Mike Gminski vs. JaVale McGee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of JaVale McGee and Mike Gminski, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Mike Gminski played 14 years in the NBA, 2 less than JaVale McGee, who played 16. Mike Gminski had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, while JaVale McGee had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Mike Gminski	14	8	1980-81 to 1993-94
JaVale McGee	16	8	2008-09 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Mike Gminski	JaVale McGee
Season	1980-81	2008-09
Team	New Jersey Nets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	56	28.2	13.2	2.4	5.0	7.5	1.3	1.0	1.8	2.3	2.3	5.2	12.3	.423	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.6	.767
JaVale McGee	75	15.2	6.5	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.3	0.4	1.0	0.8	2.1	2.5	5.2	.494	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.2	.660

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mike Gminski	JaVale McGee
Season	1981-82	2009-10
Team	New Jersey Nets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	64	11.6	5.2	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.6	0.3	0.8	0.9	1.1	1.9	4.2	.441	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.8	.822
JaVale McGee	60	16.1	6.4	1.5	2.6	4.1	0.2	0.3	1.7	0.9	2.0	2.6	5.1	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.638

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	1	10.0	5.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mike Gminski	JaVale McGee
Season	1982-83	2010-11
Team	New Jersey Nets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	80	15.7	7.5	1.9	2.9	4.8	0.8	0.4	1.5	1.6	1.5	2.7	5.3	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.8	.778
JaVale McGee	79	27.8	10.1	2.8	5.2	8.0	0.5	0.5	2.4	1.3	2.9	4.2	7.6	.550	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.9	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	2	14.5	7.5	2.0	2.5	4.5	0.5	0.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	4.5	.667	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.750
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Mike Gminski	JaVale McGee
Season	1983-84	2011-12
Team	New Jersey Nets	Washington Wizards, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	82	20.2	7.6	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.1	0.5	0.9	1.5	2.0	2.9	5.6	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.2	.799
JaVale McGee	61	25.2	11.3	2.7	5.1	7.8	0.5	0.6	2.2	1.4	2.7	5.0	9.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.7	.461

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	11	20.3	8.5	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.5	0.6	1.4	0.8	1.5	2.6	4.5	.580	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.7	.692
JaVale McGee	7	25.9	8.6	3.3	6.3	9.6	0.7	0.7	3.1	0.6	3.0	3.3	7.6	.434	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.7	.538


Season 5
	Mike Gminski	JaVale McGee
Season	1984-85	2012-13
Team	New Jersey Nets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	81	29.9	12.8	2.8	5.0	7.8	2.0	0.5	1.1	1.7	1.7	4.7	10.1	.465	0.0	0.0	.000	3.4	4.0	.841
JaVale McGee	79	18.1	9.1	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.3	0.4	2.0	1.1	2.3	3.8	6.7	.575	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.4	2.4	.591

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	3	27.0	14.0	1.3	5.0	6.3	1.3	1.0	1.7	3.3	1.7	6.0	11.0	.545	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
JaVale McGee	6	18.7	7.2	2.8	2.3	5.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.8	2.8	3.0	5.2	.581	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	3.0	.389


Season 6
	Mike Gminski	JaVale McGee
Season	1985-86	2013-14
Team	New Jersey Nets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	81	31.2	16.5	2.5	5.7	8.2	1.6	0.7	0.9	1.7	2.0	6.1	11.7	.517	0.0	0.0	.000	4.3	4.9	.893
JaVale McGee	5	15.8	7.0	2.0	1.4	3.4	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.2	3.4	7.6	.447	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	3	36.3	19.3	3.7	6.3	10.0	1.7	1.3	0.7	3.0	3.7	5.3	14.3	.372	0.0	0.0	-	8.7	9.0	.963
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Mike Gminski	JaVale McGee
Season	1986-87	2014-15
Team	New Jersey Nets	Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	72	31.6	16.4	2.7	6.1	8.8	1.4	0.7	1.0	1.8	2.2	6.0	13.2	.457	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.1	.846
JaVale McGee	23	11.1	4.6	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.8	3.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Mike Gminski	JaVale McGee
Season	1987-88	2015-16
Team	New Jersey Nets, Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	81	36.6	16.9	3.0	7.0	10.0	1.7	0.8	1.5	2.2	2.2	6.2	13.9	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	4.4	4.8	.906
JaVale McGee	34	10.9	5.1	1.6	2.4	3.9	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.3	3.9	.575	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.1	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	2	7.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	3.0	.333


