George Mikan vs. Kevin Stacom Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Stacom 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 more than Kevin Stacom, who played 6. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Kevin Stacom had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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	Kevin Stacom
Season	1948-49	1974-75
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East 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
Kevin Stacom	61	7.3	2.8	0.5	0.4	0.9	0.8	0.2	0.0	-	1.1	1.2	2.6	.453	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	.879
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
Kevin Stacom	4	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Kevin Stacom
Season	1949-50	1975-76
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Kevin Stacom	77	14.5	5.3	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.7	0.3	0.1	-	1.5	2.2	5.0	.439	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.747
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
Kevin Stacom	17	11.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.9	0.3	0.0	-	1.2	0.8	2.6	.289	-	-	-	0.5	0.6	.727

Season 3
	George Mikan	Kevin Stacom
Season	1950-51	1976-77
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Celtics 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	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Kevin Stacom	79	13.3	5.1	0.5	0.7	1.2	1.5	0.2	0.0	-	0.8	2.3	5.5	.409	-	-	-	0.6	0.7	.793
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
Kevin Stacom	5	5.0	1.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.2	.500	-	-	-	0.2	0.2	1.000

Season 4
	George Mikan	Kevin Stacom
Season	1951-52	1977-78
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
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
Kevin Stacom	55	18.3	8.5	0.5	1.5	1.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.1	3.7	8.8	.426	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.761
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
Kevin Stacom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	George Mikan	Kevin Stacom
Season	1952-53	1978-79
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Indiana Pacers, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds 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
Kevin Stacom	68	12.2	4.4	0.4	0.8	1.3	1.6	0.4	0.0	1.2	0.7	1.9	5.0	.374	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.733
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
Kevin Stacom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Kevin Stacom didn't play in 1979-80 and 1980-81.

Season 6
	George Mikan	Kevin Stacom
Season	1953-54	1981-82
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
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
Kevin Stacom	7	12.9	4.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.0	0.1	0.0	1.3	0.9	2.0	4.9	.412	0.1	0.3	.500	0.1	0.3	.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
Kevin Stacom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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