Vern Mikkelsen vs. Pascal Siakam Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pascal Siakam 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 more than Pascal Siakam, who played 8. Vern Mikkelsen had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Pascal Siakam had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Pascal Siakam
Season	1949-50	2016-17
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Raptors 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
Pascal Siakam	55	15.6	4.2	1.2	2.2	3.4	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.6	2.0	1.9	3.7	.502	0.0	0.1	.143	0.4	0.6	.688
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
Pascal Siakam	2	5.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Vern Mikkelsen	Pascal Siakam
Season	1950-51	2017-18
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Raptors 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	64	-	14.1	-	-	10.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.1	5.6	14.0	.402	-	-	-	2.9	4.3	.676
Pascal Siakam	81	20.7	7.3	1.0	3.5	4.5	2.0	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	3.1	6.1	.508	0.4	1.6	.220	0.7	1.1	.621
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
Pascal Siakam	10	17.9	6.6	0.9	2.7	3.6	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.7	2.7	2.5	4.1	.610	0.3	0.4	.750	1.3	2.0	.650

Season 3
	Vern Mikkelsen	Pascal Siakam
Season	1951-52	2018-19
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	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	66	35.5	15.3	-	-	10.3	2.7	-	-	-	4.3	5.5	13.1	.419	-	-	-	4.3	5.6	.761
Pascal Siakam	80	31.9	16.9	1.6	5.3	6.9	3.1	0.9	0.7	1.9	3.0	6.5	11.8	.549	1.0	2.7	.369	3.0	3.8	.785
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
Pascal Siakam	24	37.1	19.0	1.7	5.5	7.1	2.8	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.8	7.5	16.0	.470	1.2	4.3	.279	2.8	3.6	.759

Season 4
	Vern Mikkelsen	Pascal Siakam
Season	1952-53	2019-20
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Raptors 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	70	35.2	15.0	-	-	9.3	2.1	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	12.4	.435	-	-	-	4.2	5.5	.752
Pascal Siakam	60	35.2	22.9	1.1	6.3	7.3	3.5	1.0	0.9	2.5	2.8	8.3	18.4	.453	2.2	6.1	.359	4.0	5.1	.792
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
Pascal Siakam	11	38.0	17.0	1.3	6.3	7.5	3.8	1.1	0.4	2.0	3.0	6.5	16.5	.396	0.9	4.8	.189	3.0	4.2	.717

Season 5
	Vern Mikkelsen	Pascal Siakam
Season	1953-54	2020-21
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
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	72	31.2	11.1	-	-	8.5	1.7	-	-	-	3.7	4.0	10.7	.374	-	-	-	3.1	4.1	.742
Pascal Siakam	56	35.8	21.4	1.7	5.5	7.2	4.5	1.1	0.7	2.3	3.1	7.8	17.2	.455	1.3	4.4	.297	4.4	5.4	.827
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
Pascal Siakam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Vern Mikkelsen	Pascal Siakam
Season	1954-55	2021-22
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Raptors 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
Pascal Siakam	68	37.9	22.8	1.9	6.6	8.5	5.3	1.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.8	17.8	.494	1.1	3.2	.344	4.2	5.6	.749
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
Pascal Siakam	6	43.3	22.8	1.3	5.8	7.2	5.8	1.2	1.0	2.2	4.0	8.5	17.8	.477	0.7	2.8	.235	5.2	6.0	.861

Season 7
	Vern Mikkelsen	Pascal Siakam
Season	1955-56	2022-23
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	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	29.2	13.4	-	-	8.4	2.4	-	-	-	4.4	4.4	11.4	.386	-	-	-	4.6	5.7	.804
Pascal Siakam	71	37.4	24.2	1.8	6.0	7.8	5.8	0.9	0.5	2.4	3.2	8.9	18.5	.480	1.3	4.0	.324	5.2	6.7	.774
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
Pascal Siakam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Vern Mikkelsen	Pascal Siakam
Season	1956-57	2023-24
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Pacers TBD

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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
Pascal Siakam	80	33.2	21.7	1.7	5.3	7.1	4.3	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.4	8.5	15.9	.536	1.1	3.1	.346	3.6	5.0	.732
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
Pascal Siakam	11	35.1	20.8	2.5	5.4	7.9	3.4	0.7	0.5	0.8	3.1	8.7	16.2	.539	0.9	2.9	.313	2.5	4.4	.563