George Mikan vs. Amar'e Stoudemire Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amar'e Stoudemire and George Mikan, 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 Mikan played 7 years in the NBA, 7 less than Amar'e Stoudemire, who played 14. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Amar'e Stoudemire had his rookie season in 2002-03. 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 Mikan	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1948-49	2002-03
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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 Mikan	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	31.3	13.5	3.0	5.7	8.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.8	10.1	.472	0.0	0.1	.200	3.9	5.9	.661
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802
Amar'e Stoudemire	6	34.0	14.2	2.7	5.2	7.8	1.2	1.7	1.5	3.2	4.7	5.7	10.8	.523	0.2	0.2	1.000	2.7	4.7	.571

Season 2
	George Mikan	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1949-50	2003-04
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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 Mikan	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Amar'e Stoudemire	55	36.8	20.6	2.9	6.2	9.0	1.4	1.2	1.6	3.2	3.4	7.5	15.7	.475	0.0	0.1	.200	5.6	7.9	.713
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788
Amar'e Stoudemire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	George Mikan	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1950-51	2004-05
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Suns 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		%
George Mikan	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Amar'e Stoudemire	80	36.1	26.0	2.7	6.2	8.9	1.6	1.0	1.6	2.4	3.5	9.3	16.7	.559	0.0	0.2	.188	7.3	9.9	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800
Amar'e Stoudemire	15	40.0	29.9	4.0	6.7	10.7	1.2	0.7	2.0	3.1	3.9	10.2	18.9	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	9.5	12.2	.781

Season 4
	George Mikan	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1951-52	2005-06
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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 Mikan	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Amar'e Stoudemire	3	16.7	8.7	2.0	3.3	5.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.0	9.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	2.7	3.0	.889
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	13	42.5	23.6	-	-	15.9	2.8	-	-	-	4.8	7.6	20.1	.379	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.790
Amar'e Stoudemire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	George Mikan	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1952-53	2006-07
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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 Mikan	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	32.8	20.4	2.7	6.9	9.6	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	3.6	7.4	12.9	.575	0.0	0.0	.000	5.6	7.1	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	12	38.6	19.8	-	-	15.4	1.9	-	-	-	4.7	6.5	17.8	.366	-	-	-	6.8	9.3	.732
Amar'e Stoudemire	10	34.3	25.3	3.0	9.1	12.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	1.9	3.9	9.1	17.4	.523	0.1	0.3	.333	7.0	9.1	.769

Season 6
	George Mikan	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1953-54	2007-08
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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 Mikan	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Amar'e Stoudemire	79	33.9	25.2	2.3	6.8	9.1	1.5	0.8	2.1	2.2	3.7	9.0	15.3	.590	0.1	0.4	.161	7.0	8.7	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	13	32.6	19.4	-	-	13.2	1.9	-	-	-	4.3	6.7	14.6	.458	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.813
Amar'e Stoudemire	5	40.8	23.2	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.4	1.4	2.4	2.8	3.8	9.6	19.8	.485	0.2	0.8	.250	3.8	6.0	.633

Note: George Mikan didn't play in 1954-55.

Season 7
	George Mikan	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	1955-56	2008-09
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	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 Mikan	37	20.7	10.5	-	-	8.3	1.4	-	-	-	4.1	4.0	10.1	.395	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.770
Amar'e Stoudemire	53	36.8	21.4	2.2	5.9	8.1	2.0	0.9	1.1	2.8	3.1	7.6	14.1	.539	0.1	0.1	.429	6.1	7.3	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	3	20.0	12.0	-	-	9.3	1.7	-	-	-	4.7	4.3	11.7	.371	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.769
Amar'e Stoudemire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	George Mikan	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Suns 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		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	82	34.6	23.1	2.8	6.1	8.9	1.0	0.6	1.0	2.6	3.4	8.6	15.4	.557	0.0	0.1	.167	5.9	7.7	.771
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	16	36.5	22.2	2.9	3.8	6.6	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.5	3.4	7.8	14.9	.519	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	8.9	.754

Season 9
	George Mikan	Amar'e Stoudemire
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Knicks 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 Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	78	36.8	25.3	2.5	5.6	8.2	2.6	0.9	1.9	3.2	3.5	9.5	19.0	.502	0.1	0.3	.435	6.1	7.7	.792
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Amar'e Stoudemire	4	33.5	14.5	2.8	5.0	7.8	1.8	0.3	0.8	3.0	2.5	5.3	13.8	.382	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.0	.667