Tyson Chandler vs. George Mikan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Mikan and Tyson Chandler, 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.

Tyson Chandler played 19 years in the NBA, 12 more than George Mikan, who played 7. Tyson Chandler had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tyson Chandler	George Mikan
Season	2001-02	1948-49
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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		%
Tyson Chandler	71	19.6	6.1	1.6	3.2	4.8	0.8	0.4	1.3	1.4	2.5	2.1	4.3	.497	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.1	.604
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		%
Tyson Chandler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802

Season 2
	Tyson Chandler	George Mikan
Season	2002-03	1949-50
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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		%
Tyson Chandler	75	24.4	9.2	2.3	4.6	6.9	1.0	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.9	3.4	6.5	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.9	.608
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		%
Tyson Chandler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788

Season 3
	Tyson Chandler	George Mikan
Season	2003-04	1950-51
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Tyson Chandler	35	22.3	6.1	2.3	5.4	7.7	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.1	2.5	1.9	4.5	.424	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.4	.669
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		%
Tyson Chandler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800

Season 4
	Tyson Chandler	George Mikan
Season	2004-05	1951-52
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Tyson Chandler	80	27.4	8.0	3.3	6.4	9.7	0.8	0.9	1.8	1.5	3.4	2.6	5.2	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	4.2	.673
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		%
Tyson Chandler	6	29.0	11.7	4.8	4.8	9.7	1.3	0.2	2.2	1.3	4.5	3.2	6.7	.475	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	7.7	.696
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
	Tyson Chandler	George Mikan
Season	2005-06	1952-53
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Tyson Chandler	79	26.8	5.3	3.4	5.7	9.0	1.0	0.5	1.3	1.6	3.8	2.0	3.6	.565	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.4	.503
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		%
Tyson Chandler	6	17.3	1.8	1.3	3.2	4.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	1.0	4.8	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.7	.300
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
	Tyson Chandler	George Mikan
Season	2006-07	1953-54
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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		%
Tyson Chandler	73	34.6	9.5	4.4	8.0	12.4	0.9	0.5	1.8	1.7	3.3	4.0	6.4	.624	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.8	.527
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		%
Tyson Chandler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 10
	Tyson Chandler	George Mikan
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
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		%
Tyson Chandler	74	27.8	10.1	2.8	6.6	9.4	0.4	0.5	1.1	1.2	3.2	3.6	5.5	.654	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.0	.732
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyson Chandler	21	32.4	8.0	3.8	5.4	9.2	0.4	0.6	0.9	0.7	3.7	2.7	4.7	.582	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.7	.679
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Tyson Chandler	George Mikan
Season	2011-12	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Tyson Chandler	62	33.2	11.3	3.4	6.5	9.9	0.9	0.9	1.4	1.6	3.0	3.9	5.7	.679	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	5.1	.689
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyson Chandler	5	33.4	6.2	3.6	5.4	9.0	0.8	1.4	1.4	3.0	3.6	2.2	5.0	.440	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.0	.600
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Tyson Chandler	George Mikan
Season	2012-13	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Tyson Chandler	66	32.8	10.4	4.1	6.6	10.7	0.9	0.6	1.1	1.3	2.8	3.9	6.1	.638	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.9	.694
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyson Chandler	12	29.2	5.7	3.3	4.0	7.3	0.3	0.7	1.2	0.9	4.0	2.3	4.3	.538	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
George Mikan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-