George Mikan vs. David Wingate Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Wingate 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, 8 less than David Wingate, who played 15. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while David Wingate had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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
David Wingate	15	8	1986-87 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Mikan	David Wingate
Season	1948-49	1986-87
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
David Wingate	77	20.9	8.8	0.9	1.1	2.0	2.0	1.2	0.2	1.7	2.2	3.4	7.8	.430	0.2	0.7	.250	1.9	2.6	.741

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
David Wingate	5	18.0	8.2	1.0	1.4	2.4	1.8	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.2	3.0	7.4	.405	0.4	0.4	1.000	1.8	2.8	.643


Season 2
	George Mikan	David Wingate
Season	1949-50	1987-88
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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
David Wingate	61	23.3	8.9	0.7	0.9	1.7	2.0	0.8	0.4	1.7	2.0	3.6	8.9	.400	0.2	0.7	.250	1.6	2.2	.750

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
David Wingate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	George Mikan	David Wingate
Season	1950-51	1988-89
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
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
David Wingate	33	11.3	4.2	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.2	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.3	1.6	3.5	.470	0.1	0.2	.333	0.8	1.0	.794

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
David Wingate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	George Mikan	David Wingate
Season	1951-52	1989-90
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
David Wingate	78	23.8	6.8	0.8	1.7	2.5	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.0	2.8	6.3	.448	0.0	0.2	.000	1.1	1.4	.777

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
David Wingate	10	29.3	9.1	0.9	2.8	3.7	3.8	1.8	0.3	1.4	3.4	4.0	7.7	.519	0.2	0.3	.667	0.9	1.2	.750


Season 5
	George Mikan	David Wingate
Season	1952-53	1990-91
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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
David Wingate	25	22.5	5.4	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.6	2.1	5.5	.384	0.0	0.4	.111	1.2	1.6	.707

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
David Wingate	3	12.7	4.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	2.7	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.667


Season 6
	George Mikan	David Wingate
Season	1953-54	1991-92
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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
David Wingate	81	26.3	7.9	1.0	2.3	3.3	3.0	1.5	0.3	1.5	2.0	3.3	7.1	.465	0.0	0.2	.056	1.3	1.8	.719

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
David Wingate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 7
	George Mikan	David Wingate
Season	1955-56	1992-93
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Hornets 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	37	20.7	10.5	-	-	8.3	1.4	-	-	-	4.1	4.0	10.1	.395	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.770
David Wingate	72	20.4	6.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	2.5	0.9	0.1	1.2	1.9	2.5	4.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.167	1.1	1.5	.738

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
David Wingate	9	13.0	2.1	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.1	1.0	0.9	2.4	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.9	.375


Season 8
	George Mikan	David Wingate
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	50	20.1	6.2	0.6	2.1	2.7	2.1	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.7	2.7	5.7	.481	0.1	0.2	.333	0.7	1.0	.667

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


Season 9
	George Mikan	David Wingate
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hornets 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	52	9.9	2.3	0.2	0.9	1.2	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.2	1.0	2.3	.410	0.1	0.4	.182	0.3	0.5	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	4	18.3	8.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.5	3.3	6.8	.481	0.5	1.5	.333	1.0	1.5	.667


Season 10
	George Mikan	David Wingate
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	60	11.6	3.7	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.1	1.5	3.5	.415	0.3	0.6	.441	0.5	0.7	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	13	5.2	1.5	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.2	0.5	1.2	.438	0.1	0.2	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 11
	George Mikan	David Wingate
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	65	14.3	3.6	0.4	0.8	1.1	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.7	1.4	3.3	.416	0.4	1.1	.352	0.5	0.6	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	12	16.0	6.4	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.2	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.8	2.3	5.5	.424	1.0	2.6	.387	0.8	1.1	.692


Season 12
	George Mikan	David Wingate
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	58	9.4	2.6	0.3	1.0	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.0	1.1	2.4	.471	0.1	0.1	.429	0.3	0.5	.517

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	3	4.3	2.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.667


Season 13
	George Mikan	David Wingate
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	New York Knicks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	20	4.6	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.8	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

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


Season 14
	George Mikan	David Wingate
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	New York Knicks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	7	4.6	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.1	1.3	.111	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

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


Season 15
	George Mikan	David Wingate
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wingate	1	9.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

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

George Mikan vs. David Wingate Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Wingate 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.

Their Careers

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