Tony Campbell vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Tony Campbell, 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.

Tony Campbell played 11 years in the NBA, 4 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Tony Campbell had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, 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
Rookie Season
	Tony Campbell	George Mikan
Season	1984-85	1948-49
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Tony Campbell	56	11.2	5.6	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.4	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.3	4.7	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.3	.800
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		%
Tony Campbell	2	4.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	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
	Tony Campbell	George Mikan
Season	1985-86	1949-50
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Tony Campbell	82	15.8	7.9	1.0	1.9	2.9	0.5	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.0	3.6	7.4	.484	0.0	0.1	.222	0.7	0.9	.795
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		%
Tony Campbell	2	8.0	4.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Tony Campbell	George Mikan
Season	1986-87	1950-51
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 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		%
Tony Campbell	40	8.3	3.5	0.5	0.9	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.0	1.4	3.6	.393	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	1.0	.615
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		%
Tony Campbell	4	3.3	2.3	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	1.5	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.5	0.5	1.000
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Tony Campbell	George Mikan
Season	1987-88	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		%
Tony Campbell	13	18.6	11.0	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.2	0.8	0.2	2.0	3.2	4.4	7.8	.564	0.1	0.2	.333	2.2	3.0	.718
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		%
Tony Campbell	15	6.3	3.1	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	1.1	1.2	2.8	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.1	.688
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
	Tony Campbell	George Mikan
Season	1988-89	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 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		%
Tony Campbell	63	12.5	6.2	0.8	1.2	2.1	0.7	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.7	2.5	5.5	.458	0.0	0.3	.095	1.1	1.3	.843
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		%
Tony Campbell	9	11.8	6.2	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.9	2.1	3.4	.613	0.2	0.4	.500	1.8	2.4	.727
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
	Tony Campbell	George Mikan
Season	1989-90	1953-54
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Tony Campbell	82	38.6	23.2	2.5	3.0	5.5	2.6	1.4	0.4	3.1	3.2	8.8	19.3	.457	0.1	0.7	.167	5.5	6.9	.787
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		%
Tony Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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.