Bill Hanzlik vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Bill Hanzlik, 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.

Bill Hanzlik played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Bill Hanzlik had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Bill Hanzlik	10	9	1980-81 to 1989-90
George Mikan	7	7	1948-49 to 1955-56

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Bill Hanzlik	George Mikan
Season	1980-81	1948-49
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Scoring Leader
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	74	17.0	5.4	0.9	1.2	2.1	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.3	1.9	3.9	.478	0.0	0.1	.200	1.6	2.0	.793
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Bill Hanzlik	George Mikan
Season	1981-82	1949-50
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	81	24.4	5.8	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.3	1.0	0.4	1.3	3.1	2.1	4.4	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.784
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	8	25.4	6.5	1.3	2.8	4.0	2.5	0.8	0.6	1.6	3.3	2.0	4.3	.471	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	2.8	.909
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Bill Hanzlik	George Mikan
Season	1982-83	1950-51
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	82	18.9	6.1	1.0	1.9	2.9	3.3	0.9	0.2	1.8	2.7	2.3	5.3	.428	0.0	0.1	.143	1.5	2.0	.781
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	8	19.6	6.8	0.4	2.8	3.1	2.6	0.8	0.6	1.4	3.3	2.5	6.3	.400	0.0	0.3	.000	1.8	2.1	.824
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Bill Hanzlik	George Mikan
Season	1983-84	1951-52
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	80	18.4	5.4	0.8	1.7	2.6	3.2	0.9	0.2	1.4	3.2	1.7	3.8	.431	0.0	0.2	.250	2.1	2.6	.807
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	5	16.4	5.6	0.6	1.0	1.6	4.2	0.6	0.0	1.2	3.2	2.2	3.8	.579	0.0	0.4	.000	1.2	1.2	1.000
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
	Bill Hanzlik	George Mikan
Season	1984-85	1952-53
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	80	20.9	7.8	1.1	1.5	2.6	2.6	1.1	0.3	1.4	3.6	2.8	6.5	.421	0.0	0.2	.067	2.3	3.0	.756
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	15	20.7	8.0	1.6	1.5	3.1	2.2	0.9	0.4	1.5	3.8	3.0	6.1	.489	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.732
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
	Bill Hanzlik	George Mikan
Season	1985-86	1953-54
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	79	25.1	12.5	1.1	2.2	3.3	4.0	1.4	0.2	2.1	3.5	4.2	9.4	.447	0.1	0.5	.195	4.0	5.1	.785
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	6	17.0	7.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	3.2	0.2	0.2	1.2	2.0	2.5	4.7	.536	0.2	0.2	1.000	2.2	2.7	.813
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
	Bill Hanzlik	George Mikan
Season	1986-87	1955-56
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	73	27.3	13.0	1.1	2.4	3.5	3.8	1.2	0.4	1.8	3.4	4.2	10.2	.412	0.3	1.1	.275	4.3	5.5	.786
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		%
Bill Hanzlik	3	25.3	8.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.3	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.7	8.3	.320	0.0	0.7	.000	3.0	5.0	.600
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
	Bill Hanzlik	George Mikan
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	77	17.3	4.5	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.4	1.4	3.7	.380	0.0	0.2	.188	1.7	2.1	.791
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Hanzlik	11	19.3	5.3	1.0	1.6	2.6	2.4	0.5	0.8	1.3	3.6	1.8	5.1	.357	0.0	0.7	.000	1.6	2.4	.692
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Bill Hanzlik	George Mikan
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	41	17.1	4.9	0.4	1.8	2.3	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.3	2.0	1.6	3.7	.437	0.0	0.1	.200	1.7	2.1	.782
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Hanzlik	3	35.3	12.7	2.0	4.7	6.7	3.0	1.7	0.3	0.7	4.3	4.7	11.0	.424	1.0	2.0	.500	2.3	4.0	.583
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Bill Hanzlik	George Mikan
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Bill Hanzlik	81	19.8	6.2	0.8	1.7	2.6	2.3	1.0	0.4	1.1	3.1	2.2	4.9	.452	0.1	0.4	.194	1.7	2.3	.743
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Hanzlik	3	26.3	7.0	1.7	1.7	3.3	3.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	4.3	1.7	5.7	.294	0.3	1.0	.333	3.3	3.3	1.000
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bill Hanzlik vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Bill Hanzlik, 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