George Mikan vs. Rodney Stuckey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rodney Stuckey 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, 3 less than Rodney Stuckey, who played 10. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Rodney Stuckey had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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	Rodney Stuckey
Season	1948-49	2007-08
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons 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
Rodney Stuckey	57	19.0	7.6	0.6	1.7	2.3	2.8	0.9	0.1	1.4	2.0	2.7	6.7	.401	0.1	0.3	.188	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	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802
Rodney Stuckey	17	22.4	8.2	0.6	1.2	1.9	3.4	1.1	0.1	1.4	2.1	2.5	6.8	.371	0.1	0.4	.286	3.0	3.4	.879

Season 2
	George Mikan	Rodney Stuckey
Season	1949-50	2008-09
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons 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	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Rodney Stuckey	79	31.9	13.4	0.9	2.6	3.5	4.9	1.0	0.1	2.2	2.7	5.1	11.6	.439	0.3	1.0	.295	2.9	3.7	.803
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
Rodney Stuckey	4	32.0	15.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	5.3	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.3	6.0	15.3	.393	0.0	2.0	.000	3.0	3.5	.857

Season 3
	George Mikan	Rodney Stuckey
Season	1950-51	2009-10
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Detroit Pistons
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
Rodney Stuckey	73	34.2	16.6	0.9	2.9	3.8	4.8	1.4	0.2	2.2	2.8	6.2	15.2	.405	0.2	1.1	.228	4.1	4.9	.833
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
Rodney Stuckey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	George Mikan	Rodney Stuckey
Season	1951-52	2010-11
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Detroit Pistons
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
Rodney Stuckey	70	31.2	15.5	1.0	2.1	3.1	5.2	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.5	5.2	11.8	.439	0.4	1.3	.289	4.7	5.4	.866
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
Rodney Stuckey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	George Mikan	Rodney Stuckey
Season	1952-53	2011-12
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Detroit Pistons
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
Rodney Stuckey	55	29.9	14.8	0.7	1.9	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.3	4.7	10.9	.429	0.6	1.9	.317	4.9	5.8	.834
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
Rodney Stuckey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	George Mikan	Rodney Stuckey
Season	1953-54	2012-13
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Detroit Pistons
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
Rodney Stuckey	76	28.6	11.5	0.6	2.2	2.8	3.6	0.7	0.2	1.8	1.7	4.0	9.8	.406	0.7	2.4	.302	2.8	3.6	.783
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
Rodney Stuckey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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