George Mikan vs. Sasha Pavlovic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sasha Pavlovic 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 Sasha Pavlovic, who played 10. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Sasha Pavlovic had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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	Sasha Pavlovic
Season	1948-49	2003-04
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Utah Jazz
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
Sasha Pavlovic	79	14.5	4.8	0.6	1.5	2.0	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.4	1.9	4.8	.396	0.2	0.9	.271	0.8	1.1	.774
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
Sasha Pavlovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Sasha Pavlovic
Season	1949-50	2004-05
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Sasha Pavlovic	65	13.3	4.8	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.9	1.8	4.2	.435	0.5	1.2	.385	0.7	1.0	.688
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
Sasha Pavlovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	George Mikan	Sasha Pavlovic
Season	1950-51	2005-06
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 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
Sasha Pavlovic	53	15.3	4.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.9	1.6	4.0	.410	0.7	1.8	.365	0.6	0.9	.653
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
Sasha Pavlovic	3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	George Mikan	Sasha Pavlovic
Season	1951-52	2006-07
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Sasha Pavlovic	67	22.9	9.0	0.3	2.0	2.4	1.6	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.2	3.3	7.3	.453	0.9	2.2	.405	1.5	1.9	.794
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
Sasha Pavlovic	20	30.8	9.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.6	1.0	0.3	1.8	3.2	3.6	9.5	.381	1.0	2.9	.345	1.0	1.8	.528

Season 5
	George Mikan	Sasha Pavlovic
Season	1952-53	2007-08
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Sasha Pavlovic	51	23.3	7.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	1.6	0.6	0.1	1.1	2.3	2.9	7.9	.362	0.7	2.2	.298	1.0	1.5	.688
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
Sasha Pavlovic	8	13.9	3.5	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.3	2.1	1.3	3.3	.385	0.5	1.1	.444	0.5	0.8	.667

Season 6
	George Mikan	Sasha Pavlovic
Season	1953-54	2008-09
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 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
Sasha Pavlovic	66	16.0	4.6	0.5	1.5	1.9	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.8	1.8	4.2	.422	0.7	1.8	.410	0.4	0.8	.463
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
Sasha Pavlovic	11	8.3	2.1	0.1	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.9	1.8	.500	0.2	0.7	.250	0.1	0.3	.333

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