Maxi Kleber vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Maxi Kleber, 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.

Maxi Kleber and George Mikan both played 7 years in the NBA. Maxi Kleber had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while George Mikan had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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
	Maxi Kleber	George Mikan
Season	2017-18	1948-49
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Maxi Kleber	72	16.8	5.4	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.4	1.6	2.1	4.3	.489	0.6	1.8	.313	0.6	0.8	.746
George Mikan	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maxi Kleber	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Maxi Kleber	George Mikan
Season	2018-19	1949-50
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Maxi Kleber	71	21.2	6.8	1.3	3.4	4.6	1.0	0.5	1.1	0.8	2.0	2.5	5.4	.453	1.1	3.1	.353	0.8	1.0	.784
George Mikan	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maxi Kleber	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Maxi Kleber	George Mikan
Season	2019-20	1950-51
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Maxi Kleber	74	25.5	9.1	1.5	3.7	5.2	1.2	0.3	1.1	0.8	2.4	3.2	6.9	.461	1.6	4.3	.373	1.1	1.3	.849
George Mikan	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maxi Kleber	6	33.8	6.7	1.7	4.8	6.5	1.5	0.3	1.2	0.7	3.3	2.2	6.5	.333	0.8	4.3	.192	1.5	2.0	.750
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Maxi Kleber	George Mikan
Season	2020-21	1951-52
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Maxi Kleber	50	26.8	7.1	0.9	4.3	5.2	1.4	0.5	0.7	0.6	2.1	2.3	5.5	.422	1.7	4.2	.410	0.7	0.7	.919
George Mikan	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maxi Kleber	7	26.7	5.3	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.1	2.7	1.7	4.3	.400	1.1	2.9	.400	0.7	1.0	.714
George Mikan	13	42.5	23.6	-	-	15.9	2.8	-	-	-	4.8	7.6	20.1	.379	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.790

Season 5
	Maxi Kleber	George Mikan
Season	2021-22	1952-53
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 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		%
Maxi Kleber	59	24.6	7.0	1.2	4.7	5.9	1.2	0.5	1.0	0.8	2.3	2.4	6.0	.398	1.4	4.3	.325	0.8	1.1	.708
George Mikan	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maxi Kleber	18	25.4	8.7	0.8	3.7	4.6	1.1	0.2	0.8	0.6	2.7	3.0	5.9	.509	1.9	4.3	.436	0.8	1.2	.714
George Mikan	12	38.6	19.8	-	-	15.4	1.9	-	-	-	4.7	6.5	17.8	.366	-	-	-	6.8	9.3	.732

Season 6
	Maxi Kleber	George Mikan
Season	2022-23	1953-54
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Maxi Kleber	37	25.1	5.9	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.4	0.3	0.8	0.7	2.3	2.1	4.6	.456	1.1	3.0	.348	0.7	1.0	.711
George Mikan	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Maxi Kleber	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	13	32.6	19.4	-	-	13.2	1.9	-	-	-	4.3	6.7	14.6	.458	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.813

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