Vern Mikkelsen vs. Alonzo Mourning Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alonzo Mourning and Vern Mikkelsen, 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.

Vern Mikkelsen played 10 years in the NBA, 5 less than Alonzo Mourning, who played 15. Vern Mikkelsen had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Alonzo Mourning had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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
Vern Mikkelsen	10	9	1949-50 to 1958-59
Alonzo Mourning	15	11	1992-93 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Vern Mikkelsen	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1949-50	1992-93
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hornets Lost East 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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	68	-	11.6	-	-	-	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	10.6	.399	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.752
Alonzo Mourning	78	33.9	21.0	3.4	6.9	10.3	1.0	0.3	3.5	3.0	3.7	7.3	14.3	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	6.3	8.1	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	12	-	13.0	-	-	-	1.5	-	-	-	4.3	4.6	12.4	.369	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.767
Alonzo Mourning	9	40.8	23.8	3.1	6.8	9.9	1.4	0.7	3.4	4.1	4.1	7.9	16.4	.480	0.0	0.2	.000	8.0	10.3	.774


Season 2
	Vern Mikkelsen	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1950-51	1993-94
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	64	-	14.1	-	-	10.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.1	5.6	14.0	.402	-	-	-	2.9	4.3	.676
Alonzo Mourning	60	33.6	21.5	3.0	7.2	10.2	1.4	0.5	3.1	3.3	3.5	7.1	14.1	.505	0.0	0.0	.000	7.2	9.5	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	7	-	15.6	-	-	9.6	2.4	-	-	-	5.0	5.6	13.7	.406	-	-	-	4.4	6.7	.660
Alonzo Mourning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Vern Mikkelsen	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1951-52	1994-95
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	66	35.5	15.3	-	-	10.3	2.7	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	13.1	.419	-	-	-	4.3	5.6	.761
Alonzo Mourning	77	38.2	21.3	2.6	7.3	9.9	1.4	0.6	2.9	3.1	3.6	7.4	14.3	.519	0.1	0.4	.324	6.4	8.4	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	13	38.1	13.3	-	-	8.5	1.5	-	-	-	5.1	4.6	10.7	.432	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	.828
Alonzo Mourning	4	43.5	22.0	3.5	9.8	13.3	2.8	0.8	3.3	3.5	4.3	6.0	14.3	.421	1.0	2.0	.500	9.0	10.8	.837


Season 4
	Vern Mikkelsen	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1952-53	1995-96
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat 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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	70	35.2	15.0	-	-	9.3	2.1	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	12.4	.435	-	-	-	4.2	5.5	.752
Alonzo Mourning	70	38.2	23.2	3.1	7.3	10.4	2.3	1.0	2.7	3.7	3.5	8.0	15.4	.523	0.1	0.4	.300	7.0	10.2	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	12	33.3	12.0	-	-	8.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.9	3.7	11.1	.331	-	-	-	4.7	5.5	.848
Alonzo Mourning	3	30.7	18.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	1.3	0.7	1.0	5.3	4.3	5.7	11.7	.486	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	9.3	.714


Season 5
	Vern Mikkelsen	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1953-54	1996-97
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East Conf 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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	72	31.2	11.1	-	-	8.5	1.7	-	-	-	3.7	4.0	10.7	.374	-	-	-	3.1	4.1	.742
Alonzo Mourning	66	35.2	19.8	2.9	7.1	9.9	1.6	0.8	2.9	3.4	4.1	7.2	13.4	.534	0.0	0.1	.111	5.5	8.6	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	13	28.8	10.2	-	-	5.6	1.3	-	-	-	4.0	3.9	8.5	.459	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	.861
Alonzo Mourning	17	37.1	17.8	2.6	7.6	10.2	1.1	0.6	2.7	4.1	4.3	6.3	12.8	.491	0.2	0.5	.375	5.1	9.1	.555


Season 6
	Vern Mikkelsen	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1954-55	1997-98
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Heat 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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	71	36.0	18.7	-	-	10.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.5	6.2	14.7	.422	-	-	-	6.3	8.4	.747
Alonzo Mourning	58	33.4	19.2	3.3	6.3	9.6	0.9	0.7	2.2	3.1	3.6	6.9	12.6	.551	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	8.0	.665

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	7	29.9	13.7	-	-	11.1	1.9	-	-	-	5.1	4.3	12.1	.353	-	-	-	5.1	6.6	.783
Alonzo Mourning	4	34.3	19.3	2.5	6.0	8.5	1.3	0.8	2.5	2.0	4.5	7.3	14.0	.518	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	7.3	.655


