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Vern Mikkelsen

Arild Verner Agerskov Mikkelsen (Vern)

Position: Forward-Center ▪ Height: 6-7 ▪ Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: October 21, 1928 in Fresno, California
High School: Askov in Askov, Minnesota
College: Hamline University
Draft: Minneapolis Lakers, 1949 BAA Draft (territorial selection)
NBA Debut: November 2, 1949
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1995 (Full List)
As Coach: 1 Yr, 6-6, .500 W-L% (Full Record)
As Executive: PTC franchise, 1968-1969 (Full Record)

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Hall of Fame

Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 7:01AM
All-Time Rank: #223. Terrell Brandon… #224. VERN MIKKELSEN… #225. Harry Gallatin… #226. Zydrunas Ilgauskas… 

Totals

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1949-50 21 MNL NBA 68 288 722 .399 215 286 .752 123 222 791
1950-51 22 MNL NBA 64 359 893 .402 186 275 .676 655 181 260 904
1951-52 23 MNL NBA 66 2345 363 866 .419 283 372 .761 681 180 282 1009
1952-53 24 MNL NBA 70 2465 378 868 .435 291 387 .752 654 148 289 1047
1953-54 25 MNL NBA 72 2247 288 771 .374 221 298 .742 615 119 264 797
1954-55 26 MNL NBA 71 2559 440 1043 .422 447 598 .747 722 145 319 1327
1955-56 27 MNL NBA 72 2100 317 821 .386 328 408 .804 608 173 319 962
1956-57 28 MNL NBA 72 2198 322 854 .377 342 424 .807 630 121 312 986
1957-58 29 MNL NBA 72 2390 439 1070 .410 370 471 .786 805 166 299 1248
1958-59 30 MNL NBA 72 2139 353 904 .390 286 355 .806 570 159 246 992
Career NBA 699 18443 3547 8812 .403 2969 3874 .766 5940 1515 2812 10063

Per Game

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

Per 36 Minutes

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1949-50 21 MNL NBA 68 .399 .752
1950-51 22 MNL NBA 64 .402 .676
1951-52 23 MNL NBA 66 2345 5.6 13.3 .419 4.3 5.7 .761 10.5 2.8 4.3 15.5
1952-53 24 MNL NBA 70 2465 5.5 12.7 .435 4.2 5.7 .752 9.6 2.2 4.2 15.3
1953-54 25 MNL NBA 72 2247 4.6 12.4 .374 3.5 4.8 .742 9.9 1.9 4.2 12.8
1954-55 26 MNL NBA 71 2559 6.2 14.7 .422 6.3 8.4 .747 10.2 2.0 4.5 18.7
1955-56 27 MNL NBA 72 2100 5.4 14.1 .386 5.6 7.0 .804 10.4 3.0 5.5 16.5
1956-57 28 MNL NBA 72 2198 5.3 14.0 .377 5.6 6.9 .807 10.3 2.0 5.1 16.1
1957-58 29 MNL NBA 72 2390 6.6 16.1 .410 5.6 7.1 .786 12.1 2.5 4.5 18.8
1958-59 30 MNL NBA 72 2139 5.9 15.2 .390 4.8 6.0 .806 9.6 2.7 4.1 16.7
Career NBA 699 18443 5.7 14.0 .403 5.0 6.5 .766 10.3 2.4 4.5 16.3

Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1949-50 21 MNL NBA 68 .466 .399 5.6 3.6 9.2
1950-51 22 MNL NBA 64 .446 .402 3.9 5.0 8.9
1951-52 23 MNL NBA 66 2345 21.9 .490 .419 6.5 6.6 13.2 .270
1952-53 24 MNL NBA 70 2465 21.5 .504 .435 7.2 4.9 12.0 .235
1953-54 25 MNL NBA 72 2247 16.4 .442 .374 2.2 4.4 6.6 .141
1954-55 26 MNL NBA 71 2559 20.1 .508 .422 7.4 3.6 10.9 .205
1955-56 27 MNL NBA 72 2100 16.8 .481 .386 3.6 1.8 5.4 .123
1956-57 28 MNL NBA 72 2198 16.0 .474 .377 3.7 2.4 6.1 .134
1957-58 29 MNL NBA 72 2390 18.9 .489 .410 5.4 1.1 6.5 .130
1958-59 30 MNL NBA 72 2139 15.9 .468 .390 2.9 1.6 4.5 .102
Career NBA 699 18443 18.6 .478 .403 48.5 34.9 83.4 .170

