George Mikan vs. Daniel Theis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Daniel Theis 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 and Daniel Theis both played 7 years in the NBA. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Daniel Theis had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
Rookie Season
	George Mikan	Daniel Theis
Season	1948-49	2017-18
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Daniel Theis	63	14.9	5.3	1.4	2.9	4.3	0.9	0.5	0.8	0.9	2.5	2.0	3.7	.541	0.3	0.9	.310	1.0	1.3	.753
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
Daniel Theis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Daniel Theis
Season	1949-50	2018-19
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Daniel Theis	66	13.8	5.7	1.3	2.1	3.4	1.0	0.3	0.6	0.5	2.4	2.2	4.0	.549	0.4	1.0	.388	0.8	1.2	.737
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
Daniel Theis	7	6.0	1.7	0.6	0.9	1.4	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.7	2.0	.357	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 3
	George Mikan	Daniel Theis
Season	1950-51	2019-20
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Celtics 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	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Daniel Theis	65	24.1	9.2	2.2	4.4	6.6	1.7	0.6	1.3	0.8	3.4	3.7	6.6	.566	0.5	1.5	.333	1.3	1.8	.763
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
Daniel Theis	17	28.4	8.9	1.9	5.2	7.1	1.5	0.4	1.2	0.9	3.9	3.6	6.9	.521	0.2	1.5	.154	1.5	1.9	.788

Season 4
	George Mikan	Daniel Theis
Season	1951-52	2020-21
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls
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
Daniel Theis	65	24.6	9.6	1.4	4.0	5.5	1.7	0.6	0.9	1.0	2.6	3.9	7.2	.541	0.8	2.3	.322	1.1	1.7	.673
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
Daniel Theis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	George Mikan	Daniel Theis
Season	1952-53	2021-22
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Houston Rockets, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Daniel Theis	47	20.8	8.2	1.3	3.6	4.9	0.9	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.4	3.2	6.2	.519	0.7	2.3	.308	1.0	1.5	.681
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
Daniel Theis	16	12.5	4.3	0.8	2.4	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.5	0.7	1.6	1.9	3.2	.588	0.2	0.9	.214	0.4	0.5	.750

Season 6
	George Mikan	Daniel Theis
Season	1953-54	2022-23
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Indiana Pacers
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	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Daniel Theis	7	15.6	7.0	1.0	2.1	3.1	1.3	0.3	0.9	0.4	1.0	3.0	6.3	.477	0.3	1.6	.182	0.7	1.7	.417
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
Daniel Theis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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