George Mikan vs. Terrence Ross Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Terrence Ross 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 Terrence Ross, who played 11. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Terrence Ross had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
Rookie Season
	George Mikan	Terrence Ross
Season	1948-49	2012-13
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Toronto Raptors
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
Terrence Ross	73	17.0	6.4	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.7	2.5	6.3	.407	0.9	2.7	.332	0.4	0.6	.714
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
Terrence Ross	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Terrence Ross
Season	1949-50	2013-14
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Raptors 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
Terrence Ross	81	26.7	10.9	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.0	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.3	3.9	9.3	.423	2.0	5.0	.395	1.0	1.2	.837
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
Terrence Ross	7	22.6	5.0	0.1	1.9	2.0	0.3	0.9	0.4	1.1	2.7	2.0	6.7	.298	0.6	3.4	.167	0.4	0.7	.600

Season 3
	George Mikan	Terrence Ross
Season	1950-51	2014-15
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Raptors 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
Terrence Ross	82	25.5	9.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.7	3.8	9.2	.410	1.8	4.8	.372	0.5	0.7	.786
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
Terrence Ross	4	26.8	7.0	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.0	0.8	1.0	0.5	2.5	2.8	7.3	.379	1.5	4.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	George Mikan	Terrence Ross
Season	1951-52	2015-16
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Raptors 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	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Terrence Ross	73	23.9	9.9	0.3	2.2	2.5	0.8	0.7	0.3	0.6	1.6	3.7	8.6	.431	1.8	4.6	.386	0.7	0.8	.790
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
Terrence Ross	20	16.8	6.3	0.2	1.4	1.6	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.8	1.4	2.3	6.0	.387	1.1	3.2	.328	0.7	1.0	.650

Season 5
	George Mikan	Terrence Ross
Season	1952-53	2016-17
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Toronto Raptors, Orlando Magic
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
Terrence Ross	78	25.1	11.0	0.2	2.4	2.6	1.1	1.1	0.4	0.9	1.8	4.2	9.6	.437	1.8	5.0	.363	0.8	1.0	.831
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
Terrence Ross	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	George Mikan	Terrence Ross
Season	1953-54	2017-18
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Orlando Magic
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
Terrence Ross	24	25.0	8.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	1.6	1.1	0.5	1.2	1.9	3.2	8.0	.398	1.3	3.9	.323	1.1	1.5	.750
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
Terrence Ross	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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