Matt Bullard vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Matt Bullard, 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.

Matt Bullard played 11 years in the NBA, 4 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Matt Bullard had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	Matt Bullard	George Mikan
Season	1990-91	1948-49
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Matt Bullard	18	3.5	2.2	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.7	.452	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	0.9	.647
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		%
Matt Bullard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Matt Bullard	George Mikan
Season	1991-92	1949-50
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Matt Bullard	80	16.0	6.4	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.6	2.6	5.6	.459	0.8	2.1	.386	0.5	0.6	.760
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		%
Matt Bullard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Matt Bullard	George Mikan
Season	1992-93	1950-51
Team	Houston Rockets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Matt Bullard	79	17.2	7.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.6	2.7	6.3	.431	1.2	3.1	.374	0.7	0.9	.784
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		%
Matt Bullard	12	14.1	5.1	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.1	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.9	1.7	3.5	.476	1.3	2.3	.536	0.5	0.5	1.000
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Matt Bullard	George Mikan
Season	1993-94	1951-52
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Matt Bullard	65	11.2	3.5	0.4	0.9	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.0	1.2	3.5	.345	0.8	2.4	.325	0.3	0.4	.769
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		%
Matt Bullard	10	5.5	1.6	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.4	1.9	.211	0.2	1.0	.200	0.6	0.8	.750
George Mikan	13	42.5	23.6	-	-	15.9	2.8	-	-	-	4.8	7.6	20.1	.379	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.790

Note: Matt Bullard didn't play in 1994-95.

Season 5
	Matt Bullard	George Mikan
Season	1995-96	1952-53
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Matt Bullard	46	10.0	3.8	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.1	1.4	3.5	.407	0.6	1.6	.361	0.3	0.4	.800
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		%
Matt Bullard	4	12.8	3.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.0	3.0	.333	1.0	2.0	.500	0.5	1.0	.500
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
	Matt Bullard	George Mikan
Season	1996-97	1953-54
Team	Houston Rockets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Matt Bullard	71	14.4	4.5	0.2	1.5	1.6	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.6	4.0	.401	0.9	2.6	.366	0.4	0.5	.735
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		%
Matt Bullard	2	3.5	3.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000	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.