George Mikan vs. Wally Walker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wally Walker 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 less than Wally Walker, who played 8. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Wally Walker had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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	Wally Walker
Season	1948-49	1976-77
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Wally Walker	66	9.5	5.2	0.7	1.0	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	4.6	.449	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.670
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
Wally Walker	10	8.3	4.3	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	3.6	.556	-	-	-	0.3	0.7	.429

Season 2
	George Mikan	Wally Walker
Season	1949-50	1977-78
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers, Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Wally Walker	77	14.3	6.3	1.1	1.7	2.8	1.0	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.8	2.6	6.0	.443	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.625
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
Wally Walker	20	13.1	4.7	1.0	0.9	1.9	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.9	2.6	1.8	4.3	.424	-	-	-	1.1	1.3	.808

Season 3
	George Mikan	Wally Walker
Season	1950-51	1978-79
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
George Mikan	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Wally Walker	60	16.2	6.6	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.2	0.2	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.8	5.7	.490	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.604
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
Wally Walker	13	6.5	1.1	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	0.5	1.2	.375	-	-	-	0.2	0.3	.500

Season 4
	George Mikan	Wally Walker
Season	1951-52	1979-80
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics Lost West 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
Wally Walker	70	12.1	4.7	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.5	2.0	3.9	.507	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.9	.750
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
Wally Walker	13	12.1	4.2	1.2	1.1	2.2	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.4	1.5	1.4	2.7	.514	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.750

Season 5
	George Mikan	Wally Walker
Season	1952-53	1980-81
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Wally Walker	82	21.9	8.4	1.3	2.6	3.8	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.0	3.5	7.6	.463	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.1	.645
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
Wally Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	George Mikan	Wally Walker
Season	1953-54	1981-82
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Wally Walker	70	28.1	9.9	1.5	2.8	4.4	3.1	0.5	0.4	1.6	3.1	4.3	9.0	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.672
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
Wally Walker	8	19.6	4.9	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.9	0.5	0.5	0.9	3.3	2.4	5.6	.422	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.5	.250

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