Spencer Hawes vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Spencer Hawes, 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.

Spencer Hawes played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Spencer Hawes 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Spencer Hawes	10	5	2007-08 to 2016-17
George Mikan	7	7	1948-49 to 1955-56

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10


Rookie Season
	Spencer Hawes	George Mikan
Season	2007-08	1948-49
Team	Sacramento Kings	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Spencer Hawes	71	13.1	4.7	1.0	2.3	3.2	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.8	2.1	4.5	.459	0.1	0.3	.190	0.5	0.8	.655
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		%
Spencer Hawes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802


Season 2
	Spencer Hawes	George Mikan
Season	2008-09	1949-50
Team	Sacramento Kings	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Spencer Hawes	77	29.3	11.4	1.9	5.2	7.1	1.9	0.6	1.2	2.1	3.2	4.8	10.4	.466	0.5	1.5	.348	1.2	1.8	.662
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		%
Spencer Hawes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788


Season 3
	Spencer Hawes	George Mikan
Season	2009-10	1950-51
Team	Sacramento Kings	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	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		%
Spencer Hawes	72	26.4	10.0	2.0	4.0	6.1	2.2	0.4	1.2	1.8	2.8	4.3	9.3	.468	0.4	1.2	.299	1.0	1.5	.689
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		%
Spencer Hawes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800


Season 4
	Spencer Hawes	George Mikan
Season	2010-11	1951-52
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Spencer Hawes	81	21.2	7.2	1.6	4.1	5.7	1.5	0.4	0.9	1.2	2.5	3.3	7.0	.465	0.1	0.5	.243	0.6	1.1	.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		%
Spencer Hawes	5	19.6	5.2	1.0	2.8	3.8	1.8	0.0	0.4	0.4	2.2	2.4	6.6	.364	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.8	.500
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
	Spencer Hawes	George Mikan
Season	2011-12	1952-53
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Spencer Hawes	37	24.9	9.6	2.1	5.2	7.3	2.6	0.4	1.3	1.5	2.7	4.2	8.6	.489	0.1	0.3	.250	1.1	1.5	.727
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		%
Spencer Hawes	13	25.5	9.3	1.4	5.2	6.6	1.6	0.3	0.8	1.7	2.5	3.8	8.3	.463	0.2	0.4	.400	1.5	2.0	.731
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
	Spencer Hawes	George Mikan
Season	2012-13	1953-54
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Spencer Hawes	82	27.2	11.0	2.1	5.1	7.2	2.2	0.3	1.4	1.6	2.8	4.6	9.9	.464	0.4	1.1	.356	1.5	1.9	.777
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		%
Spencer Hawes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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.


Season 7
	Spencer Hawes	George Mikan
Season	2013-14	1955-56
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Cleveland Cavaliers	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Spencer Hawes	80	30.9	13.2	1.6	6.6	8.3	3.0	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.0	5.0	11.0	.456	1.6	3.9	.416	1.5	1.9	.783
George Mikan	37	20.7	10.5	-	-	8.3	1.4	-	-	-	4.1	4.0	10.1	.395	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Hawes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	3	20.0	12.0	-	-	9.3	1.7	-	-	-	4.7	4.3	11.7	.371	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.769


Season 8
	Spencer Hawes	George Mikan
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Spencer Hawes	73	17.5	5.8	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.2	0.3	0.7	0.8	2.4	2.2	5.7	.393	0.8	2.4	.313	0.6	0.9	.647
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Hawes	8	7.1	2.9	0.4	1.3	1.6	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.1	1.5	1.1	2.1	.529	0.4	0.8	.500	0.3	0.3	1.000
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Spencer Hawes	George Mikan
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East 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		%
Spencer Hawes	57	18.2	6.0	0.9	3.4	4.3	1.9	0.4	0.5	1.0	1.9	2.2	5.4	.405	0.7	1.8	.373	0.9	1.1	.831
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Hawes	5	10.6	3.6	0.6	2.6	3.2	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.0	1.2	2.6	.462	0.2	0.8	.250	1.0	1.2	.833
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Spencer Hawes	George Mikan
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Spencer Hawes	54	14.8	6.2	0.7	2.8	3.5	1.5	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.4	2.5	5.1	.484	0.5	1.5	.309	0.8	1.0	.846
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Spencer Hawes	3	5.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.7	1.7	.400	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Spencer Hawes vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Spencer Hawes, 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