George Mikan vs. Tyler Zeller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyler Zeller 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, 1 less than Tyler Zeller, who played 8. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Tyler Zeller 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
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Rookie Season
	George Mikan	Tyler Zeller
Season	1948-49	2012-13
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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
Tyler Zeller	77	26.4	7.9	2.1	3.6	5.7	1.2	0.5	0.9	1.2	3.3	3.2	7.3	.438	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.0	.764
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
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Tyler Zeller
Season	1949-50	2013-14
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
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
Tyler Zeller	70	15.0	5.7	1.5	2.6	4.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.9	2.0	2.2	4.1	.538	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.719
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
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	George Mikan	Tyler Zeller
Season	1950-51	2014-15
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Celtics 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
Tyler Zeller	82	21.1	10.2	1.8	3.9	5.7	1.4	0.2	0.6	0.9	2.5	4.1	7.5	.549	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.3	.823
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
Tyler Zeller	4	22.5	8.5	0.5	4.0	4.5	0.5	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.8	7.3	.517	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.800

Season 4
	George Mikan	Tyler Zeller
Season	1951-52	2015-16
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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
Tyler Zeller	60	11.8	6.1	1.0	1.9	3.0	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.6	2.3	4.8	.476	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.8	.815
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
Tyler Zeller	3	12.7	6.0	1.3	3.7	5.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	2.3	5.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.667

Season 5
	George Mikan	Tyler Zeller
Season	1952-53	2016-17
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Tyler Zeller	51	10.3	3.5	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.8	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.2	1.5	3.1	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.564
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
Tyler Zeller	11	7.1	2.9	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.3	.520	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.750

Season 6
	George Mikan	Tyler Zeller
Season	1953-54	2017-18
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Brooklyn Nets, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bucks 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
Tyler Zeller	66	16.8	6.7	1.7	3.0	4.6	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.9	2.8	5.1	.560	0.2	0.4	.357	0.9	1.2	.722
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
Tyler Zeller	7	9.4	1.6	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	1.6	0.6	0.7	.800	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.750

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