George Mikan vs. Pep Saul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pep Saul 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 Pep Saul, who played 6. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Pep Saul had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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	Pep Saul
Season	1948-49	1949-50
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Royals 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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Pep Saul	49	-	3.7	-	-	-	0.6	-	-	-	0.7	1.5	3.7	.404	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.723
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
Pep Saul	2	-	9.0	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	3.5	6.5	.538	-	-	-	2.0	2.5	.800

Season 2
	George Mikan	Pep Saul
Season	1949-50	1950-51
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Rochester Royals
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
Pep Saul	65	-	4.3	-	-	1.3	1.0	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	4.8	.339	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.686
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
Pep Saul	9	-	1.0	-	-	0.3	0.7	-	-	-	0.2	0.4	1.3	.333	-	-	-	0.1	0.2	.500

Season 3
	George Mikan	Pep Saul
Season	1950-51	1951-52
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Baltimore Bullets (1st), Minneapolis 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
Pep Saul	64	23.1	6.8	-	-	2.6	2.3	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	6.8	.360	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.778
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
Pep Saul	13	40.8	11.3	-	-	2.8	3.5	-	-	-	3.2	4.3	9.3	.463	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.729

Season 4
	George Mikan	Pep Saul
Season	1951-52	1952-53
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Pep Saul	70	25.7	7.4	-	-	2.0	1.6	-	-	-	2.5	2.7	6.7	.397	-	-	-	2.0	2.9	.710
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
Pep Saul	12	24.8	7.2	-	-	2.3	1.5	-	-	-	3.3	2.6	6.2	.419	-	-	-	2.0	2.8	.727

Season 5
	George Mikan	Pep Saul
Season	1952-53	1953-54
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Pep Saul	71	25.4	6.4	-	-	2.2	2.0	-	-	-	2.1	2.3	6.6	.347	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.753
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
Pep Saul	13	17.5	4.7	-	-	2.1	1.1	-	-	-	2.1	1.4	3.9	.353	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	.735

Season 6
	George Mikan	Pep Saul
Season	1953-54	1954-55
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Milwaukee Hawks
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
Pep Saul	65	17.5	4.4	-	-	2.1	1.6	-	-	-	1.9	1.5	4.7	.317	-	-	-	1.5	1.9	.772
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
Pep Saul	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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