Vern Mikkelsen vs. Duncan Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Duncan Robinson and Vern Mikkelsen, 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.

Vern Mikkelsen played 10 years in the NBA, 4 more than Duncan Robinson, who played 6. Vern Mikkelsen had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Duncan Robinson 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
	Vern Mikkelsen	Duncan Robinson
Season	1949-50	2018-19
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	68	-	11.6	-	-	-	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	10.6	.399	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.752
Duncan Robinson	15	10.7	3.3	0.1	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.2	3.1	.391	0.7	2.3	.286	0.3	0.4	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	12	-	13.0	-	-	-	1.5	-	-	-	4.3	4.6	12.4	.369	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.767
Duncan Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Vern Mikkelsen	Duncan Robinson
Season	1950-51	2019-20
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	64	-	14.1	-	-	10.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.1	5.6	14.0	.402	-	-	-	2.9	4.3	.676
Duncan Robinson	73	29.7	13.5	0.1	3.0	3.2	1.4	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.6	4.4	9.4	.470	3.7	8.3	.446	0.9	1.0	.931
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	7	-	15.6	-	-	9.6	2.4	-	-	-	5.0	5.6	13.7	.406	-	-	-	4.4	6.7	.660
Duncan Robinson	21	28.6	11.7	0.2	2.5	2.8	1.8	0.7	0.3	0.8	3.1	3.6	8.4	.426	3.0	7.4	.397	1.6	1.8	.868

Season 3
	Vern Mikkelsen	Duncan Robinson
Season	1951-52	2020-21
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat 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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	66	35.5	15.3	-	-	10.3	2.7	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	13.1	.419	-	-	-	4.3	5.6	.761
Duncan Robinson	72	31.4	13.1	0.1	3.4	3.5	1.8	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.5	4.4	10.0	.439	3.5	8.5	.408	0.9	1.0	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	13	38.1	13.3	-	-	8.5	1.5	-	-	-	5.1	4.6	10.7	.432	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	.828
Duncan Robinson	4	25.0	10.3	0.0	2.8	2.8	0.8	0.8	0.0	1.0	3.3	2.8	7.3	.379	2.5	6.8	.370	2.3	2.5	.900

Season 4
	Vern Mikkelsen	Duncan Robinson
Season	1952-53	2021-22
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East 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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	70	35.2	15.0	-	-	9.3	2.1	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	12.4	.435	-	-	-	4.2	5.5	.752
Duncan Robinson	79	25.9	10.9	0.3	2.3	2.6	1.6	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.5	3.7	9.2	.399	2.9	7.9	.372	0.6	0.8	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	12	33.3	12.0	-	-	8.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.9	3.7	11.1	.331	-	-	-	4.7	5.5	.848
Duncan Robinson	13	12.2	5.6	0.2	1.6	1.8	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.7	1.9	4.4	.439	1.4	3.6	.383	0.4	0.5	.833

Season 5
	Vern Mikkelsen	Duncan Robinson
Season	1953-54	2022-23
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	72	31.2	11.1	-	-	8.5	1.7	-	-	-	3.7	4.0	10.7	.374	-	-	-	3.1	4.1	.742
Duncan Robinson	42	16.4	6.4	0.2	1.5	1.6	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.8	2.1	5.6	.371	1.5	4.6	.328	0.7	0.8	.906
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	13	28.8	10.2	-	-	5.6	1.3	-	-	-	4.0	3.9	8.5	.459	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	.861
Duncan Robinson	23	18.2	9.0	0.0	1.4	1.5	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.6	3.3	6.9	.475	2.2	4.9	.442	0.3	0.3	.875

Season 6
	Vern Mikkelsen	Duncan Robinson
Season	1954-55	2023-24
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Heat 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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	71	36.0	18.7	-	-	10.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.5	6.2	14.7	.422	-	-	-	6.3	8.4	.747
Duncan Robinson	68	28.0	12.9	0.2	2.3	2.5	2.8	0.7	0.2	1.4	2.4	4.5	9.9	.450	2.8	7.0	.395	1.2	1.3	.889
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	7	29.9	13.7	-	-	11.1	1.9	-	-	-	5.1	4.3	12.1	.353	-	-	-	5.1	6.6	.783
Duncan Robinson	5	12.0	2.6	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.2	1.0	3.2	.313	0.6	2.6	.231	0.0	0.0	-

Season 7
	Vern Mikkelsen	Duncan Robinson
Season	1955-56	-
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	72	29.2	13.4	-	-	8.4	2.4	-	-	-	4.4	4.4	11.4	.386	-	-	-	4.6	5.7	.804
Duncan Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	3	30.0	13.3	-	-	5.7	0.7	-	-	-	4.7	3.7	8.7	.423	-	-	-	6.0	6.7	.900
Duncan Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Vern Mikkelsen	Duncan Robinson
Season	1956-57	-
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	72	30.5	13.7	-	-	8.8	1.7	-	-	-	4.3	4.5	11.9	.377	-	-	-	4.8	5.9	.807
Duncan Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	5	32.4	17.6	-	-	8.6	3.4	-	-	-	5.8	6.6	16.6	.398	-	-	-	4.4	6.8	.647
Duncan Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-