George Mikan vs. Clifford Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clifford Robinson 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 11 less than Clifford Robinson, who played 18. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Clifford Robinson had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
George Mikan	7	7	1948-49 to 1955-56
Clifford Robinson	18	17	1989-90 to 2006-07

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	George Mikan	Clifford Robinson
Season	1948-49	1989-90
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Clifford Robinson	82	19.1	9.1	1.3	2.4	3.8	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.6	2.8	3.6	9.2	.397	0.1	0.5	.273	1.7	3.1	.550

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
Clifford Robinson	21	18.6	6.5	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.2	3.4	2.6	7.2	.358	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	2.5	.558


Season 2
	George Mikan	Clifford Robinson
Season	1949-50	1990-91
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Clifford Robinson	82	23.7	11.7	1.5	2.8	4.3	1.8	1.0	0.9	1.6	3.2	4.5	9.8	.463	0.1	0.2	.316	2.5	3.8	.653

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
Clifford Robinson	16	22.1	10.3	1.5	2.4	3.9	1.1	0.4	1.0	1.6	2.9	3.9	7.3	.538	0.1	0.2	.333	2.4	4.3	.551


Season 3
	George Mikan	Clifford Robinson
Season	1950-51	1991-92
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Trail Blazers 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	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Clifford Robinson	82	25.9	12.4	1.7	3.4	5.1	1.7	1.0	1.3	1.9	3.3	4.9	10.4	.466	0.0	0.1	.091	2.7	4.0	.664

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
Clifford Robinson	21	24.9	10.8	1.2	3.0	4.2	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.3	4.0	4.3	9.4	.462	0.0	0.3	.167	2.1	3.7	.571


Season 4
	George Mikan	Clifford Robinson
Season	1951-52	1992-93
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Clifford Robinson	82	31.4	19.1	2.0	4.6	6.6	2.2	1.2	2.0	2.1	3.5	7.7	16.3	.473	0.2	0.9	.247	3.5	5.1	.690

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
Clifford Robinson	4	32.8	10.3	2.5	1.8	4.3	1.5	1.5	1.8	2.0	4.3	4.0	15.3	.262	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	5.5	.409


Season 5
	George Mikan	Clifford Robinson
Season	1952-53	1993-94
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Clifford Robinson	82	34.8	20.1	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.9	1.4	1.4	2.1	3.2	7.8	17.1	.457	0.2	0.6	.245	4.3	5.6	.765

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
Clifford Robinson	4	37.3	16.3	2.8	3.5	6.3	2.5	0.8	1.5	2.8	3.3	7.0	17.0	.412	0.5	2.3	.222	1.8	2.0	.875


Season 6
	George Mikan	Clifford Robinson
Season	1953-54	1994-95
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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
Clifford Robinson	75	36.3	21.3	2.0	3.6	5.6	2.6	1.1	1.1	2.1	3.2	8.0	17.6	.452	1.9	5.1	.371	3.5	5.1	.694

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
Clifford Robinson	3	39.7	15.7	2.3	4.0	6.3	2.7	0.7	0.3	2.7	4.3	5.7	15.7	.362	1.3	5.7	.235	3.0	5.3	.563

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


Season 7
	George Mikan	Clifford Robinson
Season	1955-56	1995-96
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Trail Blazers 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	37	20.7	10.5	-	-	8.3	1.4	-	-	-	4.1	4.0	10.1	.395	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.770
Clifford Robinson	78	38.2	21.1	1.6	4.1	5.7	2.4	1.1	0.9	2.5	3.2	7.1	16.7	.423	2.3	6.0	.378	4.6	6.9	.664

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
Clifford Robinson	5	36.2	15.2	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.6	1.4	1.0	3.2	3.8	4.2	12.2	.344	1.2	4.6	.261	5.6	7.4	.757


Season 8
	George Mikan	Clifford Robinson
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	81	38.0	15.1	1.1	2.9	4.0	3.2	1.2	0.8	2.1	3.1	5.5	12.9	.426	1.5	4.3	.346	2.7	3.8	.696

