.3	.413	0.4	0.5	.818

Season 13
	George Mikan	Mike Miller
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	59	15.3	4.8	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.1	1.7	3.9	.433	1.2	3.0	.417	0.1	0.2	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Miller	17	13.6	3.4	0.2	1.8	1.9	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.3	1.5	1.2	2.6	.467	0.9	2.1	.444	0.0	0.0	-