George Mikan vs. Mitchell Wiggins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mitchell Wiggins 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, 1 more than Mitchell Wiggins, who played 6. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Mitchell Wiggins had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
Rookie Season
	George Mikan	Mitchell Wiggins
Season	1948-49	1983-84
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Mitchell Wiggins	82	25.9	12.4	1.7	2.3	4.0	2.3	1.3	0.1	1.7	3.4	4.9	10.9	.448	0.1	0.4	.241	2.6	3.5	.742
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
Mitchell Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Mitchell Wiggins
Season	1949-50	1984-85
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Mitchell Wiggins	82	19.2	9.0	1.3	1.5	2.9	1.5	1.0	0.2	1.1	2.4	3.9	8.0	.484	0.1	0.3	.261	1.2	1.6	.733
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
Mitchell Wiggins	5	9.0	3.6	0.6	0.2	0.8	0.2	0.8	0.0	0.6	1.2	1.8	3.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	George Mikan	Mitchell Wiggins
Season	1950-51	1985-86
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Rockets 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	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Mitchell Wiggins	78	15.4	6.8	1.1	0.9	2.0	1.3	0.8	0.1	0.8	2.0	2.8	6.3	.454	0.0	0.2	.083	1.1	1.5	.729
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
Mitchell Wiggins	20	22.2	10.0	1.9	1.9	3.8	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.4	2.2	4.5	9.0	.497	0.0	0.2	.000	1.1	1.4	.750

Season 4
	George Mikan	Mitchell Wiggins
Season	1951-52	1986-87
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Houston Rockets
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
Mitchell Wiggins	32	24.6	11.1	2.3	1.8	4.2	2.4	1.4	0.1	1.6	2.6	4.8	10.9	.437	0.0	0.2	.000	1.5	2.0	.754
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
Mitchell Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Mitchell Wiggins didn't play in 1987-88 and 1988-89.

Season 5
	George Mikan	Mitchell Wiggins
Season	1952-53	1989-90
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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
Mitchell Wiggins	66	28.1	15.5	2.0	2.3	4.3	1.6	1.3	0.0	1.3	2.5	6.3	12.9	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.6	.810
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
Mitchell Wiggins	4	12.8	4.0	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.5	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.3	1.8	3.8	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667

Note: Mitchell Wiggins didn't play in 1990-91.

Season 6
	George Mikan	Mitchell Wiggins
Season	1953-54	1991-92
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
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
Mitchell Wiggins	49	11.6	4.3	0.9	1.0	1.9	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.4	1.8	4.7	.384	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.686
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
Mitchell Wiggins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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