Joel Anthony vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Joel Anthony, 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.

Joel Anthony played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Joel Anthony had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, 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
	Joel Anthony	George Mikan
Season	2007-08	1948-49
Team	Miami Heat	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		%
Joel Anthony	24	20.8	3.5	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.1	0.4	1.3	0.7	2.3	1.2	2.5	.467	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.0	.592
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		%
Joel Anthony	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Joel Anthony	George Mikan
Season	2008-09	1949-50
Team	Miami Heat	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Joel Anthony	65	16.1	2.2	1.4	1.7	3.0	0.4	0.3	1.4	0.6	2.1	0.9	1.8	.483	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.652
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		%
Joel Anthony	6	14.7	1.7	1.5	1.7	3.2	0.3	0.0	1.2	0.2	1.5	0.7	0.8	.800	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Joel Anthony	George Mikan
Season	2009-10	1950-51
Team	Miami Heat	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Joel Anthony	80	16.5	2.7	1.5	1.6	3.1	0.2	0.3	1.4	0.6	2.0	1.0	2.0	.478	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.717
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		%
Joel Anthony	5	15.8	2.6	1.2	0.6	1.8	0.2	0.4	1.0	0.2	1.8	1.0	1.4	.714	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.750
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Joel Anthony	George Mikan
Season	2010-11	1951-52
Team	Miami Heat	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Joel Anthony	75	19.5	2.0	1.4	2.2	3.5	0.3	0.1	1.2	0.5	2.6	0.7	1.3	.535	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.644
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		%
Joel Anthony	21	27.4	2.8	1.7	3.0	4.6	0.5	0.4	1.8	0.6	2.6	0.9	2.3	.367	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.710
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
	Joel Anthony	George Mikan
Season	2011-12	1952-53
Team	Miami Heat	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Joel Anthony	64	21.1	3.4	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.1	0.6	1.3	0.7	2.0	1.3	2.4	.559	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.690
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		%
Joel Anthony	17	19.4	3.2	1.3	1.9	3.2	0.1	0.3	0.9	0.5	2.4	1.0	1.7	.586	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.5	.800
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
	Joel Anthony	George Mikan
Season	2012-13	1953-54
Team	Miami Heat	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Joel Anthony	62	9.1	1.4	0.7	1.1	1.9	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.4	0.8	0.6	1.1	.515	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.607
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		%
Joel Anthony	14	5.1	0.4	0.7	0.8	1.5	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.9	0.2	0.7	.300	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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.