Ersan Ilyasova vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Ersan Ilyasova, 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.

Ersan Ilyasova played 13 years in the NBA, 6 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Ersan Ilyasova had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, 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
	Ersan Ilyasova	George Mikan
Season	2006-07	1948-49
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	66	14.7	6.1	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.2	2.1	5.5	.383	0.8	2.2	.365	1.1	1.3	.787
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Note: Ersan Ilyasova didn't play in 2007-08 and 2008-09.

Season 2
	Ersan Ilyasova	George Mikan
Season	2009-10	1949-50
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	81	23.4	10.4	1.9	4.4	6.4	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.9	3.1	4.0	9.0	.443	1.0	3.0	.336	1.4	2.0	.715
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	7	22.4	9.7	3.0	4.6	7.6	0.4	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.0	3.4	7.1	.480	0.7	2.0	.357	2.1	2.6	.833
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Ersan Ilyasova	George Mikan
Season	2010-11	1950-51
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	60	25.1	9.5	1.8	4.3	6.1	0.9	0.9	0.4	1.1	2.7	3.7	8.5	.436	0.6	2.0	.298	1.6	1.7	.894
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Ersan Ilyasova	George Mikan
Season	2011-12	1951-52
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	60	27.6	13.0	3.3	5.6	8.8	1.2	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.2	4.9	10.0	.492	0.9	1.9	.455	2.4	3.1	.781
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Ersan Ilyasova	George Mikan
Season	2012-13	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 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	73	27.6	13.2	2.1	5.0	7.1	1.6	0.9	0.5	1.0	2.5	5.1	11.0	.462	1.3	2.9	.444	1.7	2.2	.796
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	4	29.3	11.5	2.5	4.8	7.3	1.8	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.0	5.0	11.5	.435	1.0	2.5	.400	0.5	0.5	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
	Ersan Ilyasova	George Mikan
Season	2013-14	1953-54
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	55	26.9	11.2	1.9	4.3	6.2	1.3	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.5	4.3	10.5	.409	0.7	2.4	.282	1.9	2.4	.823
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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.