George Gervin vs. Ian Mahinmi Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ian Mahinmi and George Gervin, 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.

George Gervin played 10 years in the NBA, 2 less than Ian Mahinmi, who played 12. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Ian Mahinmi had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
	George Gervin	Ian Mahinmi
Season	1976-77	2007-08
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
George Gervin	82	33.0	23.1	1.6	3.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	1.3	-	3.5	8.9	16.3	.544	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.833
Ian Mahinmi	6	3.8	3.5	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.5	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	2	31.0	25.0	2.5	3.0	5.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	-	4.5	9.5	22.0	.432	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.800
Ian Mahinmi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Ian Mahinmi didn't play in 2008-09.

Season 2
	George Gervin	Ian Mahinmi
Season	1977-78	2009-10
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West 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		%
George Gervin	82	34.8	27.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.7	3.1	10.5	19.6	.536	-	-	-	6.1	7.4	.830
Ian Mahinmi	26	6.3	3.9	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.3	2.1	.636	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.660
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	6	37.8	33.2	1.8	3.8	5.7	3.2	1.0	2.7	3.2	3.8	13.0	23.7	.549	-	-	-	7.2	9.3	.768
Ian Mahinmi	2	9.5	4.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.750

Season 3
	George Gervin	Ian Mahinmi
Season	1978-79	2010-11
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
George Gervin	80	36.1	29.6	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	3.6	3.4	11.8	21.9	.541	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.826
Ian Mahinmi	56	8.7	3.1	0.8	1.4	2.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	1.9	1.0	1.8	.561	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.5	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	14	36.6	28.6	2.4	3.5	5.9	2.5	1.9	1.1	2.9	3.6	11.3	21.1	.536	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.808
Ian Mahinmi	6	5.5	1.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	2.7	0.5	0.8	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.556

Season 4
	George Gervin	Ian Mahinmi
Season	1979-80	2011-12
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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		%
George Gervin	78	37.6	33.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.7	13.1	24.9	.528	0.4	1.3	.314	6.5	7.6	.852
Ian Mahinmi	61	18.7	5.8	1.8	3.0	4.7	0.2	0.6	0.5	0.8	2.9	2.1	3.9	.546	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.4	.639
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	3	40.7	33.3	3.0	3.7	6.7	4.0	1.7	1.0	3.0	2.7	12.3	24.7	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	8.7	10.0	.867
Ian Mahinmi	4	17.5	7.3	2.3	2.3	4.5	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.3	3.3	2.3	3.5	.643	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.3	.846

Season 5
	George Gervin	Ian Mahinmi
Season	1980-81	2012-13
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
George Gervin	82	33.7	27.1	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	3.1	2.6	10.4	21.1	.492	0.1	0.4	.257	6.2	7.6	.826
Ian Mahinmi	80	16.5	5.0	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.2	2.5	1.9	4.1	.453	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.1	.608
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	7	39.1	27.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.4	0.7	0.7	2.9	2.7	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.4	.000	5.1	6.4	.800
Ian Mahinmi	18	8.3	1.6	1.1	1.2	2.3	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.6	0.7	1.6	.448	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.6	.300

Season 6
	George Gervin	Ian Mahinmi
Season	1981-82	2013-14
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers 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		%
George Gervin	79	35.7	32.3	1.7	3.2	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	2.7	2.7	12.6	25.2	.500	0.1	0.5	.278	7.0	8.1	.864
Ian Mahinmi	77	16.2	3.5	1.4	1.9	3.3	0.3	0.5	0.9	0.8	2.7	1.2	2.5	.481	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.621
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	9	41.4	29.4	2.1	5.2	7.3	4.6	1.1	0.4	3.4	4.0	11.4	25.3	.452	0.0	0.3	.000	6.6	7.9	.831
Ian Mahinmi	19	12.7	1.9	1.2	1.2	2.4	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.5	2.0	0.7	1.4	.481	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.611

Season 7
	George Gervin	Ian Mahinmi
Season	1982-83	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
George Gervin	78	36.3	26.2	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.4	1.1	0.9	3.2	3.1	9.7	19.9	.487	0.2	0.4	.364	6.6	7.8	.853
Ian Mahinmi	61	18.8	4.3	1.7	4.1	5.8	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.0	2.8	1.9	3.5	.552	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.7	.304
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	11	39.7	25.2	1.9	4.8	6.7	3.4	1.1	0.4	4.2	3.5	9.8	18.9	.519	0.0	0.2	.000	5.5	6.3	.884
Ian Mahinmi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	George Gervin	Ian Mahinmi
Season	1983-84	2015-16
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
George Gervin	76	34.0	25.9	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.9	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.9	10.1	20.5	.490	0.1	0.3	.417	5.6	6.7	.842
Ian Mahinmi	71	25.6	9.3	1.9	5.2	7.1	1.5	0.9	1.1	1.4	3.1	3.7	6.3	.589	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.2	.587
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Mahinmi	7	24.6	8.1	1.7	3.4	5.1	1.1	0.7	0.9	2.0	3.6	3.0	6.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.6	.600

Season 9
	George Gervin	Ian Mahinmi
Season	1984-85	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Wizards 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		%
George Gervin	72	29.0	21.2	1.1	2.2	3.3	2.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	2.9	8.3	16.4	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.3	.844
Ian Mahinmi	31	17.9	5.6	1.5	3.3	4.8	0.6	1.1	0.8	1.1	2.9	2.1	3.6	.586	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.4	.573
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	5	36.6	22.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.6	4.0	3.8	8.4	15.8	.532	0.0	0.6	.000	5.4	6.8	.794
Ian Mahinmi	5	12.6	2.8	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.2	0.6	3.4	1.0	1.8	.556	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.2	.364