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1949-50 21 MNL NBA 12 55 149 46 60 18 52 156 .369 .767 13.0 1.5
1950-51 22 MNL NBA 7 39 96 31 47 67 17 35 109 .406 .660 15.6 9.6 2.4
1951-52 23 MNL NBA 13 495 60 139 53 64 110 20 66 173 .432 .828 38.1 13.3 8.5 1.5
1952-53 24 MNL NBA 12 400 44 133 56 66 104 24 59 144 .331 .848 33.3 12.0 8.7 2.0
1953-54 25 MNL NBA 13 375 51 111 31 36 73 17 52 133 .459 .861 28.8 10.2 5.6 1.3
1954-55 26 MNL NBA 7 209 30 85 36 46 78 13 36 96 .353 .783 29.9 13.7 11.1 1.9
1955-56 27 MNL NBA 3 90 11 26 18 20 17 2 14 40 .423 .900 30.0 13.3 5.7 0.7
1956-57 28 MNL NBA 5 162 33 83 22 34 43 17 29 88 .398 .647 32.4 17.6 8.6 3.4
1958-59 30 MNL NBA 13 371 73 177 56 73 93 24 54 202 .412 .767 28.5 15.5 7.2 1.8
Career NBA 85 2102 396 999 349 446 585 152 397 1141 .396 .783 31.8 13.4 8.0 1.8

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1949-50 21 MNL NBA 12 .445 .369 0.6 0.8 1.5
1950-51 22 MNL NBA 7 .467 .406 0.5 0.2 0.7
1951-52 23 MNL NBA 13 495 16.8 .517 .432 8.5 1.0 0.9 1.9 .180
1952-53 24 MNL NBA 12 400 17.1 .444 .331 12.4 0.3 0.9 1.2 .145
1953-54 25 MNL NBA 13 375 17.3 .524 .459 9.9 0.9 0.8 1.7 .216
1954-55 26 MNL NBA 7 209 18.8 .456 .353 12.6 0.2 0.5 0.7 .161
1955-56 27 MNL NBA 3 90 13.5 .575 .423 3.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 .193
1956-57 28 MNL NBA 5 162 15.7 .449 .398 16.1 0.2 0.0 0.3 .077
1958-59 30 MNL NBA 13 371 16.6 .483 .412 10.4 0.6 0.3 0.9 .114
Career NBA 85 2102 16.9 .477 .396 10.6 4.6 4.5 9.2 .159

All-Star Games

Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1950-51 22 MNL NBA 1 4 11 .364 3 4 .750 9 1 3 11
1951-52 23 MNL NBA 1 1 23:00 5 8 .625 2 2 1.000 10 0 2 12
1952-53 24 MNL NBA 1 1 19:00 3 13 .231 0 0 6 3 3 6
1954-55 26 MNL NBA 1 0 25:00 7 15 .467 2 3 .667 9 1 5 16
1955-56 27 MNL NBA 1 0 22:00 5 13 .385 6 7 .857 9 2 4 16
1956-57 28 MNL NBA 1 0 21:00 3 10 .300 0 4 .000 9 1 3 6
Career NBA 6 2 110 27 70 .386 13 20 .650 52 8 20 67

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 10 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Vern Mikkelsen 13.2 12.0 10.9 9.2 8.9 6.6 6.5 6.1 5.4 4.5
John Havlicek 92.3 12.5 12.4 10.6 8.3 7.7 7.6 7.3 6.4 4.5 4.3
Cedric Maxwell 91.9 12.2 11.7 11.0 9.1 6.6 6.4 5.4 5.4 4.6 4.2
Shawn Kemp 91.9 11.7 11.2 10.6 10.0 9.1 6.8 6.7 6.3 6.1 2.1
Billy Cunningham 91.8 11.9 10.3 10.0 9.0 8.3 6.8 6.4 6.1 5.0 3.5
Cliff Hagan 89.5 11.8 11.7 10.8 10.0 8.5 6.5 6.0 4.7 3.7 1.3
Chet Walker 89.4 14.5 10.9 10.1 9.8 9.8 8.2 7.8 5.4 5.3 3.7
Horace Grant 88.9 14.1 10.3 10.0 9.5 9.1 8.0 8.0 7.7 6.4 4.2
Elvin Hayes 88.8 12.5 12.1 10.6 9.6 8.5 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.6 7.3
Paul Pierce 88.1 12.9 12.4 11.5 11.2 10.4 10.1 8.2 7.1 5.4 4.9
Elgin Baylor 88.0 14.8 14.4 11.5 9.8 8.0 7.9 7.2 6.2 4.9 2.6
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Vern Mikkelsen 13.2 12.0 10.9 9.2 8.9 6.6 6.5 6.1 5.4 4.5
Billy Cunningham 90.9 11.9 10.3 10.0 9.0 8.3 6.8 6.4 6.1 5.0 3.5 1.2
Cliff Hagan 90.8 11.8 11.7 10.8 10.0 8.5 7.1 6.5 6.0 4.7 3.7 3.0 1.3 0.1
Cedric Maxwell 90.5 12.2 11.7 11.0 9.1 6.6 6.4 5.4 5.4 4.6 4.2 2.0
Anthony Mason 90.1 11.6 11.4 11.3 9.3 8.9 8.6 7.4 6.4 5.6 4.9 3.1 0.1 -0.1
Shawn Kemp 89.2 11.7 11.2 10.6 10.0 9.1 6.8 6.7 6.3 6.1 4.0 2.1 2.0 1.9 0.9
Harry Gallatin 87.6 11.8 11.3 8.9 8.3 8.1 7.8 7.6 6.1 5.6 2.8
George McGinnis 85.4 11.6 11.4 10.1 8.6 8.5 7.9 7.1 5.3 1.9 1.7 0.4
Elton Brand 85.1 14.8 13.6 11.5 10.6 9.7 9.4 7.6 7.5 6.1 3.5 0.9 0.5
Marques Johnson 85.0 12.2 11.5 11.2 10.7 10.6 8.6 6.2 5.9 2.7 0.1 0.0
Peja Stojakovic 84.7 13.5 10.1 10.1 9.9 8.1 8.0 7.3 4.8 3.8 2.7 1.7 1.6 0.9