Season 7
	Vern Mikkelsen	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1955-56	1998-99
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Heat 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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	72	29.2	13.4	-	-	8.4	2.4	-	-	-	4.4	4.4	11.4	.386	-	-	-	4.6	5.7	.804
Alonzo Mourning	46	38.1	20.1	3.6	7.4	11.0	1.6	0.7	3.9	3.0	3.5	7.0	13.8	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	6.0	9.2	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	3	30.0	13.3	-	-	5.7	0.7	-	-	-	4.7	3.7	8.7	.423	-	-	-	6.0	6.7	.900
Alonzo Mourning	5	38.8	21.6	1.4	6.8	8.2	0.8	1.6	2.8	2.4	3.8	7.6	14.6	.521	0.0	0.0	-	6.4	9.8	.653


Season 8
	Vern Mikkelsen	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1956-57	1999-00
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Heat Lost East 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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	72	30.5	13.7	-	-	8.8	1.7	-	-	-	4.3	4.5	11.9	.377	-	-	-	4.8	5.9	.807
Alonzo Mourning	79	34.8	21.7	2.7	6.8	9.5	1.6	0.5	3.7	2.7	3.9	8.3	15.0	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	7.4	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	5	32.4	17.6	-	-	8.6	3.4	-	-	-	5.8	6.6	16.6	.398	-	-	-	4.4	6.8	.647
Alonzo Mourning	10	37.5	21.6	3.1	6.9	10.0	1.4	0.2	3.3	2.4	4.0	7.6	15.7	.484	0.0	0.1	.000	6.4	9.6	.667


Season 9
	Vern Mikkelsen	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1957-58	2000-01
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	72	33.2	17.3	-	-	11.2	2.3	-	-	-	4.2	6.1	14.9	.410	-	-	-	5.1	6.5	.786
Alonzo Mourning	13	23.5	13.6	2.7	5.1	7.8	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.2	1.8	5.6	10.8	.518	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	4.2	.564

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	3	30.3	11.7	1.0	4.3	5.3	1.0	0.0	1.7	1.7	3.0	4.0	8.3	.480	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	6.3	.579


Season 10
	Vern Mikkelsen	Alonzo Mourning
Season	1958-59	2001-02
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	72	29.7	13.8	-	-	7.9	2.2	-	-	-	3.4	4.9	12.6	.390	-	-	-	4.0	4.9	.806
Alonzo Mourning	75	32.7	15.7	2.4	6.0	8.4	1.2	0.4	2.5	2.4	3.4	6.0	11.5	.516	0.0	0.0	.333	3.8	5.7	.657

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	13	28.5	15.5	-	-	7.2	1.8	-	-	-	4.2	5.6	13.6	.412	-	-	-	4.3	5.6	.767
Alonzo Mourning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Alonzo Mourning didn't play in 2002-03.


Season 11
	Vern Mikkelsen	Alonzo Mourning
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	12	17.9	8.0	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.8	2.7	2.8	5.9	.465	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	2.8	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Vern Mikkelsen	Alonzo Mourning
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	New Jersey Nets, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat Lost East Conf 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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	37	19.0	7.6	1.4	3.9	5.4	0.5	0.2	2.0	1.5	2.2	2.7	5.7	.472	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.8	.582

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	15	17.1	6.1	1.4	3.4	4.8	0.3	0.3	2.2	1.5	3.3	2.1	2.9	.705	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.5	.558


Season 13
	Vern Mikkelsen	Alonzo Mourning
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Miami Heat
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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	65	20.0	7.8	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.2	0.2	2.7	1.2	2.7	2.9	4.8	.597	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.4	.594

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	21	10.8	3.8	0.8	2.1	2.9	0.1	0.2	1.1	0.8	2.3	1.2	1.8	.703	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.667


Season 14
	Vern Mikkelsen	Alonzo Mourning
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	77	20.4	8.6	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.2	0.2	2.3	1.7	2.8	3.1	5.5	.560	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.0	.601

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	4	13.8	6.3	0.3	1.8	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.5	2.8	.909	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	3.3	.385


Season 15
	Vern Mikkelsen	Alonzo Mourning
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Miami Heat
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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	25	15.6	6.0	1.4	2.4	3.7	0.3	0.2	1.7	1.0	2.2	2.1	3.8	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.0	.592

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vern Mikkelsen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alonzo Mourning	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Vern Mikkelsen vs. Alonzo Mourning Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alonzo Mourning and Vern Mikkelsen, 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