George Mikan vs. Marvin Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marvin Williams 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, 8 less than Marvin Williams, who played 15. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Marvin Williams had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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	Marvin Williams
Season	1948-49	2005-06
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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
Marvin Williams	79	24.7	8.5	1.5	3.3	4.8	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.1	2.9	3.0	6.7	.443	0.2	0.7	.245	2.4	3.2	.747
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
Marvin Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Marvin Williams
Season	1949-50	2006-07
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
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
Marvin Williams	64	34.0	13.1	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.9	0.8	0.5	2.0	3.0	4.8	11.0	.433	0.2	0.7	.244	3.4	4.1	.815
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
Marvin Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	George Mikan	Marvin Williams
Season	1950-51	2007-08
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Hawks 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	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Marvin Williams	80	34.6	14.8	1.5	4.2	5.7	1.7	1.0	0.4	1.6	2.8	5.3	11.5	.462	0.0	0.1	.100	4.2	5.1	.822
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
Marvin Williams	7	28.4	11.4	1.6	2.4	4.0	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.9	3.0	3.4	8.3	.414	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	5.1	.889

Season 4
	George Mikan	Marvin Williams
Season	1951-52	2008-09
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Marvin Williams	61	34.3	13.9	1.8	4.5	6.3	1.3	0.9	0.6	1.1	2.1	4.7	10.2	.458	0.9	2.5	.355	3.6	4.5	.806
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
Marvin Williams	6	16.2	5.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	0.8	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	4.8	.345	0.2	1.0	.167	1.5	2.2	.692

Season 5
	George Mikan	Marvin Williams
Season	1952-53	2009-10
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Marvin Williams	81	30.5	10.1	1.3	3.8	5.1	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.0	3.7	8.2	.455	0.5	1.6	.303	2.2	2.7	.819
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
Marvin Williams	11	31.4	8.4	2.1	3.6	5.7	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.8	2.8	7.2	.392	0.1	0.2	.500	2.6	2.9	.906

Season 6
	George Mikan	Marvin Williams
Season	1953-54	2010-11
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Marvin Williams	65	28.7	10.4	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.4	0.5	0.4	1.0	1.6	3.8	8.3	.458	0.6	1.7	.336	2.3	2.7	.845
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
Marvin Williams	12	18.0	4.8	0.8	1.4	2.3	0.5	0.8	0.6	1.0	1.5	1.8	4.7	.393	0.3	0.9	.273	0.8	1.1	.769

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