George Mikan vs. Eric Montross Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eric Montross 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, 1 less than Eric Montross, who played 8. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Eric Montross had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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	Eric Montross
Season	1948-49	1994-95
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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
Eric Montross	78	29.7	10.0	2.5	4.7	7.3	0.5	0.4	0.8	1.4	3.8	3.9	7.4	.534	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.4	.635
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
Eric Montross	4	15.5	3.3	1.8	0.5	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.3	1.3	2.8	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.500

Season 2
	George Mikan	Eric Montross
Season	1949-50	1995-96
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	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Eric Montross	61	23.5	7.2	2.0	3.8	5.8	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.4	3.0	3.2	5.7	.566	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.2	.376
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
Eric Montross	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	George Mikan	Eric Montross
Season	1950-51	1996-97
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets
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
Eric Montross	78	23.4	4.3	2.3	4.3	6.6	0.8	0.3	0.9	1.0	3.4	2.0	4.5	.456	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.8	.339
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
Eric Montross	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	George Mikan	Eric Montross
Season	1951-52	1997-98
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit Pistons
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
Eric Montross	48	14.4	2.9	1.4	2.7	4.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.6	2.6	1.3	3.0	.424	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.8	.400
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
Eric Montross	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	George Mikan	Eric Montross
Season	1952-53	1998-99
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons 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
Eric Montross	46	12.5	2.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.3	2.3	0.9	1.7	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.7	.344
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
Eric Montross	5	14.2	1.4	0.6	2.0	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	3.0	0.6	1.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500

Season 6
	George Mikan	Eric Montross
Season	1953-54	1999-00
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons 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
Eric Montross	51	6.5	0.8	0.4	1.1	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	1.6	0.3	1.1	.309	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500
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
Eric Montross	2	2.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

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