Goran Dragic vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Goran Dragic, 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.

Goran Dragic played 15 years in the NBA, 8 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Goran Dragic had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while George Mikan had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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
	Goran Dragic	George Mikan
Season	2008-09	1948-49
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Goran Dragic	55	13.2	4.5	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.6	1.6	4.1	.393	0.4	1.0	.370	0.9	1.2	.769
George Mikan	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Goran Dragic	George Mikan
Season	2009-10	1949-50
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Goran Dragic	80	18.0	7.9	0.5	1.7	2.1	3.0	0.6	0.1	1.6	1.6	2.8	6.1	.452	0.9	2.4	.394	1.5	2.0	.736
George Mikan	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	16	14.8	7.6	0.6	1.2	1.8	2.3	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	2.7	6.3	.430	0.8	2.5	.325	1.4	1.9	.742
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Goran Dragic	George Mikan
Season	2010-11	1950-51
Team	Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Goran Dragic	70	17.6	7.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.9	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.8	2.7	6.3	.435	0.8	2.2	.361	1.2	1.9	.624
George Mikan	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Goran Dragic	George Mikan
Season	2011-12	1951-52
Team	Houston Rockets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Goran Dragic	66	26.5	11.7	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.3	1.3	0.2	2.4	2.5	4.2	9.1	.462	1.0	3.1	.337	2.3	2.9	.805
George Mikan	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	13	42.5	23.6	-	-	15.9	2.8	-	-	-	4.8	7.6	20.1	.379	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.790

Season 5
	Goran Dragic	George Mikan
Season	2012-13	1952-53
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Goran Dragic	77	33.5	14.7	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.4	1.6	0.3	2.8	2.8	5.2	11.8	.443	1.1	3.6	.319	3.2	4.2	.748
George Mikan	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	12	38.6	19.8	-	-	15.4	1.9	-	-	-	4.7	6.5	17.8	.366	-	-	-	6.8	9.3	.732

Season 6
	Goran Dragic	George Mikan
Season	2013-14	1953-54
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Goran Dragic	76	35.1	20.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.9	1.4	0.3	2.8	2.7	7.3	14.4	.505	1.6	3.9	.408	4.2	5.5	.760
George Mikan	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	13	32.6	19.4	-	-	13.2	1.9	-	-	-	4.3	6.7	14.6	.458	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.813

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

Season 10
	Goran Dragic	George Mikan
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Goran Dragic	75	31.7	17.3	0.7	3.4	4.1	4.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.4	6.5	14.3	.450	1.5	4.0	.370	2.9	3.6	.801
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	5	31.2	18.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	4.6	1.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	7.0	15.0	.467	1.6	4.2	.381	3.0	4.4	.682
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-