Bob Davies vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Bob Davies, 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.

Bob Davies and George Mikan both played 7 years in the NBA. Bob Davies 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7
Rookie Season
	Bob Davies	George Mikan
Season	1948-49	1948-49
Team	Rochester Royals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	Assists Leader	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost West 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		%
Bob Davies	60	-	15.1	-	-	-	5.4	-	-	-	3.3	5.3	14.5	.364	-	-	-	4.5	5.8	.776
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		%
Bob Davies	4	-	12.0	-	-	-	3.3	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	12.8	.373	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.769
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Bob Davies	George Mikan
Season	1949-50	1949-50
Team	Rochester Royals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Royals Lost Cent Div 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		%
Bob Davies	64	-	14.0	-	-	-	4.6	-	-	-	2.9	5.0	13.9	.357	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.752
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		%
Bob Davies	2	-	7.5	-	-	-	4.5	-	-	-	5.5	2.0	8.5	.235	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	.875
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Bob Davies	George Mikan
Season	1950-51	1950-51
Team	Rochester Royals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Bob Davies	63	-	15.2	-	-	3.1	4.6	-	-	-	3.3	5.2	13.9	.372	-	-	-	4.8	6.0	.795
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		%
Bob Davies	14	-	15.9	-	-	3.1	5.4	-	-	-	3.2	5.6	16.7	.338	-	-	-	4.6	5.7	.800
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Bob Davies	George Mikan
Season	1951-52	1951-52
Team	Rochester Royals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West 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		%
Bob Davies	65	36.8	16.2	-	-	2.9	6.0	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	15.2	.383	-	-	-	4.5	5.8	.776
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		%
Bob Davies	6	38.8	19.8	-	-	2.2	4.7	-	-	-	3.0	6.2	15.3	.402	-	-	-	7.5	9.2	.818
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
	Bob Davies	George Mikan
Season	1952-53	1952-53
Team	Rochester Royals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
Bob Davies	66	33.6	15.6	-	-	3.0	4.2	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	13.3	.385	-	-	-	5.3	7.1	.753
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		%
Bob Davies	3	30.3	8.7	-	-	1.3	4.7	-	-	-	3.7	2.0	9.7	.207	-	-	-	4.7	6.7	.700
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
	Bob Davies	George Mikan
Season	1953-54	1953-54
Team	Rochester Royals	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West 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		%
Bob Davies	72	29.7	12.3	-	-	2.7	4.5	-	-	-	3.1	4.0	10.8	.371	-	-	-	4.3	6.0	.718
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		%
Bob Davies	6	28.7	8.5	-	-	2.0	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	2.8	8.7	.327	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.739
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.