George Mikan vs. Mike Smrek Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Smrek 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 and Mike Smrek both played 7 years in the NBA. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Mike Smrek had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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 Smrek
Season	1948-49	1985-86
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Mike Smrek	38	10.7	2.8	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.8	2.5	1.2	3.2	.377	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.8	.552
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 Smrek	3	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Mike Smrek
Season	1949-50	1986-87
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Mike Smrek	35	6.7	2.2	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.5	2.0	0.9	1.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.640
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 Smrek	10	3.3	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.1	1.5	0.2	1.0	.200	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.667

Season 3
	George Mikan	Mike Smrek
Season	1950-51	1987-88
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	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	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Mike Smrek	48	8.8	2.8	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.2	0.1	0.9	0.6	2.2	0.9	2.1	.427	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.667
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 Smrek	8	4.3	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.6	.200	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.4	.333

Season 4
	George Mikan	Mike Smrek
Season	1951-52	1988-89
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
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	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Mike Smrek	43	14.5	4.5	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.1	2.4	1.7	3.6	.471	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.8	.645
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 Smrek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	George Mikan	Mike Smrek
Season	1952-53	1989-90
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Golden State Warriors
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
Mike Smrek	13	8.2	1.6	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.7	1.4	0.8	1.8	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.5	.167
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 Smrek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	George Mikan	Mike Smrek
Season	1953-54	1990-91
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers
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
Mike Smrek	15	6.3	1.6	0.5	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.8	0.6	1.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500
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 Smrek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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