George Mikan vs. Brandon Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Miller 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, 5 more than Brandon Miller, who played 2. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Brandon Miller had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	George Mikan	Brandon Miller
Season	1948-49	2023-24
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+14		+11.0				+1.2				-1.8	+3.3	+8.8	+.024				+7.0	+9.2	+.055
Brandon Miller	74	32.2	17.3	0.8	3.4	4.3	2.4	0.9	0.6	1.8	2.5	6.4	14.6	.440	2.5	6.7	.373	1.9	2.3	.827
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
Brandon Miller	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Brandon Miller
Season	1949-50	2024-25
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+41		+6.4				+0.7				-1.7	+2.2	+5.3	+.004				+5.8	+7.8	+.082
Brandon Miller	27	34.2	21.0	0.9	3.9	4.9	3.6	1.1	0.7	2.8	2.7	7.3	18.2	.403	3.9	10.9	.355	2.5	2.9	.861
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
Brandon Miller	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* George Mikan played 5 seasons more than Brandon Miller in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 7, from 1951 to 1956—George Mikan played in 5 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 5 extra years over Brandon Miller, George Mikan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-NBA First Team 1 Scoring Leader 1 Rebounds Leader 4 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP