George Mikan vs. Chuck Share Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chuck Share 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, 2 less than Chuck Share, who played 9. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Chuck Share had his rookie season in 1951-52. 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	Chuck Share
Season	1948-49	1951-52
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons Lost West Div 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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Chuck Share	63	14.0	3.9	-	-	5.3	1.0	-	-	-	2.2	1.2	3.7	.322	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.619
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
Chuck Share	2	17.5	9.5	-	-	5.0	1.5	-	-	-	4.0	4.0	5.5	.727	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.600

Season 2
	George Mikan	Chuck Share
Season	1949-50	1952-53
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons 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		%
George Mikan	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Chuck Share	67	15.6	5.3	-	-	5.6	1.1	-	-	-	3.2	1.4	3.8	.358	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.735
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
Chuck Share	8	24.8	6.0	-	-	6.5	1.5	-	-	-	5.6	1.4	3.4	.407	-	-	-	3.3	4.9	.667

Season 3
	George Mikan	Chuck Share
Season	1950-51	1953-54
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Fort Wayne Pistons, Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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 Mikan	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Chuck Share	68	23.2	8.3	-	-	8.2	1.2	-	-	-	3.1	2.8	7.3	.381	-	-	-	2.8	4.0	.684
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
Chuck Share	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	George Mikan	Chuck Share
Season	1951-52	1954-55
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Milwaukee Hawks
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
Chuck Share	69	24.4	11.9	-	-	9.9	1.2	-	-	-	4.0	3.4	8.4	.407	-	-	-	5.1	7.1	.713
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
Chuck Share	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	George Mikan	Chuck Share
Season	1952-53	1955-56
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
George Mikan	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Chuck Share	72	27.4	13.6	-	-	10.8	1.8	-	-	-	4.4	4.4	10.2	.430	-	-	-	4.8	6.9	.695
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
Chuck Share	8	28.9	12.9	-	-	9.1	1.6	-	-	-	5.1	4.5	9.1	.493	-	-	-	3.9	6.0	.646

Season 6
	George Mikan	Chuck Share
Season	1953-54	1956-57
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost NBA 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	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Chuck Share	72	23.2	10.3	-	-	8.9	1.1	-	-	-	3.7	3.3	7.4	.439	-	-	-	3.7	5.5	.684
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
Chuck Share	10	16.8	9.2	-	-	6.3	0.6	-	-	-	3.9	3.1	7.2	.431	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	.600

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

Season 7
	George Mikan	Chuck Share
Season	1955-56	1957-58
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	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 Mikan	37	20.7	10.5	-	-	8.3	1.4	-	-	-	4.1	4.0	10.1	.395	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.770
Chuck Share	72	25.3	8.6	-	-	10.4	1.8	-	-	-	3.9	3.0	7.6	.396	-	-	-	2.6	4.1	.648
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
Chuck Share	11	18.1	6.6	-	-	6.2	1.0	-	-	-	4.5	2.2	5.5	.393	-	-	-	2.3	3.5	.658