George Mikan vs. Jeff Mullins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeff Mullins 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, 5 less than Jeff Mullins, who played 12. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Jeff Mullins had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12
Rookie Season
	George Mikan	Jeff Mullins
Season	1948-49	1964-65
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost West Div 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
Jeff Mullins	44	11.2	4.9	-	-	2.3	1.0	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	4.8	.416	-	-	-	0.9	1.4	.672
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
Jeff Mullins	2	5.5	4.0	-	-	3.0	0.5	-	-	-	0.0	2.0	4.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Jeff Mullins
Season	1949-50	1965-66
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks Lost West Div 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	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Jeff Mullins	44	13.3	5.8	-	-	1.6	1.5	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	6.7	.382	-	-	-	0.7	0.8	.806
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
Jeff Mullins	4	3.3	0.8	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	1.3	0.3	2.3	.111	-	-	-	0.3	0.5	.500

Season 3
	George Mikan	Jeff Mullins
Season	1950-51	1966-67
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Warriors 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	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Jeff Mullins	77	23.8	12.9	-	-	5.0	2.9	-	-	-	2.5	5.5	11.9	.458	-	-	-	1.9	2.8	.701
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
Jeff Mullins	15	33.2	17.7	-	-	6.1	3.9	-	-	-	3.5	7.3	16.1	.450	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.797

Season 4
	George Mikan	Jeff Mullins
Season	1951-52	1967-68
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors Lost West Div 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	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Jeff Mullins	79	35.5	18.9	-	-	5.7	4.4	-	-	-	3.4	7.7	17.6	.439	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.794
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
Jeff Mullins	10	39.0	25.1	-	-	4.4	4.9	-	-	-	3.6	11.0	21.1	.521	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	.721

Season 5
	George Mikan	Jeff Mullins
Season	1952-53	1968-69
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors Lost West Div 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
Jeff Mullins	78	37.4	22.8	-	-	5.9	4.3	-	-	-	3.2	8.9	19.4	.459	-	-	-	4.9	5.8	.843
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
Jeff Mullins	6	30.0	14.3	-	-	3.0	3.8	-	-	-	2.7	6.5	16.0	.406	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.727

Season 6
	George Mikan	Jeff Mullins
Season	1953-54	1969-70
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	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
Jeff Mullins	74	38.7	22.1	-	-	5.2	4.9	-	-	-	3.2	8.9	19.3	.460	-	-	-	4.3	5.1	.847
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
Jeff Mullins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 7
	George Mikan	Jeff Mullins
Season	1955-56	1970-71
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Warriors 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	37	20.7	10.5	-	-	8.3	1.4	-	-	-	4.1	4.0	10.1	.395	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.770
Jeff Mullins	75	38.8	20.8	-	-	4.5	4.4	-	-	-	3.3	8.4	17.4	.482	-	-	-	4.0	4.8	.844
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
Jeff Mullins	5	41.0	16.4	-	-	6.4	4.8	-	-	-	2.6	6.0	17.0	.353	-	-	-	4.4	5.0	.880

Season 11
	George Mikan	Jeff Mullins
Season	-	1974-75
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Mullins	66	17.3	8.2	0.7	1.2	1.9	2.3	0.9	0.2	-	1.9	3.5	7.8	.455	-	-	-	1.1	1.3	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Mullins	17	18.4	8.1	0.9	1.1	2.1	1.7	0.6	0.1	-	2.5	3.5	7.2	.488	-	-	-	1.1	1.8	.581