Vern Mikkelsen F

Height: 6-7 (201cm)

Weight: 230 lbs (104kg)

Born: Oct 21, 1928 (Passed away Nov 21, 2013, aged 85)

Hometown: Parlier, California

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1949 Round 1, Pick 11, Minneapolis Lakers

Pre-Draft Team: Hamline (Sr)

High School: Askov High School (Askov, Minnesota)

Hall of Fame Player, 4x NBA Champion, 6x All-Star

Vern Mikkelsen Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS
4/9/1959	Celtics	20
4/7/1959	Celtics	17
4/5/1959	Celtics	24
4/4/1959	Celtics	23
3/29/1959	Hawks	18

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

10 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1949-50	21	MIN	68	0.0	11.6	0.0	1.8	-	-	-	.399	-	.752
1950-51 ☆	22	MIN	64	0.0	14.1	10.2	2.8	-	-	-	.402	-	.676
1951-52 ☆	23	MIN	66	35.5	15.3	10.3	2.7	-	-	-	.419	-	.761
1952-53 ☆	24	MIN	70	35.2	15.0	9.3	2.1	-	-	-	.435	-	.752
1953-54	25	MIN	72	31.2	11.1	8.5	1.7	-	-	-	.374	-	.742
1954-55 ☆	26	MIN	71	36.0	18.7	10.2	2.0	-	-	-	.422	-	.747
1955-56 ☆	27	MIN	72	29.2	13.4	8.4	2.4	-	-	-	.386	-	.804
1956-57 ☆	28	MIN	72	30.5	13.7	8.8	1.7	-	-	-	.377	-	.807
1957-58	29	MIN	72	33.2	17.3	11.2	2.3	-	-	-	.410	-	.786
1958-59	30	MIN	72	29.7	13.8	7.9	2.2	-	-	-	.390	-	.806
CAREER			699	32.5	14.4	9.4	2.2	-	-	-	.403	-	.766

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1949-50	21	MIN	68	-	0.0	11.6	4.2	10.6	.399	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.752	-	-	0.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.3
1950-51 ☆	22	MIN	64	-	0.0	14.1	5.6	14.0	.402	-	-	-	2.9	4.3	.676	-	-	10.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.1
1951-52 ☆	23	MIN	66	-	35.5	15.3	5.5	13.1	.419	-	-	-	4.3	5.6	.761	-	-	10.3	2.7	-	-	-	4.3
1952-53 ☆	24	MIN	70	-	35.2	15.0	5.4	12.4	.435	-	-	-	4.2	5.5	.752	-	-	9.3	2.1	-	-	-	4.1
1953-54	25	MIN	72	-	31.2	11.1	4.0	10.7	.374	-	-	-	3.1	4.1	.742	-	-	8.5	1.7	-	-	-	3.7
1954-55 ☆	26	MIN	71	-	36.0	18.7	6.2	14.7	.422	-	-	-	6.3	8.4	.747	-	-	10.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.5
1955-56 ☆	27	MIN	72	-	29.2	13.4	4.4	11.4	.386	-	-	-	4.6	5.7	.804	-	-	8.4	2.4	-	-	-	4.4
1956-57 ☆	28	MIN	72	-	30.5	13.7	4.5	11.9	.377	-	-	-	4.8	5.9	.807	-	-	8.8	1.7	-	-	-	4.3
1957-58	29	MIN	72	-	33.2	17.3	6.1	14.9	.410	-	-	-	5.1	6.5	.786	-	-	11.2	2.3	-	-	-	4.2
1958-59	30	MIN	72	-	29.7	13.8	4.9	12.6	.390	-	-	-	4.0	4.9	.806	-	-	7.9	2.2	-	-	-	3.4
CAREER			699	-	32.5	14.4	5.1	12.6	.403	-	-	-	4.2	5.5	.766	-	-	9.4	2.2	-	-	-	4.0

