Mike McGee vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Mike McGee, 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.

Mike McGee played 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Mike McGee had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, 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
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Rookie Season
	Mike McGee	George Mikan
Season	1981-82	1948-49
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers
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		%
Mike McGee	39	9.0	4.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.5	2.1	4.4	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.4	.585
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		%
Mike McGee	4	2.5	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.5	3.3	.462	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Mike McGee	George Mikan
Season	1982-83	1949-50
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Mike McGee	39	9.8	4.0	0.8	0.5	1.4	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.3	1.8	4.2	.423	0.0	0.2	.143	0.4	0.6	.739
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		%
Mike McGee	6	4.2	2.0	0.8	0.3	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.8	0.7	1.8	.364	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.5	0.7	.750
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Mike McGee	George Mikan
Season	1983-84	1950-51
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Mike McGee	77	18.5	9.8	1.5	1.0	2.5	1.1	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.3	4.5	7.6	.594	0.0	0.2	.167	0.8	1.5	.540
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		%
Mike McGee	17	21.8	12.4	1.3	0.7	2.0	1.4	0.6	0.1	1.6	3.1	5.3	9.2	.573	0.4	1.0	.353	1.5	2.3	.641
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Mike McGee	George Mikan
Season	1984-85	1951-52
Team	Los Angeles 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		%
Mike McGee	76	15.4	10.2	1.3	0.9	2.2	0.9	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.9	4.3	8.1	.538	0.3	0.8	.361	1.2	2.1	.588
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		%
Mike McGee	17	15.3	11.2	1.2	0.9	2.1	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.5	4.5	8.4	.535	0.5	1.1	.500	1.7	2.5	.690
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
	Mike McGee	George Mikan
Season	1985-86	1952-53
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Mike McGee	71	17.1	8.3	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.2	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.8	3.5	7.7	.463	0.6	1.6	.360	0.6	0.9	.656
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		%
Mike McGee	6	4.7	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.3	3.0	.444	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.7	.000
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
	Mike McGee	George Mikan
Season	1986-87	1953-54
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mike McGee	76	18.7	10.4	0.9	1.2	2.1	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.4	2.1	4.1	8.9	.459	1.1	3.0	.376	1.1	1.8	.584
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		%
Mike McGee	8	12.6	3.4	1.1	1.4	2.5	1.9	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.3	4.9	.256	0.3	1.8	.143	0.6	1.3	.500
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.