Jeff Ayres vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Jeff Ayres, 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.

Jeff Ayres played 6 years in the NBA, 1 less than George Mikan, who played 7. Jeff Ayres had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
	Jeff Ayres	George Mikan
Season	2009-10	1948-49
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jeff Ayres	39	10.4	2.7	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.3	1.9	1.1	1.7	.662	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	.900
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		%
Jeff Ayres	3	5.7	2.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Note: Jeff Ayres didn't play in 2010-11.

Season 2
	Jeff Ayres	George Mikan
Season	2011-12	1949-50
Team	Indiana Pacers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jeff Ayres	20	5.3	1.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.8	1.8	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.571
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		%
Jeff Ayres	4	2.3	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Jeff Ayres	George Mikan
Season	2012-13	1950-51
Team	Indiana Pacers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Jeff Ayres	37	10.0	3.9	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.6	3.4	.484	0.1	0.1	.500	0.6	0.6	.913
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		%
Jeff Ayres	9	7.9	1.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	1.6	0.9	2.7	.333	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	-
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Jeff Ayres	George Mikan
Season	2013-14	1951-52
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Jeff Ayres	73	13.0	3.3	1.2	2.3	3.5	0.8	0.2	0.3	0.9	2.0	1.4	2.4	.580	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.691
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		%
Jeff Ayres	17	3.8	1.0	0.4	0.8	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.8	.462	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.625
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
	Jeff Ayres	George Mikan
Season	2014-15	1952-53
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jeff Ayres	51	7.5	2.7	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.2	1.1	1.9	.579	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.750
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		%
Jeff Ayres	3	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Jeff Ayres	George Mikan
Season	2015-16	1953-54
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jeff Ayres	17	6.3	1.8	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.1	0.7	1.4	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000
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		%
Jeff Ayres	2	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
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.