George Mikan vs. Iman Shumpert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Iman Shumpert and George Mikan, 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.

George Mikan played 7 years in the NBA, 3 less than Iman Shumpert, who played 10. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Iman Shumpert had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
	George Mikan	Iman Shumpert
Season	1948-49	2011-12
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Iman Shumpert	59	28.9	9.5	0.7	2.4	3.2	2.8	1.7	0.1	1.9	2.9	3.6	9.1	.401	0.8	2.7	.306	1.5	1.8	.798
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802
Iman Shumpert	1	19.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Iman Shumpert
Season	1949-50	2012-13
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Iman Shumpert	45	22.1	6.8	0.7	2.3	3.0	1.7	1.0	0.2	0.8	2.2	2.4	6.1	.396	1.1	2.8	.402	0.8	1.0	.766
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788
Iman Shumpert	12	28.1	9.3	1.5	4.5	6.0	1.3	1.1	0.3	1.2	3.0	3.4	8.3	.410	1.5	3.5	.429	1.0	1.2	.857

Season 3
	George Mikan	Iman Shumpert
Season	1950-51	2013-14
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Iman Shumpert	74	26.5	6.7	1.1	3.1	4.2	1.7	1.2	0.2	1.1	2.8	2.5	6.5	.378	1.0	3.1	.333	0.7	1.0	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800
Iman Shumpert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	George Mikan	Iman Shumpert
Season	1951-52	2014-15
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
George Mikan	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Iman Shumpert	62	24.9	8.0	0.9	2.7	3.6	2.2	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.2	3.1	7.6	.410	1.1	3.2	.342	0.7	1.0	.672
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	13	42.5	23.6	-	-	15.9	2.8	-	-	-	4.8	7.6	20.1	.379	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.790
Iman Shumpert	20	34.8	9.1	1.2	3.8	4.9	1.2	1.3	0.8	0.7	2.5	3.0	8.2	.360	1.7	4.7	.355	1.5	2.0	.750

Season 5
	George Mikan	Iman Shumpert
Season	1952-53	2015-16
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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		%
George Mikan	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Iman Shumpert	54	24.4	5.8	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.7	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.2	2.1	5.6	.374	0.8	2.7	.295	0.7	0.9	.784
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	12	38.6	19.8	-	-	15.4	1.9	-	-	-	4.7	6.5	17.8	.366	-	-	-	6.8	9.3	.732
Iman Shumpert	21	17.5	3.3	0.5	1.8	2.2	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.7	1.2	2.9	.417	0.6	1.6	.382	0.3	0.5	.636

Season 6
	George Mikan	Iman Shumpert
Season	1953-54	2016-17
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
George Mikan	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Iman Shumpert	76	25.5	7.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	1.4	0.8	0.4	1.0	2.0	2.6	6.4	.411	1.2	3.4	.360	0.9	1.2	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	13	32.6	19.4	-	-	13.2	1.9	-	-	-	4.3	6.7	14.6	.458	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.813
Iman Shumpert	17	16.2	4.4	0.4	2.4	2.8	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.4	1.9	1.5	3.5	.417	0.6	1.5	.385	0.8	1.0	.824

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