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1949-50	21	MIN	68	-	0	791	288	722	.399	-	-	-	215	286	.752	-	-	0	123	-	-	-	222
1950-51 ☆	22	MIN	64	-	0	904	359	893	.402	-	-	-	186	275	.676	-	-	655	181	-	-	-	260
1951-52 ☆	23	MIN	66	-	2,345	1,009	363	866	.419	-	-	-	283	372	.761	-	-	681	180	-	-	-	282
1952-53 ☆	24	MIN	70	-	2,465	1,047	378	868	.435	-	-	-	291	387	.752	-	-	654	148	-	-	-	289
1953-54	25	MIN	72	-	2,247	797	288	771	.374	-	-	-	221	298	.742	-	-	615	119	-	-	-	264
1954-55 ☆	26	MIN	71	-	2,559	1,327	440	1,043	.422	-	-	-	447	598	.747	-	-	722	145	-	-	-	319
1955-56 ☆	27	MIN	72	-	2,100	962	317	821	.386	-	-	-	328	408	.804	-	-	608	173	-	-	-	319
1956-57 ☆	28	MIN	72	-	2,198	986	322	854	.377	-	-	-	342	424	.807	-	-	630	121	-	-	-	312
1957-58	29	MIN	72	-	2,390	1,248	439	1,070	.410	-	-	-	370	471	.786	-	-	805	166	-	-	-	299
1958-59	30	MIN	72	-	2,139	992	353	904	.390	-	-	-	286	355	.806	-	-	570	159	-	-	-	246
CAREER			699	-	18,443	10,063	3,547	8,812	.403	-	-	-	2,969	3,874	.766	-	-	5,940	1,515	-	-	-	2,812

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1949-50	21	MIN	68	-	.466	.399	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	115.1	-	1.1	-	-	-
1950-51 ☆	22	MIN	64	-	.446	.402	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	107.8	-	1.0	-	-	-
1951-52 ☆	23	MIN	66	-	.490	.419	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	118.0	-	1.2	-	-	23.8
1952-53 ☆	24	MIN	70	-	.504	.435	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	118.7	-	1.2	-	-	27.3
1953-54	25	MIN	72	-	.442	.374	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	111.5	-	1.0	-	-	18.7
1954-55 ☆	26	MIN	71	-	.508	.422	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	116.9	-	1.3	-	-	22.6
1955-56 ☆	27	MIN	72	-	.481	.386	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	119.0	-	1.2	-	-	19.3
1956-57 ☆	28	MIN	72	-	.474	.377	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	118.4	-	1.2	-	-	17.3
1957-58	29	MIN	72	-	.489	.410	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	119.6	-	1.2	-	-	19.0
1958-59	30	MIN	72	-	.468	.390	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	119.6	-	1.1	-	-	18.1
CAREER			699	-	.478	.403	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	116.9	-	1.1	-	-	20.9

☆ All-Star Season

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	40 Pts	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1949-50	21	MIN	68	-	0	.192	-	-	0.4	51	17	.750	-	-	-
1950-51 ☆	22	MIN	64	-	0	.259	-	-	0.3	42	22	.656	-	-	-
1951-52 ☆	23	MIN	66	-	0	.258	-	-	0.4	40	26	.606	6.5	6.6	13.2
1952-53 ☆	24	MIN	70	-	0	.243	-	-	0.4	49	21	.700	7.2	4.9	12.0
1953-54	25	MIN	72	-	0	.186	-	-	0.4	46	26	.639	2.2	4.4	6.6
1954-55 ☆	26	MIN	71	-	0	.233	-	-	0.6	40	32	.556	7.4	3.6	10.9
1955-56 ☆	27	MIN	72	-	0	.193	-	-	0.5	33	39	.458	3.6	1.8	5.4
1956-57 ☆	28	MIN	72	-	0	.171	-	-	0.5	34	38	.472	3.7	2.4	6.1
1957-58	29	MIN	72	-	0	.227	-	-	0.4	19	53	.264	5.4	1.1	6.5
1958-59	30	MIN	72	-	1	.184	-	-	0.4	33	39	.458	2.9	1.6	4.5
CAREER			699	-	1	.213	-	-	0.4	387	313	.553	48.4	35.0	83.3

