Cliff Hagan vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Cliff Hagan, 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.

Cliff Hagan played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Cliff Hagan had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, 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
	Cliff Hagan	George Mikan
Season	1956-57	1948-49
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA 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		%
Cliff Hagan	67	14.5	5.5	-	-	3.7	1.3	-	-	-	2.5	2.0	5.5	.361	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.690
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		%
Cliff Hagan	10	31.9	17.0	-	-	11.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.7	6.2	14.3	.434	-	-	-	4.6	6.3	.730
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Cliff Hagan	George Mikan
Season	1957-58	1949-50
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	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		%
Cliff Hagan	70	31.3	19.9	-	-	10.1	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	7.2	16.2	.443	-	-	-	5.5	7.2	.768
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		%
Cliff Hagan	11	38.0	27.7	-	-	10.5	3.4	-	-	-	4.4	10.1	20.1	.502	-	-	-	7.5	9.0	.838
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Cliff Hagan	George Mikan
Season	1958-59	1950-51
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Cliff Hagan	72	37.5	23.7	-	-	10.9	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	19.7	.456	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.774
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		%
Cliff Hagan	6	43.2	28.5	-	-	12.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	20.5	.512	-	-	-	7.5	9.0	.833
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Cliff Hagan	George Mikan
Season	1959-60	1951-52
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA 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		%
Cliff Hagan	75	37.3	24.8	-	-	10.7	4.0	-	-	-	3.6	9.6	20.7	.464	-	-	-	5.6	7.0	.803
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		%
Cliff Hagan	14	38.9	24.2	-	-	9.9	3.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.9	21.1	.422	-	-	-	6.4	7.8	.817
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
	Cliff Hagan	George Mikan
Season	1960-61	1952-53
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA 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		%
Cliff Hagan	77	35.1	22.1	-	-	9.3	4.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.6	19.4	.444	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.820
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		%
Cliff Hagan	12	37.9	22.0	-	-	9.8	4.5	-	-	-	3.8	8.7	19.6	.443	-	-	-	4.7	5.8	.812
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
	Cliff Hagan	George Mikan
Season	1961-62	1953-54
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	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		%
Cliff Hagan	77	36.2	22.9	-	-	8.2	4.8	-	-	-	3.7	9.1	19.4	.470	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.825
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		%
Cliff Hagan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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.