George Mikan vs. Ronnie Price Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ronnie Price 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 Ronnie Price, who played 12. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Ronnie Price 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12
Rookie Season
	George Mikan	Ronnie Price
Season	1948-49	2005-06
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings Lost West 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
Ronnie Price	29	5.2	2.1	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.0	.362	0.2	0.9	.222	0.4	0.4	1.000
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
Ronnie Price	4	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Ronnie Price
Season	1949-50	2006-07
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Sacramento Kings
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
Ronnie Price	58	9.7	3.3	0.3	1.0	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.1	1.2	3.0	.390	0.4	1.1	.323	0.6	0.9	.673
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
Ronnie Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	George Mikan	Ronnie Price
Season	1950-51	2007-08
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Jazz 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	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Ronnie Price	61	9.6	3.7	0.1	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.4	1.4	3.3	.431	0.4	1.2	.347	0.4	0.6	.684
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
Ronnie Price	12	5.7	2.8	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.6	.323	0.3	1.2	.214	0.8	1.1	.769

Season 4
	George Mikan	Ronnie Price
Season	1951-52	2008-09
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West 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	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Ronnie Price	52	14.2	4.0	0.2	1.1	1.3	2.1	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.4	1.5	3.9	.379	0.4	1.2	.311	0.7	0.9	.756
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
Ronnie Price	2	8.0	4.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.5	5.0	.300	0.0	1.5	.000	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 5
	George Mikan	Ronnie Price
Season	1952-53	2009-10
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Ronnie Price	60	13.4	4.3	0.5	0.8	1.2	2.1	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.8	1.6	4.0	.405	0.3	1.1	.286	0.7	1.0	.695
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
Ronnie Price	10	9.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.2	2.0	0.7	2.4	.292	0.2	0.7	.286	0.4	0.8	.500

Season 6
	George Mikan	Ronnie Price
Season	1953-54	2010-11
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Utah Jazz
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
Ronnie Price	59	12.2	3.3	0.4	0.7	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.8	1.3	3.6	.352	0.3	1.2	.290	0.5	0.7	.744
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
Ronnie Price	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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