Craig Hodges vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Craig Hodges, 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.

Craig Hodges played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Craig Hodges had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, 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
Craig Hodges	10	7	1982-83 to 1991-92
George Mikan	7	7	1948-49 to 1955-56

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Craig Hodges	George Mikan
Season	1982-83	1948-49
Team	San Diego Clippers	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		%
Craig Hodges	76	26.6	9.9	0.7	0.9	1.6	3.6	1.1	0.1	2.1	2.5	4.2	9.3	.452	0.3	1.2	.222	1.2	1.7	.723
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		%
Craig Hodges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802


Season 2
	Craig Hodges	George Mikan
Season	1983-84	1949-50
Team	San Diego Clippers	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		%
Craig Hodges	76	20.7	7.8	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.5	0.8	0.0	1.1	2.2	3.4	7.5	.450	0.1	0.6	.217	0.9	1.2	.750
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		%
Craig Hodges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788


Season 3
	Craig Hodges	George Mikan
Season	1984-85	1950-51
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Craig Hodges	82	30.4	10.6	0.9	1.4	2.3	4.3	1.2	0.0	1.6	3.2	4.4	8.9	.490	0.6	1.6	.348	1.3	1.6	.815
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		%
Craig Hodges	8	27.0	8.0	0.3	1.4	1.6	3.3	1.5	0.1	2.3	3.6	3.5	9.6	.364	0.5	2.9	.174	0.5	0.6	.800
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800


Season 4
	Craig Hodges	George Mikan
Season	1985-86	1951-52
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Craig Hodges	66	26.3	10.8	0.6	1.2	1.8	3.5	1.1	0.0	1.3	2.4	4.3	8.6	.500	1.1	2.5	.451	1.1	1.3	.872
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		%
Craig Hodges	14	32.9	13.5	0.6	1.1	1.8	4.5	2.3	0.1	1.7	3.1	5.3	10.4	.510	1.0	2.2	.452	1.9	2.4	.794
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
	Craig Hodges	George Mikan
Season	1986-87	1952-53
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Craig Hodges	78	27.5	10.8	0.6	1.2	1.8	3.1	1.0	0.1	1.6	2.4	4.0	8.7	.462	1.1	2.9	.373	1.7	1.9	.891
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		%
Craig Hodges	12	18.8	7.9	0.9	0.9	1.8	1.7	0.8	0.2	0.3	1.3	3.3	6.4	.519	0.4	1.4	.294	0.8	0.9	.909
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
	Craig Hodges	George Mikan
Season	1987-88	1953-54
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Phoenix Suns	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First 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		%
Craig Hodges	66	21.9	9.5	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.3	0.7	0.0	1.2	1.8	3.7	7.9	.463	1.3	2.7	.491	0.9	1.1	.831
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		%
Craig Hodges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Craig Hodges	George Mikan
Season	1988-89	1955-56
Team	Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Craig Hodges	59	20.4	9.0	0.4	1.1	1.5	2.5	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.5	3.4	7.3	.472	1.3	3.1	.417	0.8	1.0	.842
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		%
Craig Hodges	17	32.6	11.2	0.5	1.0	1.5	3.6	1.3	0.2	1.4	3.2	4.3	10.4	.412	2.1	5.2	.398	0.6	0.8	.714
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
	Craig Hodges	George Mikan
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Craig Hodges	63	16.7	6.5	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.7	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.4	2.3	5.3	.438	1.4	2.9	.481	0.5	0.5	.909
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Hodges	16	15.9	4.4	0.4	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.9	1.8	4.6	.378	0.8	2.6	.293	0.2	0.3	.750
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Craig Hodges	George Mikan
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Craig Hodges	73	11.5	5.0	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	4.7	.424	0.6	1.6	.383	0.4	0.4	.963
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Hodges	17	12.3	4.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.6	1.2	1.9	4.6	.423	0.6	1.6	.393	0.2	0.2	.750
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Craig Hodges	George Mikan
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Craig Hodges	56	9.9	4.3	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.7	4.3	.384	0.6	1.7	.375	0.3	0.3	.941
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Craig Hodges	17	8.1	2.5	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.6	0.9	2.4	.390	0.5	1.2	.450	0.1	0.1	.500
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Craig Hodges vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Craig Hodges, 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