☆ All-Star Season

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NBA Playoff Stats

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Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1949-50	21	MIN	12	0.0	13.0	0.0	1.5	-	-	-	.369	-	.767
1950-51	22	MIN	7	0.0	15.6	9.6	2.4	-	-	-	.406	-	.660
1951-52	23	MIN	13	38.1	13.3	8.5	1.5	-	-	-	.432	-	.828
1952-53	24	MIN	12	33.3	12.0	8.7	2.0	-	-	-	.331	-	.848
1953-54	25	MIN	13	28.8	10.2	5.6	1.3	-	-	-	.459	-	.861
1954-55	26	MIN	7	29.9	13.7	11.1	1.9	-	-	-	.353	-	.783
1955-56	27	MIN	3	30.0	13.3	5.7	0.7	-	-	-	.423	-	.900
1956-57	28	MIN	5	32.4	17.6	8.6	3.4	-	-	-	.398	-	.647
1958-59	30	MIN	13	28.5	15.5	7.2	1.8	-	-	-	.412	-	.767
CAREER			85	31.8	13.4	8.0	1.8	-	-	-	.396	-	.783

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1949-50	21	MIN	12	-	0.0	13.0	4.6	12.4	.369	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.767	-	-	0.0	1.5	-	-	-	4.3
1950-51	22	MIN	7	-	0.0	15.6	5.6	13.7	.406	-	-	-	4.4	6.7	.660	-	-	9.6	2.4	-	-	-	5.0
1951-52	23	MIN	13	-	38.1	13.3	4.6	10.7	.432	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	.828	-	-	8.5	1.5	-	-	-	5.1
1952-53	24	MIN	12	-	33.3	12.0	3.7	11.1	.331	-	-	-	4.7	5.5	.848	-	-	8.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.9
1953-54	25	MIN	13	-	28.8	10.2	3.9	8.5	.459	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	.861	-	-	5.6	1.3	-	-	-	4.0
1954-55	26	MIN	7	-	29.9	13.7	4.3	12.1	.353	-	-	-	5.1	6.6	.783	-	-	11.1	1.9	-	-	-	5.1
1955-56	27	MIN	3	-	30.0	13.3	3.7	8.7	.423	-	-	-	6.0	6.7	.900	-	-	5.7	0.7	-	-	-	4.7
1956-57	28	MIN	5	-	32.4	17.6	6.6	16.6	.398	-	-	-	4.4	6.8	.647	-	-	8.6	3.4	-	-	-	5.8
1958-59	30	MIN	13	-	28.5	15.5	5.6	13.6	.412	-	-	-	4.3	5.6	.767	-	-	7.2	1.8	-	-	-	4.2
CAREER			85	-	31.8	13.4	4.7	11.8	.396	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.783	-	-	8.0	1.8	-	-	-	4.7

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1949-50	21	MIN	12	-	0	156	55	149	.369	-	-	-	46	60	.767	-	-	0	18	-	-	-	52
1950-51	22	MIN	7	-	0	109	39	96	.406	-	-	-	31	47	.660	-	-	67	17	-	-	-	35
1951-52	23	MIN	13	-	495	173	60	139	.432	-	-	-	53	64	.828	-	-	110	20	-	-	-	66
1952-53	24	MIN	12	-	400	144	44	133	.331	-	-	-	56	66	.848	-	-	104	24	-	-	-	59
1953-54	25	MIN	13	-	375	133	51	111	.459	-	-	-	31	36	.861	-	-	73	17	-	-	-	52
1954-55	26	MIN	7	-	209	96	30	85	.353	-	-	-	36	46	.783	-	-	78	13	-	-	-	36
1955-56	27	MIN	3	-	90	40	11	26	.423	-	-	-	18	20	.900	-	-	17	2	-	-	-	14
1956-57	28	MIN	5	-	162	88	33	83	.398	-	-	-	22	34	.647	-	-	43	17	-	-	-	29
1958-59	30	MIN	13	-	371	202	73	177	.412	-	-	-	56	73	.767	-	-	93	24	-	-	-	54
CAREER			85	-	2,102	1,141	396	999	.396	-	-	-	349	446	.783	-	-	585	152	-	-	-	397

