Sherman Douglas vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Sherman Douglas, 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.

Sherman Douglas played 12 years in the NBA, 5 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Sherman Douglas had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12
Rookie Season
	Sherman Douglas	George Mikan
Season	1989-90	1948-49
Team	Miami Heat	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Rookie 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		%
Sherman Douglas	81	30.5	14.3	0.9	1.7	2.5	7.6	1.8	0.1	3.0	2.3	5.7	11.6	.494	0.1	0.4	.161	2.8	4.0	.687
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		%
Sherman Douglas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Sherman Douglas	George Mikan
Season	1990-91	1949-50
Team	Miami Heat	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		%
Sherman Douglas	73	35.1	18.5	1.1	1.8	2.9	8.5	1.7	0.1	3.7	2.4	7.3	14.5	.504	0.1	0.4	.129	3.9	5.7	.686
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		%
Sherman Douglas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Sherman Douglas	George Mikan
Season	1991-92	1950-51
Team	Miami Heat, Boston Celtics	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Sherman Douglas	42	17.9	7.3	0.3	1.2	1.5	4.1	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.9	2.8	6.0	.462	0.0	0.2	.100	1.7	2.5	.682
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		%
Sherman Douglas	6	10.8	3.2	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.5	4.2	.360	0.0	0.3	.000	0.2	0.3	.500
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Sherman Douglas	George Mikan
Season	1992-93	1951-52
Team	Boston Celtics	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Sherman Douglas	79	24.5	7.8	0.8	1.2	2.1	6.4	0.6	0.1	2.0	2.1	3.3	6.7	.498	0.1	0.4	.207	1.1	1.9	.560
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		%
Sherman Douglas	4	41.5	11.0	3.0	3.5	6.5	9.5	1.0	0.0	3.0	2.5	4.3	11.3	.378	0.0	0.8	.000	2.5	3.8	.667
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
	Sherman Douglas	George Mikan
Season	1993-94	1952-53
Team	Boston Celtics	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Sherman Douglas	78	35.8	13.3	0.9	1.6	2.5	8.8	1.1	0.1	3.0	2.2	5.4	11.8	.462	0.2	0.7	.232	2.3	3.5	.641
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		%
Sherman Douglas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Sherman Douglas	George Mikan
Season	1994-95	1953-54
Team	Boston Celtics	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Sherman Douglas	65	31.5	14.7	0.7	1.9	2.6	6.9	1.2	0.0	2.5	2.3	5.6	11.8	.475	0.3	1.3	.244	3.1	4.6	.689
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		%
Sherman Douglas	4	42.0	15.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	8.3	1.0	0.3	4.3	3.0	6.0	17.0	.353	1.0	3.0	.333	2.0	2.8	.727
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.