Dalton Knecht vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Dalton Knecht, 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.

Dalton Knecht played 2 years in the NBA, 5 less than George Mikan, who played 7. Dalton Knecht had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Dalton Knecht	George Mikan
Season	2024-25	1948-49
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dalton Knecht	78	19.2	9.1	0.5	2.3	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.2	3.3	7.1	.461	1.6	4.4	.376	0.8	1.1	.762
difference:	+18		+19.2				+2.8				-3.1	+6.4	+16.3	+.045				+8.1	+10.4	+.010
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		%
Dalton Knecht	2	2.0	2.5	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	.400	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+8		+27.8				+2.1				-4.4	+9.3	+20.2	+.054				+9.7	+12.1
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Dalton Knecht	George Mikan
Season	2025-26	1949-50
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dalton Knecht	13	18.9	7.6	0.6	1.8	2.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	1.5	3.0	6.5	.464	1.2	3.5	.326	0.5	0.7	.667
difference:	+55		+19.8				+2.3				-2.9	+6.5	+17.0	+.057				+7.8	+10.0	+.112
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		%
Dalton Knecht	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Additional Years
* George Mikan played 5 seasons more than Dalton Knecht in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 7, from 1951 to 1956—George Mikan played in 5 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 5 extra years over Dalton Knecht, George Mikan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-NBA First Team 1 Scoring Leader 1 Rebounds Leader 4 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP