George Mikan vs. Wally Szczerbiak Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wally Szczerbiak 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, 3 less than Wally Szczerbiak, who played 10. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Wally Szczerbiak had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1948-49	1999-00
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Timberwolves 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
Wally Szczerbiak	73	29.7	11.6	1.2	2.5	3.7	2.8	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.4	4.7	9.2	.511	0.4	1.1	.359	1.8	2.2	.826
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
Wally Szczerbiak	4	23.5	6.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.8	3.0	7.5	.400	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1949-50	2000-01
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Timberwolves 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	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Wally Szczerbiak	82	34.8	14.0	1.6	3.8	5.5	3.2	0.7	0.4	1.7	2.8	5.7	11.2	.510	0.3	0.9	.338	2.2	2.5	.870
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
Wally Szczerbiak	4	35.8	14.0	1.0	3.5	4.5	2.5	1.3	0.8	3.0	1.5	4.5	9.3	.486	0.0	0.3	.000	5.0	6.3	.800

Season 3
	George Mikan	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1950-51	2001-02
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Timberwolves 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	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Wally Szczerbiak	82	38.0	18.7	1.5	3.3	4.8	3.1	0.8	0.3	2.2	2.3	7.4	14.6	.508	1.1	2.3	.455	2.8	3.3	.831
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
Wally Szczerbiak	3	43.3	20.0	3.0	4.0	7.0	2.0	0.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	7.0	14.7	.477	0.7	3.0	.222	5.3	6.0	.889

Season 4
	George Mikan	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1951-52	2002-03
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Timberwolves 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
Wally Szczerbiak	52	35.3	17.6	1.0	3.6	4.6	2.6	0.8	0.4	1.7	2.4	6.8	14.0	.481	1.2	2.8	.421	2.9	3.3	.867
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
Wally Szczerbiak	6	42.0	14.5	1.0	4.0	5.0	2.2	1.0	0.2	3.0	3.2	4.8	10.2	.475	0.5	2.3	.214	4.3	5.0	.867

Season 5
	George Mikan	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1952-53	2003-04
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Timberwolves Lost West 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
Wally Szczerbiak	28	22.2	10.2	0.9	2.3	3.1	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.5	3.8	8.4	.449	0.7	1.6	.435	1.9	2.3	.828
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
Wally Szczerbiak	12	24.8	11.8	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.7	0.5	0.2	2.0	2.6	3.9	9.3	.420	0.8	2.4	.345	3.2	3.4	.927

Season 6
	George Mikan	Wally Szczerbiak
Season	1953-54	2004-05
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
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
Wally Szczerbiak	81	31.6	15.5	1.0	2.7	3.7	2.4	0.5	0.2	1.6	2.2	5.7	11.3	.506	0.8	2.1	.373	3.2	3.8	.855
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
Wally Szczerbiak	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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