George Mikan vs. Kelly Olynyk Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kelly Olynyk 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, 4 less than Kelly Olynyk, who played 11. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Kelly Olynyk had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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	Kelly Olynyk
Season	1948-49	2013-14
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Kelly Olynyk	70	20.0	8.7	2.0	3.2	5.2	1.6	0.5	0.4	1.5	3.2	3.3	7.2	.466	0.6	1.6	.351	1.4	1.7	.811
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
Kelly Olynyk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Kelly Olynyk
Season	1949-50	2014-15
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Kelly Olynyk	64	22.2	10.3	1.4	3.3	4.7	1.7	1.0	0.6	1.5	3.3	3.9	8.3	.475	1.0	2.7	.349	1.5	2.1	.684
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
Kelly Olynyk	4	13.3	4.5	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	3.0	1.8	3.3	.538	0.8	1.5	.500	0.3	0.5	.500

Season 3
	George Mikan	Kelly Olynyk
Season	1950-51	2015-16
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Celtics 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
Kelly Olynyk	69	20.2	10.0	1.0	3.0	4.1	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.1	2.4	3.7	8.1	.455	1.2	3.0	.405	1.4	1.9	.750
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
Kelly Olynyk	4	8.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.8	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.3	0.3	2.3	.111	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	George Mikan	Kelly Olynyk
Season	1951-52	2016-17
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf 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
Kelly Olynyk	75	20.5	9.0	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.0	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.8	3.5	6.8	.512	0.9	2.6	.354	1.2	1.6	.732
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
Kelly Olynyk	18	19.2	9.2	0.8	2.4	3.2	1.9	0.7	0.8	1.2	2.6	3.6	6.9	.512	0.8	2.6	.319	1.2	1.7	.733

Season 5
	George Mikan	Kelly Olynyk
Season	1952-53	2017-18
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Kelly Olynyk	76	23.4	11.5	1.2	4.5	5.7	2.7	0.8	0.5	1.9	2.9	4.2	8.4	.497	1.4	3.7	.379	1.8	2.3	.770
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
Kelly Olynyk	5	29.2	12.8	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.8	1.4	1.2	1.6	3.8	4.2	8.8	.477	1.6	3.8	.421	2.8	4.0	.700

Season 6
	George Mikan	Kelly Olynyk
Season	1953-54	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	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Kelly Olynyk	79	22.9	10.0	0.9	3.8	4.7	1.8	0.7	0.5	1.4	2.3	3.3	7.1	.463	1.4	4.0	.354	1.9	2.3	.822
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
Kelly Olynyk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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