George Mikan vs. Rony Seikaly Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rony Seikaly 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, 4 less than Rony Seikaly, who played 11. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Rony Seikaly had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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	Rony Seikaly
Season	1948-49	1988-89
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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Rony Seikaly	78	25.2	10.9	2.6	4.4	7.0	0.7	0.6	1.2	2.6	3.3	4.3	9.5	.448	0.0	0.1	.250	2.3	4.5	.511
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
Rony Seikaly	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Rony Seikaly
Season	1949-50	1989-90
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	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
Rony Seikaly	74	32.6	16.6	3.4	6.9	10.4	1.1	1.1	1.7	3.2	3.5	6.6	13.1	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	5.8	.594
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
Rony Seikaly	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	George Mikan	Rony Seikaly
Season	1950-51	1990-91
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
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
Rony Seikaly	64	33.9	16.4	3.2	7.8	11.1	1.5	0.8	1.3	3.2	3.3	6.2	12.8	.481	0.0	0.1	.333	4.0	6.5	.619
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
Rony Seikaly	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	George Mikan	Rony Seikaly
Season	1951-52	1991-92
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Rony Seikaly	79	35.4	16.4	3.9	7.9	11.8	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.7	3.5	5.9	12.0	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	4.7	6.4	.733
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
Rony Seikaly	3	39.0	20.7	3.7	6.3	10.0	1.3	0.3	1.7	3.0	5.0	6.3	11.7	.543	0.0	0.0	-	8.0	10.7	.750

Season 5
	George Mikan	Rony Seikaly
Season	1952-53	1992-93
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
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
Rony Seikaly	72	34.1	17.1	3.6	8.2	11.8	1.4	0.5	1.2	2.8	3.6	5.8	12.1	.480	0.0	0.1	.125	5.5	7.5	.735
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
Rony Seikaly	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	George Mikan	Rony Seikaly
Season	1953-54	1993-94
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Rony Seikaly	72	33.5	15.1	3.4	6.9	10.3	1.9	0.8	1.4	2.7	3.9	5.4	11.2	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	4.2	5.9	.720
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
Rony Seikaly	5	33.0	8.2	3.8	5.6	9.4	1.6	0.8	1.4	2.2	4.4	2.8	6.4	.438	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	4.6	.565

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