Davis Bertans vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Davis Bertans, 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.

Davis Bertans played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Davis Bertans had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, 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
Rookie Season
	Davis Bertans	George Mikan
Season	2016-17	1948-49
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Davis Bertans	67	12.1	4.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.5	1.1	1.5	3.5	.440	1.0	2.6	.399	0.4	0.5	.824
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		%
Davis Bertans	13	8.6	2.8	0.4	1.2	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	2.1	.444	0.6	1.5	.400	0.3	0.5	.667
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Davis Bertans	George Mikan
Season	2017-18	1949-50
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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		%
Davis Bertans	77	14.1	5.9	0.2	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.3	0.4	0.5	1.2	2.1	4.8	.440	1.2	3.3	.373	0.5	0.6	.816
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		%
Davis Bertans	5	16.4	3.4	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.2	2.0	0.6	3.6	.167	0.6	3.2	.188	1.6	2.2	.727
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Davis Bertans	George Mikan
Season	2018-19	1950-51
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Davis Bertans	76	21.5	8.0	0.3	3.2	3.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.8	2.7	6.0	.450	1.9	4.4	.429	0.7	0.8	.883
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		%
Davis Bertans	5	15.8	3.2	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	2.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.6	2.2	.273	0.6	1.0	.600
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Davis Bertans	George Mikan
Season	2019-20	1951-52
Team	Washington Wizards	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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		%
Davis Bertans	54	29.3	15.4	0.6	3.9	4.5	1.7	0.7	0.6	1.1	2.6	4.9	11.3	.434	3.7	8.7	.424	1.9	2.3	.852
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		%
Davis Bertans	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Davis Bertans	George Mikan
Season	2020-21	1952-53
Team	Washington Wizards	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East 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		%
Davis Bertans	57	25.7	11.5	0.3	2.6	2.9	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.6	2.4	3.4	8.4	.404	3.0	7.5	.395	1.8	2.0	.870
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		%
Davis Bertans	4	26.5	9.3	0.0	2.8	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	3.0	2.8	6.8	.407	2.0	5.8	.348	1.8	1.8	1.000
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
	Davis Bertans	George Mikan
Season	2021-22	1953-54
Team	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Davis Bertans	56	14.4	5.6	0.2	1.9	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.9	.360	1.4	4.1	.335	0.6	0.7	.900
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		%
Davis Bertans	18	10.7	4.1	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.2	1.4	1.2	3.1	.400	1.1	2.8	.373	0.6	0.7	.833
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.