Ed Mikan vs Jim Neal

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Ed Mikan and Jim Neal compared on their NBA careers: Ed Mikan played 6 seasons, 1948-49 to 1953-54, Jim Neal 2 seasons, 1953-54 to 1954-55. Ed Mikan averaged 6.7 points a game to Jim Neal's 4.4. They have faced each other 2 times: Ed Mikan's team won 1, Jim Neal's 1.

Who has the better career numbers?

Ed Mikan leads in 2 of the 3 lines, Jim Neal in 1. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Ed Mikan and Jim Neal career per game
323GP80
8.6MIN13.7
6.7, betterPTS4.4
3.4REB3.8, better
0.9, betterAST0.4

Ed Mikan and Jim Neal: no career line is published, so it is worked out from the seasons on file — career totals divided by games played.

Ed Mikan vs Jim Neal head to head

They have faced each other 2 times: Ed Mikan's team won 1, Jim Neal's 1.

Ed Mikan and Jim Neal, record against each other
GamesPlayedEd Mikan wonJim Neal won
Regular season211
Ed Mikan and Jim Neal, averages in their games against each other
2.0PTS4.5, better
3.0, betterREB2.5
0.0AST0.5, better
7.0MIN12.0

Every game against each other

Ed Mikan vs Jim Neal, every game
Nov 26, 1953BOS at PHIL 93-860 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST, 9 MIN9 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 17 MIN
Nov 14, 1953PHI at BOSW 77-664 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 5 MIN0 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 7 MIN

Games both played on opposite sides, from the game logs on file; the record is their teams’.

Titles and awards

Neither has a championship or an award on file.

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Ed Mikan and Jim Neal season by season
PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.
1st1948-499.9, better—1.0, better1953-544.73.80.4
2nd1949-504.2, better—0.61954-553.03.60.7, better
3rd1950-518.65.61.0————
4th1951-527.97.51.3————
5th1952-533.83.80.6————
6th1953-542.32.20.3————

What the columns mean: PTS · REB · AST