George Mikan vs. Gerald Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gerald Wallace 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, 7 less than Gerald Wallace, who played 14. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Gerald Wallace had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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	Gerald Wallace
Season	1948-49	2001-02
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings 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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Gerald Wallace	54	8.0	3.2	0.9	0.7	1.6	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.9	1.4	3.2	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.9	.500
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
Gerald Wallace	5	2.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000

Season 2
	George Mikan	Gerald Wallace
Season	1949-50	2002-03
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings 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
Gerald Wallace	47	12.1	4.7	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.9	1.4	1.9	3.9	.492	0.0	0.1	.250	0.8	1.6	.527
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
Gerald Wallace	7	2.6	0.9	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 3
	George Mikan	Gerald Wallace
Season	1950-51	2003-04
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Kings 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	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Gerald Wallace	37	9.1	2.0	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.9	2.4	.360	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.6	.458
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
Gerald Wallace	3	6.7	2.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500

Season 4
	George Mikan	Gerald Wallace
Season	1951-52	2004-05
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Charlotte Bobcats
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
Gerald Wallace	70	30.7	11.1	1.7	3.8	5.5	2.0	1.7	1.3	2.3	2.6	4.1	9.1	.449	0.2	0.9	.274	2.7	4.1	.661
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
Gerald Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	George Mikan	Gerald Wallace
Season	1952-53	2005-06
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Gerald Wallace	55	34.5	15.2	2.2	5.3	7.5	1.7	2.5	2.1	1.8	2.7	5.8	10.7	.538	0.3	0.9	.280	3.4	5.6	.614
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
Gerald Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	George Mikan	Gerald Wallace
Season	1953-54	2006-07
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Charlotte Bobcats
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
Gerald Wallace	72	36.7	18.1	2.0	5.2	7.2	2.6	2.0	1.0	2.2	2.9	6.6	13.2	.502	0.5	1.7	.325	4.3	6.2	.691
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
Gerald Wallace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 9
	George Mikan	Gerald Wallace
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Charlotte Bobcats
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bobcats 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Wallace	76	41.0	18.2	2.0	8.1	10.0	2.1	1.5	1.1	2.3	2.6	6.0	12.4	.484	0.7	1.8	.371	5.6	7.2	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gerald Wallace	4	41.0	17.5	0.5	8.5	9.0	2.3	1.3	1.5	0.8	2.3	5.3	11.0	.477	1.3	2.8	.455	5.8	8.8	.657