Josh Giddey vs. Vern Mikkelsen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Vern Mikkelsen and Josh Giddey, 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.

Josh Giddey played 3 years in the NBA, 7 less than Vern Mikkelsen, who played 10. Josh Giddey had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Vern Mikkelsen had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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
	Josh Giddey	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	2021-22	1949-50
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
Josh Giddey	54	31.5	12.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	3.2	1.6	5.2	12.4	.419	1.0	3.9	.263	1.0	1.5	.709
Vern Mikkelsen	68	-	11.6	-	-	-	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	10.6	.399	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.752
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vern Mikkelsen	12	-	13.0	-	-	-	1.5	-	-	-	4.3	4.6	12.4	.369	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.767

Season 2
	Josh Giddey	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	2022-23	1950-51
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	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		%
Josh Giddey	76	31.2	16.6	1.9	5.9	7.9	6.2	0.8	0.4	2.8	1.9	7.1	14.7	.482	1.0	3.1	.325	1.4	1.9	.731
Vern Mikkelsen	64	-	14.1	-	-	10.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.1	5.6	14.0	.402	-	-	-	2.9	4.3	.676
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vern Mikkelsen	7	-	15.6	-	-	9.6	2.4	-	-	-	5.0	5.6	13.7	.406	-	-	-	4.4	6.7	.660

Season 3
	Josh Giddey	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	2023-24	1951-52
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder TBD	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		%
Josh Giddey	80	25.1	12.3	1.4	5.0	6.4	4.8	0.7	0.6	2.1	1.4	5.0	10.6	.475	1.0	3.0	.337	1.3	1.6	.806
Vern Mikkelsen	66	35.5	15.3	-	-	10.3	2.7	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	13.1	.419	-	-	-	4.3	5.6	.761
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	9	19.0	9.4	0.4	3.1	3.6	2.2	0.2	0.4	1.2	0.9	3.7	8.0	.458	1.3	3.6	.375	0.8	0.9	.875
Vern Mikkelsen	13	38.1	13.3	-	-	8.5	1.5	-	-	-	5.1	4.6	10.7	.432	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	.828

Season 4
	Josh Giddey	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	-	1952-53
Team	-	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vern Mikkelsen	70	35.2	15.0	-	-	9.3	2.1	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	12.4	.435	-	-	-	4.2	5.5	.752
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vern Mikkelsen	12	33.3	12.0	-	-	8.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.9	3.7	11.1	.331	-	-	-	4.7	5.5	.848

Season 5
	Josh Giddey	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	-	1953-54
Team	-	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vern Mikkelsen	72	31.2	11.1	-	-	8.5	1.7	-	-	-	3.7	4.0	10.7	.374	-	-	-	3.1	4.1	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vern Mikkelsen	13	28.8	10.2	-	-	5.6	1.3	-	-	-	4.0	3.9	8.5	.459	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	.861

Season 6
	Josh Giddey	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	-	1954-55
Team	-	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vern Mikkelsen	71	36.0	18.7	-	-	10.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.5	6.2	14.7	.422	-	-	-	6.3	8.4	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vern Mikkelsen	7	29.9	13.7	-	-	11.1	1.9	-	-	-	5.1	4.3	12.1	.353	-	-	-	5.1	6.6	.783

Season 7
	Josh Giddey	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	-	1955-56
Team	-	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Lakers Lost West Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vern Mikkelsen	72	29.2	13.4	-	-	8.4	2.4	-	-	-	4.4	4.4	11.4	.386	-	-	-	4.6	5.7	.804
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vern Mikkelsen	3	30.0	13.3	-	-	5.7	0.7	-	-	-	4.7	3.7	8.7	.423	-	-	-	6.0	6.7	.900

Season 8
	Josh Giddey	Vern Mikkelsen
Season	-	1956-57
Team	-	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vern Mikkelsen	72	30.5	13.7	-	-	8.8	1.7	-	-	-	4.3	4.5	11.9	.377	-	-	-	4.8	5.9	.807
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Giddey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vern Mikkelsen	5	32.4	17.6	-	-	8.6	3.4	-	-	-	5.8	6.6	16.6	.398	-	-	-	4.4	6.8	.647