Season 9
	Mike Gminski	JaVale McGee
Season	1988-89	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Mike Gminski	82	33.4	17.2	2.6	6.8	9.4	1.7	0.6	1.3	1.6	1.7	6.8	14.2	.477	0.0	0.1	.000	3.6	4.2	.871
JaVale McGee	77	9.6	6.1	1.3	1.9	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.5	1.4	2.7	4.1	.652	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.4	.505

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	3	39.3	16.3	2.0	5.7	7.7	0.7	0.0	2.7	0.7	2.7	6.3	16.0	.396	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.3	.688
JaVale McGee	16	9.3	5.9	1.4	1.6	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.5	1.9	2.6	3.5	.732	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.1	.722


Season 10
	Mike Gminski	JaVale McGee
Season	1989-90	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Mike Gminski	81	32.8	13.7	2.4	6.1	8.5	1.6	0.5	1.3	1.2	1.7	5.7	12.4	.457	0.0	0.2	.176	2.4	2.9	.821
JaVale McGee	65	9.5	4.8	0.9	1.7	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.4	.621	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.731

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	10	34.2	12.8	0.8	4.6	5.4	1.1	0.8	2.3	1.7	2.7	5.7	11.7	.487	0.0	0.5	.000	1.4	1.5	.933
JaVale McGee	13	12.2	6.5	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.3	0.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	3.0	4.5	.672	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.7	.667


Season 11
	Mike Gminski	JaVale McGee
Season	1990-91	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	80	27.5	10.6	2.3	5.0	7.3	1.2	0.5	0.7	1.1	1.2	4.5	10.1	.442	0.0	0.2	.143	1.6	2.0	.810
JaVale McGee	75	22.3	12.0	2.6	4.9	7.5	0.7	0.6	2.0	1.4	2.8	5.3	8.5	.624	0.0	0.2	.083	1.3	2.0	.632

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Mike Gminski	JaVale McGee
Season	1991-92	2019-20
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mike Gminski	35	14.3	5.8	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.9	0.3	0.5	0.6	1.1	2.6	5.7	.452	0.0	0.1	.333	0.6	0.8	.750
JaVale McGee	68	16.6	6.6	1.8	3.9	5.7	0.5	0.5	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.9	4.5	.637	0.0	0.1	.500	0.8	1.2	.646

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	14	9.6	2.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.6	1.6	1.4	2.3	.625	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.1	.500


Season 13
	Mike Gminski	JaVale McGee
Season	1992-93	2020-21
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf 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		%
Mike Gminski	34	7.4	2.7	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.2	2.4	.506	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	.900
JaVale McGee	46	14.7	7.3	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.3	2.6	3.1	6.1	.511	0.1	0.5	.208	1.0	1.5	.657

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	2	2.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
JaVale McGee	4	8.5	2.0	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.8	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.8	2.5	.300	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	1.5	.333


Season 14
	Mike Gminski	JaVale McGee
Season	1993-94	2021-22
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
Mike Gminski	29	10.7	3.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	3.6	.350	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.778
JaVale McGee	74	15.8	9.2	2.2	4.5	6.7	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.3	2.4	3.9	6.2	.629	0.0	0.1	.222	1.4	2.0	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	12	11.1	6.8	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.8	2.3	2.9	4.2	.700	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.1	.846


Season 15
	Mike Gminski	JaVale McGee
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	42	8.5	4.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.9	1.3	1.9	3.0	.640	0.0	0.1	.400	0.6	1.0	.585

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Mike Gminski	JaVale McGee
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	46	7.4	4.0	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.7	2.9	.598	0.0	0.2	.143	0.6	1.0	.578

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Gminski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JaVale McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mike Gminski vs. JaVale McGee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of JaVale McGee and Mike Gminski, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16