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1949-50	21	MIN	12	-	.445	.369	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	113.6	-	1.0	-	-	-
1950-51	22	MIN	7	-	.467	.406	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	106.6	-	1.1	-	-	-
1951-52	23	MIN	13	-	.517	.432	-	-	-	8.5	-	-	-	-	126.0	-	1.2	-	-	15.6
1952-53	24	MIN	12	-	.444	.331	-	-	-	12.4	-	-	-	-	117.9	-	1.1	-	-	18.2
1953-54	25	MIN	13	-	.524	.459	-	-	-	9.9	-	-	-	-	132.1	-	1.2	-	-	16.5
1954-55	26	MIN	7	-	.456	.353	-	-	-	12.6	-	-	-	-	113.6	-	1.1	-	-	17.9
1955-56	27	MIN	3	-	.575	.423	-	-	-	3.3	-	-	-	-	132.3	-	1.5	-	-	14.8
1956-57	28	MIN	5	-	.449	.398	-	-	-	16.1	-	-	-	-	104.5	-	1.1	-	-	16.7
1958-59	30	MIN	13	-	.483	.412	-	-	-	10.4	-	-	-	-	118.0	-	1.1	-	-	16.8
CAREER			85	-	.477	.396	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	117.9	-	1.1	-	-	16.7

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1949-50	21	MIN	12	-	.206	-	-	0.4	10	2	.833	-	-	-
1950-51	22	MIN	7	-	.279	-	-	0.5	3	4	.429	-	-	-
1951-52	23	MIN	13	-	.211	-	-	0.5	9	4	.692	1.0	0.9	1.9
1952-53	24	MIN	12	-	.199	-	-	0.5	9	3	.750	0.3	0.9	1.2
1953-54	25	MIN	13	-	.183	-	-	0.3	9	4	.692	0.9	0.8	1.7
1954-55	26	MIN	7	-	.195	-	-	0.5	3	4	.429	0.2	0.5	0.7
1955-56	27	MIN	3	-	.112	-	-	0.8	1	2	.333	0.3	0.1	0.4
1956-57	28	MIN	5	-	.234	-	-	0.4	2	3	.400	0.2	-	0.3
1958-59	30	MIN	13	-	.189	-	-	0.4	6	7	.462	0.6	0.3	0.9
CAREER			85	-	.202	-	-	0.4	52	33	.612	4.6	4.5	9.3

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Mar 21, 1949	The Minneapolis Lakers selected Vern Mikkelsen in Round 1 with Pick 11 in the 1949 NBA Draft.
Sep 1, 1949	Vern Mikkelsen signed a multi-year contract with the Minneapolis Lakers.
Jul 1, 1959	Vern Mikkelsen, previously with the Minneapolis Lakers, became a free agent.
Nov 21, 2013	Vern Mikkelsen passed away. He was 85 years old at the time of his death.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
4x NBA Champion	1950, 1952, 1953, 1954
4x All-NBA Second Team	1951, 1952, 1953, 1955
6x All-Star	1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957
3x Western All-Star Fan Vote Selection	1951, 1952, 1953
3x Western All-Star Coaches Selection	1955, 1956, 1957

NBA All-Star Game Stats

Summary
Totals

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1951	22	West	1	0.0	11.0	9.0	1.0	-	-	-	.364	-	.750
1952	23	West	1	23.0	12.0	10.0	0.0	-	-	-	.625	-	1.000
1953	24	West	1	19.0	6.0	6.0	3.0	-	-	-	.231	-	.000
1955	26	West	1	25.0	16.0	9.0	1.0	-	-	-	.467	-	.667
1956	27	West	1	22.0	16.0	9.0	2.0	-	-	-	.385	-	.857
1957	28	West	1	21.0	6.0	9.0	1.0	-	-	-	.300	-	.000
CAREER			6	18.3	11.2	8.7	1.3	-	-	-	.386	-	.650

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1951	22	West	1	-	0	11	4	11	.364	-	-	-	3	4	.750	-	-	9	1	-	-	-	3
1952	23	West	1	-	23	12	5	8	.625	-	-	-	2	2	1.000	-	-	10	0	-	-	-	2
1953	24	West	1	-	19	6	3	13	.231	-	-	-	0	0	.000	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	3
1955	26	West	1	-	25	16	7	15	.467	-	-	-	2	3	.667	-	-	9	1	-	-	-	5
1956	27	West	1	-	22	16	5	13	.385	-	-	-	6	7	.857	-	-	9	2	-	-	-	4
1957	28	West	1	-	21	6	3	10	.300	-	-	-	0	4	.000	-	-	9	1	-	-	-	3
CAREER			6	-	110	67	27	70	.386	-	-	-	13	20	.650	-	-	52	8	-	-	-	20

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PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
14.4	9.4	2.2	0.0	0.0

FG%	3P%	FT%
40.3%	.0%	76.6%