Tom Hawkins vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Tom Hawkins, 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.

Tom Hawkins played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Tom Hawkins had the first of his seasons in 1959-60, 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
	Tom Hawkins	George Mikan
Season	1959-60	1948-49
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Tom Hawkins	69	21.3	7.9	-	-	6.2	0.8	-	-	-	2.7	3.2	8.4	.380	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.646
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		%
Tom Hawkins	8	14.9	7.4	-	-	2.6	0.4	-	-	-	3.0	2.8	5.6	.489	-	-	-	1.9	2.3	.833
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Tom Hawkins	George Mikan
Season	1960-61	1949-50
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Tom Hawkins	78	23.7	9.7	-	-	6.1	1.1	-	-	-	2.7	4.0	9.2	.431	-	-	-	1.8	3.0	.596
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		%
Tom Hawkins	12	23.6	11.6	-	-	6.3	1.1	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	9.7	.466	-	-	-	2.6	3.9	.660
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Tom Hawkins	George Mikan
Season	1961-62	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		%
Tom Hawkins	79	24.1	9.1	-	-	6.5	1.2	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	8.9	.411	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.644
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		%
Tom Hawkins	13	15.6	4.2	-	-	5.1	1.5	-	-	-	2.6	1.7	4.7	.361	-	-	-	0.8	1.8	.417
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Tom Hawkins	George Mikan
Season	1962-63	1951-52
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Tom Hawkins	79	21.8	9.4	-	-	6.9	1.3	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	8.0	.471	-	-	-	1.9	3.1	.610
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		%
Tom Hawkins	12	22.0	10.5	-	-	6.8	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	3.8	7.6	.505	-	-	-	2.8	3.9	.723
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
	Tom Hawkins	George Mikan
Season	1963-64	1952-53
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Tom Hawkins	73	24.2	8.6	-	-	6.0	1.0	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	7.9	.441	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	.601
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		%
Tom Hawkins	10	27.3	10.1	-	-	9.3	1.1	-	-	-	3.8	4.3	9.7	.443	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.682
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
	Tom Hawkins	George Mikan
Season	1964-65	1953-54
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Tom Hawkins	79	23.6	7.0	-	-	6.0	1.0	-	-	-	3.0	2.8	6.8	.409	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	.569
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		%
Tom Hawkins	4	23.8	9.5	-	-	7.0	0.3	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	8.3	.515	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.800
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.