George Mikan vs. Eric Snow Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eric Snow 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, 6 less than Eric Snow, who played 13. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Eric Snow had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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 Snow
Season	1948-49	1995-96
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Eric Snow	43	9.0	2.7	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.9	1.2	1.0	2.3	.420	0.0	0.2	.200	0.7	1.1	.592
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 Snow	10	2.4	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.7	.143	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Eric Snow
Season	1949-50	1996-97
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Eric Snow	67	11.6	3.0	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.4	0.6	0.0	0.7	1.4	1.1	2.4	.451	0.1	0.2	.267	0.7	1.0	.712
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 Snow	8	6.0	1.6	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.6	1.4	.455	0.3	0.5	.500	0.1	0.3	.500

Season 3
	George Mikan	Eric Snow
Season	1950-51	1997-98
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Seattle Supersonics, 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
Eric Snow	64	14.3	3.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.8	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.8	1.2	2.9	.429	0.0	0.3	.118	0.8	1.1	.690
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 Snow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	George Mikan	Eric Snow
Season	1951-52	1998-99
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Eric Snow	48	35.8	8.6	0.5	2.9	3.4	6.3	2.1	0.0	2.3	3.1	3.1	7.3	.428	0.1	0.4	.238	2.3	3.1	.733
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 Snow	8	38.1	12.4	0.4	3.8	4.1	7.1	1.0	0.1	3.1	3.3	4.6	11.0	.420	0.4	1.6	.231	2.8	3.4	.815

Season 5
	George Mikan	Eric Snow
Season	1952-53	1999-00
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Eric Snow	82	35.0	7.9	0.5	2.7	3.2	7.6	1.7	0.1	2.0	3.0	3.1	7.3	.430	0.1	0.5	.244	1.5	2.2	.712
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 Snow	5	27.8	7.4	0.0	2.0	2.0	7.0	0.8	0.2	1.4	2.8	3.0	6.2	.484	0.6	0.8	.750	0.8	0.8	1.000

Season 6
	George Mikan	Eric Snow
Season	1953-54	2000-01
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers 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	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Eric Snow	50	34.8	9.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	7.4	1.5	0.1	2.5	2.5	3.6	8.7	.418	0.1	0.4	.263	2.4	3.1	.792
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 Snow	23	31.2	9.3	1.1	2.6	3.7	4.5	1.2	0.1	2.0	2.7	3.8	9.1	.414	0.0	0.3	.000	1.7	2.4	.727

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

Season 8
	George Mikan	Eric Snow
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	76ers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Snow	82	37.9	12.9	0.9	2.8	3.7	6.6	1.6	0.1	2.4	2.9	4.4	9.7	.452	0.1	0.4	.219	4.0	4.6	.858
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Snow	12	34.7	11.5	0.8	2.6	3.3	5.6	1.5	0.0	2.5	3.9	3.6	8.5	.422	0.1	0.8	.100	4.3	4.8	.879