George Mikan vs. Scott Wedman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scott Wedman 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, 6 less than Scott Wedman, who played 13. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Scott Wedman had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13
Rookie Season
	George Mikan	Scott Wedman
Season	1948-49	1974-75
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Kansas City-Omaha Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings 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	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Scott Wedman	80	31.9	11.1	2.5	3.6	6.1	1.6	1.0	0.3	-	3.4	4.7	10.1	.465	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.818
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
Scott Wedman	6	38.3	11.0	1.7	4.2	5.8	2.7	1.0	0.5	-	2.8	4.5	11.3	.397	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 2
	George Mikan	Scott Wedman
Season	1949-50	1975-76
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	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	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Scott Wedman	82	36.2	15.5	2.4	5.0	7.4	2.4	1.3	0.4	-	3.4	6.6	14.4	.456	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.780
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
Scott Wedman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	George Mikan	Scott Wedman
Season	1950-51	1976-77
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Kansas City Kings
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
Scott Wedman	81	33.9	15.4	2.3	3.9	6.2	2.8	1.2	0.3	-	2.8	6.4	14.0	.460	-	-	-	2.5	3.0	.855
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
Scott Wedman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	George Mikan	Scott Wedman
Season	1951-52	1977-78
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Kansas City Kings
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
Scott Wedman	81	36.6	17.7	1.8	3.9	5.7	2.5	1.2	0.3	2.0	3.0	7.5	14.7	.509	-	-	-	2.7	3.1	.870
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
Scott Wedman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	George Mikan	Scott Wedman
Season	1952-53	1978-79
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings 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
Scott Wedman	73	34.2	18.3	1.8	3.4	5.3	2.0	1.0	0.4	1.5	3.3	7.7	14.4	.534	-	-	-	3.0	3.7	.797
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
Scott Wedman	5	34.8	19.2	2.6	4.8	7.4	1.8	1.8	0.6	2.8	3.6	7.2	15.6	.462	-	-	-	4.8	6.4	.750

Season 6
	George Mikan	Scott Wedman
Season	1953-54	1979-80
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
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	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Scott Wedman	68	34.5	19.0	1.7	4.0	5.7	2.1	1.2	0.7	1.6	3.4	8.4	16.4	.512	0.1	0.3	.318	2.1	2.7	.801
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
Scott Wedman	3	38.7	22.7	2.0	5.0	7.0	3.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	3.0	9.7	21.3	.453	0.7	1.0	.667	2.7	3.7	.727

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

Season 10
	George Mikan	Scott Wedman
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Wedman	68	13.5	4.8	0.6	1.4	2.0	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.6	2.2	4.9	.444	0.0	0.2	.154	0.4	0.5	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Wedman	17	13.3	5.2	1.4	1.4	2.8	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.1	2.4	5.6	.417	0.2	0.4	.571	0.3	0.6	.500

Season 12
	George Mikan	Scott Wedman
Season	-	1985-86
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Wedman	79	17.7	8.0	0.8	1.6	2.4	1.1	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.6	3.6	7.7	.473	0.2	0.6	.354	0.6	0.9	.662
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Wedman	12	11.8	3.8	0.9	0.9	1.8	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.2	1.7	4.3	.392	0.2	0.3	.500	0.3	0.3	.750