George Mikan vs. Ivica Zubac Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ivica Zubac 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 Ivica Zubac, who played 8. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Ivica Zubac had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Ivica Zubac
Season	1948-49	2016-17
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Ivica Zubac	38	16.0	7.5	1.1	3.1	4.2	0.8	0.4	0.9	0.8	1.7	3.3	6.3	.529	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.3	.653
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
Ivica Zubac	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Ivica Zubac
Season	1949-50	2017-18
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
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
Ivica Zubac	43	9.5	3.7	1.0	1.8	2.9	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.4	2.8	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.2	.765
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
Ivica Zubac	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	George Mikan	Ivica Zubac
Season	1950-51	2018-19
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Clippers 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	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Ivica Zubac	59	17.6	8.9	1.9	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.2	0.9	1.2	2.3	3.6	6.4	.559	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.1	.802
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
Ivica Zubac	4	9.8	5.0	2.8	2.8	5.5	0.3	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667

Season 4
	George Mikan	Ivica Zubac
Season	1951-52	2019-20
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers 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
Ivica Zubac	72	18.4	8.3	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.1	0.2	0.9	0.8	2.3	3.3	5.3	.613	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.747
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
Ivica Zubac	13	24.6	9.1	2.4	4.8	7.2	0.6	0.2	0.8	0.9	2.6	3.4	6.0	.564	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.8	.811

Season 5
	George Mikan	Ivica Zubac
Season	1952-53	2020-21
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers 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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Ivica Zubac	72	22.3	9.0	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.3	0.3	0.9	1.1	2.6	3.6	5.5	.652	0.0	0.1	.250	1.9	2.4	.789
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
Ivica Zubac	17	17.7	6.3	2.5	3.3	5.8	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.9	2.0	3.4	.596	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.9	.796

Season 6
	George Mikan	Ivica Zubac
Season	1953-54	2021-22
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
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
Ivica Zubac	76	24.4	10.3	2.9	5.6	8.5	1.6	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.7	4.1	6.5	.626	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.0	.727
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
Ivica Zubac	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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