George Mikan vs. Josh Richardson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Josh Richardson 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, 2 less than Josh Richardson, who played 9. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Josh Richardson had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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	Josh Richardson
Season	1948-49	2015-16
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat 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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Josh Richardson	52	21.3	6.6	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.4	0.7	0.5	0.7	2.1	2.4	5.2	.452	1.0	2.2	.461	0.8	1.2	.667
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
Josh Richardson	14	27.6	6.6	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.6	0.4	0.9	0.9	2.6	2.4	6.4	.371	1.2	3.3	.370	0.7	1.0	.714

Season 2
	George Mikan	Josh Richardson
Season	1949-50	2016-17
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Josh Richardson	53	30.5	10.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.6	1.1	0.7	1.2	2.5	3.8	9.7	.394	1.4	4.3	.330	1.1	1.5	.779
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
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	George Mikan	Josh Richardson
Season	1950-51	2017-18
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Heat 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	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Josh Richardson	81	33.2	12.9	0.9	2.7	3.5	2.9	1.5	0.9	1.7	2.5	4.9	10.9	.451	1.6	4.1	.378	1.5	1.8	.845
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
Josh Richardson	5	26.0	8.4	0.8	2.2	3.0	2.8	2.2	1.0	1.0	3.4	3.0	8.0	.375	1.2	3.8	.316	1.2	1.4	.857

Season 4
	George Mikan	Josh Richardson
Season	1951-52	2018-19
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Josh Richardson	73	34.8	16.6	0.7	2.9	3.6	4.1	1.1	0.5	1.5	2.7	5.8	14.1	.412	2.2	6.3	.357	2.7	3.2	.861
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
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	George Mikan	Josh Richardson
Season	1952-53	2019-20
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Josh Richardson	55	30.8	13.7	0.7	2.4	3.2	2.9	0.9	0.7	1.9	2.5	5.1	11.7	.430	1.5	4.5	.341	2.1	2.6	.809
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
Josh Richardson	4	36.0	16.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.3	0.5	0.5	2.0	3.0	5.0	14.0	.357	2.5	7.0	.357	4.3	4.5	.944

Season 6
	George Mikan	Josh Richardson
Season	1953-54	2020-21
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks Lost West 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	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Josh Richardson	59	30.3	12.1	0.9	2.4	3.3	2.6	1.0	0.4	1.3	2.2	4.5	10.5	.427	1.5	4.5	.330	1.7	1.8	.917
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
Josh Richardson	7	13.4	4.9	0.4	1.1	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.1	1.6	4.0	.393	0.4	1.4	.300	1.3	1.3	1.000

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