George Mikan vs. Landry Shamet Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Landry Shamet 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, 1 more than Landry Shamet, who played 6. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Landry Shamet had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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	Landry Shamet
Season	1948-49	2018-19
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers 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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Landry Shamet	79	22.8	9.1	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.6	2.0	3.0	7.1	.431	2.1	5.0	.422	0.9	1.2	.806
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
Landry Shamet	6	29.0	7.7	0.2	1.8	2.0	1.7	1.0	0.0	1.2	2.5	2.2	6.3	.342	1.7	5.2	.323	1.7	1.7	1.000

Season 2
	George Mikan	Landry Shamet
Season	1949-50	2019-20
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers Lost West 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
Landry Shamet	53	27.4	9.3	0.1	1.8	1.9	1.9	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.7	3.0	7.4	.404	2.1	5.6	.375	1.2	1.4	.855
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
Landry Shamet	13	18.7	5.2	0.0	1.7	1.7	1.3	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.4	1.8	4.5	.407	1.2	3.2	.357	0.4	0.5	.714

Season 3
	George Mikan	Landry Shamet
Season	1950-51	2020-21
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Nets 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	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Landry Shamet	61	23.0	9.3	0.2	1.7	1.8	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.5	3.0	7.5	.408	2.1	5.5	.387	1.1	1.3	.846
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
Landry Shamet	12	17.2	4.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.6	1.5	3.4	.439	0.8	2.2	.385	0.3	0.4	.800

Season 4
	George Mikan	Landry Shamet
Season	1951-52	2021-22
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns Lost West 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	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Landry Shamet	69	20.8	8.3	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.3	2.8	7.0	.394	1.8	4.8	.368	1.0	1.2	.840
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
Landry Shamet	12	16.0	4.3	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.6	4.0	.396	0.8	2.2	.346	0.4	0.6	.714

Season 5
	George Mikan	Landry Shamet
Season	1952-53	2022-23
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns Lost West 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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Landry Shamet	40	20.2	8.7	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.3	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.5	2.8	7.5	.377	1.9	5.0	.377	1.1	1.3	.882
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
Landry Shamet	10	18.4	4.8	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.5	1.7	4.5	.378	1.1	2.9	.379	0.3	0.4	.750

Season 6
	George Mikan	Landry Shamet
Season	1953-54	2023-24
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Washington Wizards
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
Landry Shamet	46	15.8	7.1	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.2	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.7	2.6	6.0	.431	1.2	3.4	.338	0.8	1.0	.826
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
Landry Shamet	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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