Vern Mikkelsen vs. Jo Jo White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jo Jo White 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.

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, 2 less than Jo Jo White, who played 12. Vern Mikkelsen had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Jo Jo White had his rookie season in 1969-70. 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
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Rookie Season
	Vern Mikkelsen	Jo Jo White
Season	1949-50	1969-70
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	68	-	11.6	-	-	-	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	10.6	.399	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.752
Jo Jo White	60	22.1	12.2	-	-	2.8	2.4	-	-	-	2.2	5.2	11.4	.452	-	-	-	1.9	2.3	.822
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
Jo Jo White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Vern Mikkelsen	Jo Jo White
Season	1950-51	1970-71
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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
Jo Jo White	75	37.2	21.3	-	-	5.0	4.8	-	-	-	3.4	9.2	19.9	.464	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.799
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
Jo Jo White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Vern Mikkelsen	Jo Jo White
Season	1951-52	1971-72
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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	66	35.5	15.3	-	-	10.3	2.7	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	13.1	.419	-	-	-	4.3	5.6	.761
Jo Jo White	79	41.3	23.1	-	-	5.6	5.3	-	-	-	2.9	9.7	22.6	.431	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.831
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
Jo Jo White	11	39.3	23.5	-	-	5.4	5.3	-	-	-	2.8	9.9	20.0	.495	-	-	-	3.6	4.4	.833

Season 4
	Vern Mikkelsen	Jo Jo White
Season	1952-53	1972-73
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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	70	35.2	15.0	-	-	9.3	2.1	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	12.4	.435	-	-	-	4.2	5.5	.752
Jo Jo White	82	39.6	19.7	-	-	5.0	6.1	-	-	-	2.3	8.7	20.3	.431	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.781
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
Jo Jo White	13	44.8	24.5	-	-	4.2	6.4	-	-	-	3.4	10.4	23.1	.450	-	-	-	3.8	4.2	.907

Season 5
	Vern Mikkelsen	Jo Jo White
Season	1953-54	1973-74
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	72	31.2	11.1	-	-	8.5	1.7	-	-	-	3.7	4.0	10.7	.374	-	-	-	3.1	4.1	.742
Jo Jo White	82	39.5	18.1	1.2	3.1	4.3	5.5	1.3	0.3	-	2.3	7.9	17.6	.449	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.837
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
Jo Jo White	18	42.5	16.6	0.9	3.2	4.2	5.4	0.8	0.1	-	3.1	7.3	17.2	.426	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	.739

Season 6
	Vern Mikkelsen	Jo Jo White
Season	1954-55	1974-75
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Celtics 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	71	36.0	18.7	-	-	10.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.5	6.2	14.7	.422	-	-	-	6.3	8.4	.747
Jo Jo White	82	39.3	18.3	1.0	2.8	3.8	5.6	1.6	0.2	-	2.5	8.0	17.6	.457	-	-	-	2.3	2.7	.834
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
Jo Jo White	11	42.0	20.6	1.6	2.9	4.5	5.7	1.0	0.4	-	2.9	9.1	20.6	.441	-	-	-	2.5	3.0	.818

Season 7
	Vern Mikkelsen	Jo Jo White
Season	1955-56	1975-76
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Vern Mikkelsen	72	29.2	13.4	-	-	8.4	2.4	-	-	-	4.4	4.4	11.4	.386	-	-	-	4.6	5.7	.804
Jo Jo White	82	39.7	18.9	0.7	3.1	3.8	5.4	1.3	0.2	-	2.2	8.2	18.2	.449	-	-	-	2.6	3.1	.838
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
Jo Jo White	18	43.9	22.7	0.7	3.3	3.9	5.4	1.3	0.1	-	2.8	9.2	20.6	.445	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.821

Season 8
	Vern Mikkelsen	Jo Jo White
Season	1956-57	1976-77
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Celtics 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
Jo Jo White	82	40.6	19.6	1.1	3.6	4.7	6.0	1.4	0.3	-	2.4	7.8	18.1	.429	-	-	-	4.1	4.7	.869
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
Jo Jo White	9	43.9	23.3	1.1	3.2	4.3	5.8	1.6	0.0	-	3.0	10.1	22.3	.453	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	.848