Jalen Duren vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Jalen Duren, 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.

Jalen Duren played 4 years in the NBA, 3 less than George Mikan, who played 7. Jalen Duren had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Jalen Duren	George Mikan
Season	2022-23	1948-49
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Duren	67	24.9	9.1	3.4	5.5	8.9	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.4	2.7	3.9	5.9	.648	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.3	.611
difference:	+7		+19.2				+2.5				-1.6	+5.8	+17.5	+.232				+7.5	+9.2	+.161
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		%
Jalen Duren	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Jalen Duren	George Mikan
Season	2023-24	1949-50
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Duren	61	29.1	13.8	3.1	8.5	11.6	2.4	0.5	0.8	2.1	3.1	5.7	9.2	.619	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.0	.790
difference:	+7		+13.6				+0.5				-1.3	+3.8	+14.3	+.212				+6.0	+7.7	+.011
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		%
Jalen Duren	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Jalen Duren	George Mikan
Season	2024-25	1950-51
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Div Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Duren	78	26.1	11.8	3.6	6.8	10.3	2.7	0.7	1.1	1.7	3.2	4.8	7.0	.692	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.1	.669
difference:	+10		+16.6			+3.8	+0.4				-1.3	+5.2	+16.3	+.264				+6.4	+7.4	+.134
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		%
Jalen Duren	6	33.8	11.8	4.3	6.3	10.7	3.5	0.3	1.7	1.7	4.3	4.3	6.7	.650	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.8	.826
difference:	+1		+12.2			+0.1	+2.2				-0.7	+4.6	+15.0	+.242				+3.1	+4.1	+.026
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Jalen Duren	George Mikan
Season	2025-26	1951-52
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Duren	11	29.0	19.4	4.5	7.5	12.0	1.6	1.1	1.2	2.5	3.4	7.0	10.8	.647	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	6.6	.808
difference:	+53	+11.2	+4.4			+1.5	+1.4				-1.1	+1.5	+11.3	+.262				+1.4	+2.1	+.028
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		%
Jalen Duren	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	13	42.5	23.6	-	-	15.9	2.8	-	-	-	4.8	7.6	20.1	.379	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.790

Additional Years
* George Mikan played 3 seasons more than Jalen Duren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 7, from 1953 to 1956—George Mikan played in 3 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 3 extra years over Jalen Duren, George Mikan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 Rebounds Leader 2 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP