Mike Bibby vs. Vern Mikkelsen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Vern Mikkelsen and Mike Bibby, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Mike Bibby played 14 years in the NBA, 4 more than Vern Mikkelsen, who played 10. Mike Bibby had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Vern Mikkelsen had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Mike Bibby	14	10	1998-99 to 2011-12
Vern Mikkelsen	10	9	1949-50 to 1958-59

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mike Bibby	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	1998-99	1949-50
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mike Bibby	50	35.2	13.2	0.6	2.1	2.7	6.5	1.6	0.1	2.9	2.4	5.2	12.1	.430	0.3	1.5	.203	2.5	3.4	.751
Vern Mikkelsen	68	-	11.6	-	-	-	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	10.6	.399	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vern Mikkelsen	12	-	13.0	-	-	-	1.5	-	-	-	4.3	4.6	12.4	.369	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.767


Season 2
	Mike Bibby	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	1999-00	1950-51
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mike Bibby	82	38.5	14.5	0.9	2.8	3.7	8.1	1.6	0.2	3.0	2.1	5.6	12.6	.445	0.9	2.6	.363	2.4	3.0	.780
Vern Mikkelsen	64	-	14.1	-	-	10.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.1	5.6	14.0	.402	-	-	-	2.9	4.3	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vern Mikkelsen	7	-	15.6	-	-	9.6	2.4	-	-	-	5.0	5.6	13.7	.406	-	-	-	4.4	6.7	.660


Season 3
	Mike Bibby	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	2000-01	1951-52
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mike Bibby	82	38.9	15.9	0.6	3.1	3.7	8.4	1.3	0.1	3.0	1.8	6.4	14.1	.454	1.3	3.5	.379	1.7	2.3	.761
Vern Mikkelsen	66	35.5	15.3	-	-	10.3	2.7	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	13.1	.419	-	-	-	4.3	5.6	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vern Mikkelsen	13	38.1	13.3	-	-	8.5	1.5	-	-	-	5.1	4.6	10.7	.432	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	.828


Season 4
	Mike Bibby	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	2001-02	1952-53
Team	Sacramento Kings	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 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		%
Mike Bibby	80	33.2	13.7	0.5	2.3	2.8	5.0	1.1	0.2	1.7	1.7	5.6	12.3	.453	0.6	1.7	.370	1.9	2.4	.803
Vern Mikkelsen	70	35.2	15.0	-	-	9.3	2.1	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	12.4	.435	-	-	-	4.2	5.5	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	16	41.3	20.3	0.9	2.9	3.8	5.0	1.4	0.2	2.3	1.9	7.1	16.1	.444	1.6	3.7	.424	4.4	5.4	.826
Vern Mikkelsen	12	33.3	12.0	-	-	8.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.9	3.7	11.1	.331	-	-	-	4.7	5.5	.848


Season 5
	Mike Bibby	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	2002-03	1953-54
Team	Sacramento Kings	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West 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		%
Mike Bibby	55	33.4	15.9	0.6	2.1	2.7	5.2	1.3	0.1	2.3	1.7	6.0	12.7	.470	1.0	2.5	.409	2.9	3.4	.861
Vern Mikkelsen	72	31.2	11.1	-	-	8.5	1.7	-	-	-	3.7	4.0	10.7	.374	-	-	-	3.1	4.1	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	12	33.5	12.7	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.0	1.2	0.4	1.5	2.6	4.8	11.3	.422	0.9	3.3	.282	2.3	2.8	.794
Vern Mikkelsen	13	28.8	10.2	-	-	5.6	1.3	-	-	-	4.0	3.9	8.5	.459	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	.861


Season 6
	Mike Bibby	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	2003-04	1954-55
Team	Sacramento Kings	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Mike Bibby	82	36.3	18.4	0.8	2.6	3.4	5.4	1.4	0.2	2.1	1.8	6.4	14.3	.450	1.8	4.6	.392	3.7	4.5	.815
Vern Mikkelsen	71	36.0	18.7	-	-	10.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.5	6.2	14.7	.422	-	-	-	6.3	8.4	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	12	41.7	20.0	0.8	3.4	4.2	7.0	1.9	0.4	2.9	3.3	7.0	16.3	.429	2.0	4.6	.436	4.0	4.6	.873
Vern Mikkelsen	7	29.9	13.7	-	-	11.1	1.9	-	-	-	5.1	4.3	12.1	.353	-	-	-	5.1	6.6	.783


