Mark Landsberger vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Mark Landsberger, 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.

Mark Landsberger and George Mikan both played 7 years in the NBA. Mark Landsberger had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, 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
	Mark Landsberger	George Mikan
Season	1977-78	1948-49
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Mark Landsberger	62	14.9	5.6	1.8	3.1	4.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.3	2.0	4.0	.506	-	-	-	1.5	2.5	.580
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		%
Mark Landsberger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Mark Landsberger	George Mikan
Season	1978-79	1949-50
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Mark Landsberger	80	24.5	8.1	3.7	5.6	9.3	0.9	0.3	0.3	1.9	1.6	3.5	7.3	.475	-	-	-	1.1	2.4	.469
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		%
Mark Landsberger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Mark Landsberger	George Mikan
Season	1979-80	1950-51
Team	Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mark Landsberger	77	19.6	8.0	2.9	5.0	8.0	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.3	1.8	3.2	6.3	.516	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.9	.523
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		%
Mark Landsberger	16	12.2	3.4	1.6	2.8	4.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.6	2.2	1.6	4.3	.362	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.833
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Mark Landsberger	George Mikan
Season	1980-81	1951-52
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Mark Landsberger	69	15.7	5.7	2.2	3.3	5.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.9	2.0	2.4	4.7	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.7	.534
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		%
Mark Landsberger	3	10.7	1.7	3.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
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
	Mark Landsberger	George Mikan
Season	1981-82	1952-53
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Mark Landsberger	75	15.1	4.3	2.2	3.2	5.3	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.8	1.9	4.4	.438	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.9	.508
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		%
Mark Landsberger	9	6.7	1.1	1.2	1.2	2.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.444
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
	Mark Landsberger	George Mikan
Season	1982-83	1953-54
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Mark Landsberger	39	9.1	2.5	1.4	1.9	3.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.2	1.1	2.6	.422	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.480
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		%
Mark Landsberger	11	12.8	2.4	1.7	2.3	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.5	2.2	1.1	2.5	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.4	.500
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.