George Mikan vs. Kurt Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kurt Thomas 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, 11 less than Kurt Thomas, who played 18. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Kurt Thomas 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	Kurt Thomas
Season	1948-49	1995-96
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat 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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Kurt Thomas	74	22.4	9.0	1.6	4.3	5.9	0.6	0.6	0.5	1.3	3.7	3.7	7.4	.501	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.4	.663
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
Kurt Thomas	3	20.0	4.0	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	1.7	4.3	1.3	3.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000

Season 2
	George Mikan	Kurt Thomas
Season	1949-50	1996-97
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
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
Kurt Thomas	18	20.8	6.3	1.7	4.2	5.9	0.5	0.7	0.5	1.4	3.7	2.2	5.8	.371	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.761
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
Kurt Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	George Mikan	Kurt Thomas
Season	1950-51	1997-98
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Dallas Mavericks
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
Kurt Thomas	5	14.6	7.4	1.6	3.2	4.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	2.0	3.8	3.4	9.0	.378	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.000
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
Kurt Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	George Mikan	Kurt Thomas
Season	1951-52	1998-99
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Kurt Thomas	50	23.6	8.1	1.6	4.1	5.7	1.1	0.9	0.3	1.5	3.2	3.4	7.4	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.2	.611
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
Kurt Thomas	20	21.1	5.3	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.4	0.8	0.6	1.0	3.8	2.3	5.9	.381	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.696

Season 5
	George Mikan	Kurt Thomas
Season	1952-53	1999-00
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Kurt Thomas	80	24.6	8.0	1.8	4.5	6.3	1.0	0.6	0.5	1.3	3.5	3.4	6.7	.505	0.0	0.0	.333	1.3	1.6	.781
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
Kurt Thomas	16	15.7	4.3	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.9	2.8	1.9	3.8	.508	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.700

Season 6
	George Mikan	Kurt Thomas
Season	1953-54	2000-01
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Kurt Thomas	77	27.6	10.4	2.2	4.5	6.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.3	3.7	4.1	8.0	.511	0.0	0.0	.333	2.2	2.7	.814
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
Kurt Thomas	5	37.2	14.4	3.4	7.8	11.2	1.8	0.4	1.0	1.8	5.2	5.0	9.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.2	.710

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