Gordan Giricek vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Gordan Giricek, 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.

Gordan Giricek played 6 years in the NBA, 1 less than George Mikan, who played 7. Gordan Giricek had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7
Rookie Season
	Gordan Giricek	George Mikan
Season	2002-03	1948-49
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Orlando Magic	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Gordan Giricek	76	28.3	12.3	0.5	2.7	3.1	1.8	0.7	0.1	1.9	2.1	4.6	10.6	.436	1.1	3.3	.341	2.0	2.4	.820
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		%
Gordan Giricek	7	32.1	9.4	0.6	2.6	3.1	1.0	0.3	0.1	1.9	3.9	3.7	8.0	.464	0.7	2.1	.333	1.3	1.6	.818
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Gordan Giricek	George Mikan
Season	2003-04	1949-50
Team	Orlando Magic, Utah Jazz	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		%
Gordan Giricek	73	28.0	11.3	0.7	2.4	3.1	1.7	0.8	0.2	1.4	2.0	4.3	9.9	.436	0.8	2.1	.395	1.8	2.2	.854
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		%
Gordan Giricek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Gordan Giricek	George Mikan
Season	2004-05	1950-51
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Gordan Giricek	81	20.5	8.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	1.7	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.9	3.5	7.8	.448	0.5	1.3	.362	1.4	1.7	.810
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		%
Gordan Giricek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Gordan Giricek	George Mikan
Season	2005-06	1951-52
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Gordan Giricek	37	25.8	10.6	0.4	1.5	1.9	1.7	0.4	0.1	1.7	2.4	4.5	10.4	.433	0.5	1.6	.305	1.2	1.5	.754
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		%
Gordan Giricek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Gordan Giricek	George Mikan
Season	2006-07	1952-53
Team	Utah Jazz	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Gordan Giricek	61	19.5	7.8	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.0	0.5	0.1	1.0	2.0	2.9	6.2	.462	0.9	2.0	.426	1.2	1.4	.816
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		%
Gordan Giricek	17	18.1	6.1	0.2	1.4	1.6	1.0	0.2	0.1	1.3	2.2	2.2	5.4	.418	0.8	1.5	.538	0.8	0.9	.875
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
	Gordan Giricek	George Mikan
Season	2007-08	1953-54
Team	Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Gordan Giricek	56	14.8	5.8	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.5	2.4	5.4	.440	0.6	1.8	.364	0.4	0.5	.885
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		%
Gordan Giricek	5	16.0	3.4	0.0	1.4	1.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.2	3.6	.333	0.2	0.8	.250	0.8	0.8	1.000
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.