Season 7
	Mike Bibby	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	2004-05	1955-56
Team	Sacramento Kings	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mike Bibby	80	38.6	19.6	1.0	3.2	4.2	6.8	1.6	0.4	2.5	2.4	7.0	15.8	.443	1.6	4.6	.360	4.0	5.2	.775
Vern Mikkelsen	72	29.2	13.4	-	-	8.4	2.4	-	-	-	4.4	4.4	11.4	.386	-	-	-	4.6	5.7	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	5	40.4	19.6	1.0	3.4	4.4	6.6	1.4	0.4	2.6	2.2	7.2	18.4	.391	1.0	4.6	.217	4.2	5.4	.778
Vern Mikkelsen	3	30.0	13.3	-	-	5.7	0.7	-	-	-	4.7	3.7	8.7	.423	-	-	-	6.0	6.7	.900


Season 8
	Mike Bibby	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	2005-06	1956-57
Team	Sacramento Kings	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mike Bibby	82	38.6	21.1	0.4	2.6	2.9	5.4	1.0	0.1	2.4	2.1	7.3	16.9	.432	2.3	6.1	.386	4.2	4.9	.849
Vern Mikkelsen	72	30.5	13.7	-	-	8.8	1.7	-	-	-	4.3	4.5	11.9	.377	-	-	-	4.8	5.9	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	6	42.5	16.7	1.0	2.8	3.8	5.2	1.5	0.0	3.0	2.8	5.3	15.3	.348	1.5	4.3	.346	4.5	5.0	.900
Vern Mikkelsen	5	32.4	17.6	-	-	8.6	3.4	-	-	-	5.8	6.6	16.6	.398	-	-	-	4.4	6.8	.647


Season 9
	Mike Bibby	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	2006-07	1957-58
Team	Sacramento Kings	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mike Bibby	82	34.0	17.1	0.5	2.7	3.2	4.7	1.1	0.1	2.4	1.7	5.7	14.2	.404	2.1	5.9	.360	3.5	4.2	.830
Vern Mikkelsen	72	33.2	17.3	-	-	11.2	2.3	-	-	-	4.2	6.1	14.9	.410	-	-	-	5.1	6.5	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Mike Bibby	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	2007-08	1958-59
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
Mike Bibby	48	32.8	13.9	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.0	1.1	0.1	2.5	2.0	5.2	12.6	.411	1.9	5.2	.375	1.6	2.1	.780
Vern Mikkelsen	72	29.7	13.8	-	-	7.9	2.2	-	-	-	3.4	4.9	12.6	.390	-	-	-	4.0	4.9	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	7	36.0	10.3	0.4	2.7	3.1	3.1	0.6	0.3	1.9	1.7	3.1	9.3	.338	1.0	3.4	.292	3.0	4.6	.656
Vern Mikkelsen	13	28.5	15.5	-	-	7.2	1.8	-	-	-	4.2	5.6	13.6	.412	-	-	-	4.3	5.6	.767


Season 11
	Mike Bibby	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Mike Bibby	79	34.7	14.9	0.5	3.0	3.5	5.0	1.2	0.1	1.6	1.8	5.5	12.7	.435	2.1	5.4	.390	1.7	2.2	.789
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	11	35.5	13.2	0.5	2.8	3.4	4.2	0.9	0.2	2.2	3.1	4.5	9.6	.462	2.4	4.4	.542	1.9	2.0	.955
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Mike Bibby	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Mike Bibby	80	27.4	9.1	0.3	2.1	2.3	3.9	0.8	0.0	1.1	2.0	3.4	8.1	.416	1.6	4.1	.389	0.9	1.0	.861
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	11	26.5	8.5	0.5	2.1	2.5	2.5	0.8	0.0	1.1	2.4	3.3	7.3	.450	1.3	3.1	.412	0.6	0.9	.700
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Mike Bibby	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Washington Wizards, Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Mike Bibby	80	28.6	8.6	0.2	2.2	2.4	3.3	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.2	3.1	7.2	.431	1.9	4.4	.440	0.5	0.8	.629
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	20	20.8	3.7	0.3	1.6	1.8	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.9	1.5	1.4	4.8	.281	0.9	3.3	.258	0.1	0.2	.500
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Mike Bibby	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	2011-12	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Mike Bibby	39	14.3	2.6	0.1	1.4	1.5	2.1	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.2	0.9	3.2	.282	0.7	2.2	.318	0.2	0.2	.750
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Bibby	5	23.6	5.4	0.6	3.6	4.2	2.6	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.4	1.8	4.6	.391	1.4	3.4	.412	0.4	0.6	.667
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mike Bibby vs. Vern Mikkelsen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Vern Mikkelsen and Mike Bibby, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14