George Mikan vs. Trent Tucker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trent Tucker 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, 4 less than Trent Tucker, who played 11. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Trent Tucker had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	George Mikan	Trent Tucker
Season	1948-49	1982-83
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Trent Tucker	78	23.5	8.4	1.0	1.8	2.8	2.5	0.7	0.1	0.9	3.0	3.8	8.3	.462	0.2	0.4	.467	0.6	0.8	.672
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
Trent Tucker	6	14.2	4.3	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.5	.600	0.2	0.3	.500	1.2	1.7	.700

Season 2
	George Mikan	Trent Tucker
Season	1949-50	1983-84
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Trent Tucker	63	19.5	7.6	0.7	1.4	2.1	2.2	1.0	0.1	0.9	2.0	3.6	7.1	.500	0.1	0.3	.375	0.4	0.5	.758
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
Trent Tucker	12	21.2	7.6	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.3	0.9	0.3	1.0	2.7	3.5	7.0	.500	0.1	0.4	.200	0.5	0.8	.600

Season 3
	George Mikan	Trent Tucker
Season	1950-51	1984-85
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
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
Trent Tucker	77	23.6	8.5	1.0	1.5	2.4	2.6	1.0	0.2	0.8	2.5	3.8	7.9	.483	0.4	0.9	.403	0.5	0.6	.792
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
Trent Tucker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	George Mikan	Trent Tucker
Season	1951-52	1985-86
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
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
Trent Tucker	77	23.2	10.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	2.5	0.8	0.1	0.9	2.2	4.5	9.6	.472	0.5	1.2	.451	1.0	1.3	.790
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
Trent Tucker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	George Mikan	Trent Tucker
Season	1952-53	1986-87
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
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
Trent Tucker	70	24.2	11.4	0.7	1.2	1.9	2.4	1.7	0.2	1.1	2.4	4.6	9.9	.470	1.0	2.3	.422	1.1	1.4	.762
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
Trent Tucker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	George Mikan	Trent Tucker
Season	1953-54	1987-88
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Trent Tucker	71	17.6	7.1	0.5	1.2	1.7	1.6	0.7	0.1	0.7	2.2	2.7	6.4	.424	1.0	2.4	.413	0.7	1.0	.718
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
Trent Tucker	4	17.8	6.3	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.3	1.0	2.0	4.8	.421	1.5	3.3	.462	0.8	1.0	.750

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

Season 11
	George Mikan	Trent Tucker
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trent Tucker	69	13.2	5.2	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.9	2.1	4.3	.485	0.8	1.9	.397	0.3	0.3	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trent Tucker	19	10.9	2.8	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.8	1.0	2.4	.413	0.6	1.4	.462	0.2	0.3	.500