Danny Green vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Danny Green, 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.

Danny Green played 15 years in the NBA, 8 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Danny Green had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
Danny Green	15	13	2009-10 to 2023-24
George Mikan	7	7	1948-49 to 1955-56

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Danny Green	George Mikan
Season	2009-10	1948-49
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Danny Green	20	5.8	2.0	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.0	.385	0.3	1.1	.273	0.2	0.3	.667
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		%
Danny Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802


Season 2
	Danny Green	George Mikan
Season	2010-11	1949-50
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Danny Green	8	11.5	5.1	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.9	2.1	4.4	.486	0.9	2.4	.368	0.0	0.0	-
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		%
Danny Green	4	1.8	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.5	.333	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788


Season 3
	Danny Green	George Mikan
Season	2011-12	1950-51
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 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		%
Danny Green	66	23.1	9.1	0.8	2.6	3.5	1.3	0.9	0.7	1.0	1.6	3.2	7.2	.442	1.5	3.5	.436	1.2	1.5	.790
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		%
Danny Green	14	20.6	7.4	0.2	3.0	3.2	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.1	1.7	2.7	6.5	.418	1.4	4.1	.345	0.5	0.7	.700
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800


Season 4
	Danny Green	George Mikan
Season	2012-13	1951-52
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Danny Green	80	27.5	10.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.8	1.2	0.7	1.2	1.6	3.7	8.3	.448	2.2	5.2	.429	0.8	1.0	.848
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		%
Danny Green	21	31.9	11.1	0.9	3.3	4.1	1.5	1.0	1.1	0.9	2.4	4.0	8.9	.446	2.6	5.4	.482	0.6	0.7	.800
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
	Danny Green	George Mikan
Season	2013-14	1952-53
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Danny Green	68	24.3	9.1	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.5	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.6	3.2	7.4	.432	1.9	4.7	.415	0.7	0.9	.794
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		%
Danny Green	23	23.0	9.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	0.9	1.4	0.7	0.9	2.2	3.4	6.9	.491	2.1	4.4	.475	0.4	0.5	.818
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
	Danny Green	George Mikan
Season	2014-15	1953-54
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Danny Green	81	28.5	11.7	0.7	3.6	4.2	2.0	1.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	4.0	9.1	.436	2.4	5.6	.418	1.4	1.6	.874
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		%
Danny Green	7	29.1	8.3	1.0	2.1	3.1	2.1	1.0	1.0	0.7	1.7	3.0	8.7	.344	1.7	5.7	.300	0.6	0.9	.667
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
	Danny Green	George Mikan
Season	2015-16	1955-56
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Danny Green	79	26.1	7.2	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.8	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.8	2.7	7.1	.376	1.5	4.4	.332	0.4	0.6	.739
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		%
Danny Green	10	26.7	8.6	0.0	3.1	3.1	0.7	2.1	0.8	0.6	2.0	3.0	6.5	.462	2.4	4.8	.500	0.2	0.3	.667
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
	Danny Green	George Mikan
Season	2016-17	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Danny Green	68	26.6	7.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	1.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.8	2.6	6.6	.392	1.7	4.6	.379	0.4	0.5	.844
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	16	27.3	7.8	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.9	1.1	1.9	2.8	6.9	.405	1.6	4.8	.342	0.5	0.9	.571
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Danny Green	George Mikan
Season	2017-18	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Danny Green	70	25.6	8.6	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.6	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.7	3.1	8.0	.387	1.7	4.6	.363	0.7	0.9	.769
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	5	20.6	4.2	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.4	1.6	1.6	6.0	.267	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Danny Green	George Mikan
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
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		%
Danny Green	80	27.7	10.3	0.8	3.2	4.0	1.6	0.9	0.7	0.9	2.1	3.7	7.9	.465	2.5	5.4	.455	0.5	0.6	.841
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	24	28.5	6.9	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.1	1.3	0.5	1.1	2.5	2.2	6.5	.342	1.6	5.0	.328	0.9	1.0	.913
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Danny Green	George Mikan
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
Danny Green	68	24.8	8.0	0.8	2.6	3.3	1.3	1.3	0.5	0.9	2.0	2.9	7.0	.416	1.8	4.8	.367	0.5	0.7	.688
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	21	25.0	8.0	1.2	2.0	3.1	1.2	1.0	0.8	0.6	2.3	2.8	8.1	.347	1.9	5.5	.339	0.5	0.7	.667
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Danny Green	George Mikan
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Danny Green	69	28.0	9.5	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.7	1.3	0.8	1.0	1.8	3.2	7.9	.412	2.5	6.3	.405	0.4	0.6	.775
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	8	24.9	7.0	1.1	1.5	2.6	2.6	1.1	1.0	0.6	1.6	2.6	6.0	.438	1.8	4.6	.378	0.0	0.0	-
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Danny Green	George Mikan
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Danny Green	62	21.8	5.9	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.0	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	2.0	5.2	.394	1.7	4.4	.380	0.2	0.2	.786
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	12	26.6	8.6	0.8	2.3	3.1	0.8	1.0	0.3	1.1	1.9	3.0	7.4	.404	2.6	6.3	.408	0.0	0.1	.000
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Danny Green	George Mikan
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Danny Green	11	12.6	5.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.5	2.0	4.5	.449	1.5	3.4	.432	0.1	0.1	1.000
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	4	10.0	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.8	0.3	1.3	.200	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Danny Green	George Mikan
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	2	9.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Danny Green vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Danny Green, 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

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15