Harry Gallatin vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Harry Gallatin, 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.

Harry Gallatin played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Harry Gallatin had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while George Mikan had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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
	Harry Gallatin	George Mikan
Season	1948-49	1948-49
Team	New York Knicks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Harry Gallatin	52	-	8.3	-	-	-	1.2	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	9.2	.328	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	.710
George Mikan	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harry Gallatin	6	-	12.0	-	-	-	1.7	-	-	-	5.2	3.3	9.3	.357	-	-	-	5.3	6.5	.821
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Harry Gallatin	George Mikan
Season	1949-50	1949-50
Team	New York Knicks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Harry Gallatin	68	-	11.8	-	-	-	0.8	-	-	-	3.2	3.9	9.8	.396	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.757
George Mikan	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harry Gallatin	5	-	13.0	-	-	-	1.2	-	-	-	4.6	4.0	10.4	.385	-	-	-	5.0	6.4	.781
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Harry Gallatin	George Mikan
Season	1950-51	1950-51
Team	New York Knicks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Harry Gallatin	66	-	12.8	-	-	12.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.7	4.4	10.7	.416	-	-	-	3.9	5.4	.732
George Mikan	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harry Gallatin	14	-	11.8	-	-	11.6	1.9	-	-	-	4.1	3.5	10.0	.350	-	-	-	4.8	6.2	.770
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Harry Gallatin	George Mikan
Season	1951-52	1951-52
Team	New York Knicks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA 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		%
Harry Gallatin	66	29.3	11.2	-	-	10.0	1.7	-	-	-	3.4	3.5	8.0	.442	-	-	-	4.2	5.2	.806
George Mikan	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harry Gallatin	14	33.6	10.8	-	-	9.6	1.4	-	-	-	3.2	3.6	8.7	.410	-	-	-	3.6	4.7	.773
George Mikan	13	42.5	23.6	-	-	15.9	2.8	-	-	-	4.8	7.6	20.1	.379	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.790

Season 5
	Harry Gallatin	George Mikan
Season	1952-53	1952-53
Team	New York Knicks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA 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		%
Harry Gallatin	70	33.3	12.4	-	-	13.1	1.8	-	-	-	3.2	4.0	9.1	.444	-	-	-	4.3	6.1	.700
George Mikan	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harry Gallatin	11	27.5	10.5	-	-	10.9	1.4	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	7.8	.419	-	-	-	4.0	5.4	.746
George Mikan	12	38.6	19.8	-	-	15.4	1.9	-	-	-	4.7	6.5	17.8	.366	-	-	-	6.8	9.3	.732

Season 6
	Harry Gallatin	George Mikan
Season	1953-54	1953-54
Team	New York Knicks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost E Div Round Robin	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		%
Harry Gallatin	72	37.4	13.2	-	-	15.3	2.1	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	8.9	.404	-	-	-	6.0	7.7	.784
George Mikan	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harry Gallatin	4	37.8	13.5	-	-	15.3	1.5	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	8.8	.457	-	-	-	5.5	7.8	.710
George Mikan	13	32.6	19.4	-	-	13.2	1.9	-	-	-	4.3	6.7	14.6	.458	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.813

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

Season 7
	Harry Gallatin	George Mikan
Season	1954-55	1955-56
Team	New York Knicks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Harry Gallatin	72	35.4	14.6	-	-	13.8	2.4	-	-	-	2.9	4.6	11.9	.384	-	-	-	5.5	6.7	.814
George Mikan	37	20.7	10.5	-	-	8.3	1.4	-	-	-	4.1	4.0	10.1	.395	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harry Gallatin	3	36.0	18.3	-	-	14.7	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	6.3	14.0	.452	-	-	-	5.7	7.3	.773
George Mikan	3	20.0	12.0	-	-	9.3	1.7	-	-	-	4.7	4.3	11.7	.371	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.769

Season 8
	Harry Gallatin	George Mikan
Season	1955-56	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Harry Gallatin	72	33.0	13.9	-	-	10.3	2.3	-	-	-	3.1	4.5	11.6	.386	-	-	-	5.0	6.3	.787
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harry Gallatin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Harry Gallatin	George Mikan
Season	1956-57	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Harry Gallatin	72	27.0	15.0	-	-	10.1	1.2	-	-	-	2.8	4.6	11.3	.406	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.800
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Harry Gallatin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-