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	4	40.3	12.0	3.0	3.8	6.8	3.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.3	4.3	11.8	.362	0.8	4.0	.188	2.8	4.0	.688


Season 9
	George Mikan	Clifford Robinson
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	80	29.5	14.2	1.9	3.2	5.1	2.1	1.2	1.1	1.8	3.1	5.4	11.2	.479	0.3	1.1	.321	3.1	4.5	.689

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	4	23.0	6.3	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.8	0.8	0.5	1.3	4.8	2.3	8.3	.273	0.0	0.3	.000	1.8	2.3	.778


Season 10
	George Mikan	Clifford Robinson
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	50	34.8	16.4	1.4	3.2	4.5	2.6	1.5	1.2	1.8	3.1	6.0	12.6	.475	1.2	2.8	.417	3.3	4.7	.697

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	3	39.0	15.7	2.3	3.0	5.3	2.7	2.0	0.3	2.3	4.0	6.3	13.3	.475	0.7	3.0	.222	2.3	3.7	.636


Season 11
	George Mikan	Clifford Robinson
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	80	35.5	18.5	1.3	3.2	4.5	2.8	1.1	0.8	2.1	3.0	6.6	14.3	.464	1.5	4.1	.370	3.7	4.8	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	9	37.0	17.6	2.0	4.0	6.0	2.1	1.2	0.8	2.0	3.9	6.2	16.1	.386	1.4	4.4	.325	3.7	5.0	.733


Season 12
	George Mikan	Clifford Robinson
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	82	33.5	16.4	1.3	2.8	4.1	2.9	1.1	1.0	2.3	3.1	6.1	14.5	.422	1.1	3.0	.361	3.1	4.4	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	4	28.3	15.0	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	2.3	3.5	5.3	12.5	.420	1.0	4.0	.250	3.5	5.5	.636


Season 13
	George Mikan	Clifford Robinson
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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 Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	80	35.7	14.6	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.5	1.1	1.2	1.9	3.0	5.7	13.4	.425	1.4	3.8	.378	1.8	2.6	.694

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	10	40.8	13.2	0.5	2.5	3.0	2.9	1.8	1.9	2.1	2.8	4.5	12.4	.363	1.8	5.3	.340	2.4	3.0	.800


Season 14
	George Mikan	Clifford Robinson
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons 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 Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	81	34.9	12.2	1.0	2.9	3.9	3.3	1.1	1.1	2.0	3.2	4.6	11.5	.398	1.1	3.2	.336	2.0	2.9	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	17	30.8	9.3	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.9	0.9	0.8	1.6	3.6	3.4	9.4	.358	1.3	3.5	.373	1.3	2.2	.595


Season 15
	George Mikan	Clifford Robinson
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	82	34.7	11.8	0.7	3.3	3.9	3.3	0.8	0.9	2.1	2.9	4.5	11.5	.387	1.4	3.8	.357	1.5	2.1	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	George Mikan	Clifford Robinson
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Golden State Warriors, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nets 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	71	23.8	7.5	0.8	2.2	2.9	1.5	0.9	0.7	0.9	2.5	2.8	7.4	.386	0.9	2.7	.347	0.9	1.4	.639

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	4	17.8	7.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	5.0	2.8	6.8	.407	1.0	3.5	.286	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 17
	George Mikan	Clifford Robinson
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nets 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 Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	80	23.3	6.9	0.7	2.7	3.3	1.1	0.6	0.5	0.8	2.6	2.7	6.4	.427	0.8	2.2	.343	0.7	1.0	.658

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	8	24.8	4.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	0.6	1.1	0.4	1.3	3.5	1.6	4.9	.333	0.8	2.4	.316	0.5	0.6	.800


Season 18
	George Mikan	Clifford Robinson
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nets 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 Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	50	19.1	4.1	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.0	0.2	0.5	0.6	2.0	1.6	4.4	.372	0.5	1.3	.379	0.3	0.7	.444

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clifford Robinson	4	5.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.5	.167	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-

George Mikan vs. Clifford Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clifford Robinson 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.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18