George Mikan vs. Detlef Schrempf Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Detlef Schrempf 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, 9 less than Detlef Schrempf, who played 16. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Detlef Schrempf had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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	Detlef Schrempf
Season	1948-49	1985-86
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks 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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Detlef Schrempf	64	15.1	6.2	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.4	0.4	0.2	1.3	2.6	2.2	4.9	.451	0.0	0.1	.429	1.7	2.4	.724
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
Detlef Schrempf	10	12.0	3.7	0.7	1.6	2.3	1.4	0.2	0.1	1.0	2.4	1.3	2.8	.464	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.7	.647

Season 2
	George Mikan	Detlef Schrempf
Season	1949-50	1986-87
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks 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	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Detlef Schrempf	81	21.1	9.3	1.1	2.7	3.7	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.8	3.3	6.9	.472	0.4	0.9	.478	2.4	3.2	.742
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
Detlef Schrempf	4	24.3	7.8	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.5	3.3	3.3	8.8	.371	0.0	0.8	.000	1.3	2.8	.455

Season 3
	George Mikan	Detlef Schrempf
Season	1950-51	1987-88
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Mavericks 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	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Detlef Schrempf	82	19.4	8.5	1.2	2.2	3.4	1.9	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.3	3.0	6.6	.456	0.1	0.4	.156	2.5	3.2	.756
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
Detlef Schrempf	15	18.3	7.8	1.7	2.0	3.7	1.6	0.5	0.5	1.4	1.9	2.7	5.7	.465	0.1	0.2	.333	2.4	3.4	.706

Season 4
	George Mikan	Detlef Schrempf
Season	1951-52	1988-89
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Dallas Mavericks, 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	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Detlef Schrempf	69	26.8	12.0	1.8	3.9	5.7	2.6	0.8	0.3	1.9	3.2	4.0	8.4	.474	0.1	0.5	.200	4.0	5.1	.780
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
Detlef Schrempf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	George Mikan	Detlef Schrempf
Season	1952-53	1989-90
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Detlef Schrempf	78	33.0	16.2	1.9	6.0	7.9	3.2	0.8	0.2	2.3	3.5	5.4	10.5	.516	0.2	0.6	.354	5.2	6.3	.820
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
Detlef Schrempf	3	41.7	20.3	1.7	5.7	7.3	1.7	0.7	0.3	3.3	4.3	7.7	15.7	.489	0.0	1.0	.000	5.0	5.3	.938

Season 6
	George Mikan	Detlef Schrempf
Season	1953-54	1990-91
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Detlef Schrempf	82	32.1	16.1	2.2	5.9	8.0	3.7	0.7	0.3	2.1	3.2	5.3	10.1	.520	0.2	0.5	.375	5.4	6.6	.818
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
Detlef Schrempf	5	35.8	15.8	2.0	5.2	7.2	2.2	0.4	0.0	2.2	3.4	5.4	11.4	.474	0.0	0.8	.000	5.0	6.0	.833

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

Season 7
	George Mikan	Detlef Schrempf
Season	1955-56	1991-92
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Pacers 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	37	20.7	10.5	-	-	8.3	1.4	-	-	-	4.1	4.0	10.1	.395	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.770
Detlef Schrempf	80	32.6	17.3	2.5	7.1	9.6	3.9	0.8	0.5	2.4	3.6	6.2	11.6	.536	0.3	0.9	.324	4.6	5.5	.828
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
Detlef Schrempf	3	40.0	21.0	4.0	9.0	13.0	2.3	0.7	0.3	2.3	3.3	6.0	15.7	.383	0.7	1.3	.500	8.3	9.3	.893

Season 8
	George Mikan	Detlef Schrempf
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	82	37.8	19.1	2.6	7.0	9.5	6.0	1.0	0.3	3.0	3.7	6.3	13.2	.476	0.1	0.6	.154	6.4	8.0	.804
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	4	41.3	19.5	0.8	5.0	5.8	7.3	0.3	0.5	4.3	3.5	6.3	13.5	.463	0.0	0.5	.000	7.0	9.0	.778

Season 10
	George Mikan	Detlef Schrempf
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Supersonics 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	82	35.2	19.2	1.6	4.5	6.2	3.8	1.1	0.4	2.1	3.1	6.4	12.2	.523	1.1	2.2	.514	5.3	6.4	.839
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	4	38.3	18.8	0.5	4.3	4.8	3.0	0.8	0.5	2.8	3.0	5.8	14.3	.404	2.5	4.5	.556	4.8	6.0	.792

Season 12
	George Mikan	Detlef Schrempf
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	61	35.9	16.8	1.4	5.0	6.5	4.4	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.5	5.8	11.9	.492	0.9	2.6	.354	4.1	5.2	.801
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detlef Schrempf	12	38.1	16.9	1.7	4.1	5.8	3.4	1.1	0.1	1.5	3.3	5.6	11.8	.472	1.3	2.4	.552	4.4	5.4	.815