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1945-46 17 HAMLINEMN 17 49 25 123 7.2
1946-47 18 HAMLINEMN 26 102 52 256 9.8
1947-48 19 HAMLINEMN 31 199 119 517 16.7
1948-49 20 HAMLINEMN 30 203 377 113 177 519 .538 .638 17.3
Career 104 553 377 309 177 1415 1.467 1.746 13.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

All-Star Games
1951 NBA
1952 NBA
1953 NBA
1955 NBA
1956 NBA
1957 NBA
Honors
1950-51 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1951-52 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1952-53 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1954-55 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
MVP Award Shares
1957-58 NBA 0.008 (10)
Career 0.007 (169)
Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)
1950 Minneapolis Lakers (NBA)
1952 Minneapolis Lakers (NBA)
1953 Minneapolis Lakers (NBA)
1954 Minneapolis Lakers (NBA)
Games
1949-50 NBA 68 (2)
1951-52 NBA 66 (1)
1953-54 NBA 72 (2)
1955-56 NBA 72 (2)
1956-57 NBA 72 (1)
1957-58 NBA 72 (1)
1958-59 NBA 72 (1)
Minutes Played
1954-55 NBA 2559 (10)
Field Goals
1950-51 NBA 359 (10)
1951-52 NBA 363 (9)
1952-53 NBA 378 (8)
1954-55 NBA 440 (8)
Field Goal Attempts
1954-55 NBA 1043 (10)
Field Goal Pct
1949-50 NBA .399 (8)
1950-51 NBA .402 (9)
1951-52 NBA .419 (5)
1952-53 NBA .435 (5)
1954-55 NBA .422 (9)
Free Throws
1954-55 NBA 447 (5)
Free Throw Attempts
1954-55 NBA 598 (3)
Free Throw Pct
1955-56 NBA .804 (8)
1956-57 NBA .807 (8)
1958-59 NBA .806 (8)
Total Rebounds
1950-51 NBA 655 (7)
1951-52 NBA 681 (9)
1954-55 NBA 722 (8)
1957-58 NBA 805 (9)
Personal Fouls
1950-51 NBA 260 (10)
1951-52 NBA 282 (2)
1952-53 NBA 289 (5)
1953-54 NBA 264 (7)
1954-55 NBA 319 (1)
1955-56 NBA 319 (1)
1956-57 NBA 312 (1)
1957-58 NBA 299 (2)
Career NBA 2812 (97)
Points
1951-52 NBA 1009 (10)
1952-53 NBA 1047 (8)
1954-55 NBA 1327 (7)
1957-58 NBA 1248 (10)
Points Per Game
1952-53 NBA 15.0 (9)
1954-55 NBA 18.7 (7)
Rebounds Per Game
1950-51 NBA 10.2 (6)
1951-52 NBA 10.3 (9)
1954-55 NBA 10.2 (8)
1957-58 NBA 11.2 (10)
Career NBA 9.4 (65)
Career 9.4 (73)
Player Efficiency Rating
1951-52 NBA 21.9 (6)
1952-53 NBA 21.5 (7)
1954-55 NBA 20.1 (9)
True Shooting Pct
1951-52 NBA .490 (8)
1952-53 NBA .504 (5)
1954-55 NBA .508 (6)
Effective Field Goal Pct
1949-50 NBA .399 (8)
1950-51 NBA .402 (9)
1951-52 NBA .419 (5)
1952-53 NBA .435 (5)
1954-55 NBA .422 (9)
Offensive Win Shares
1951-52 NBA 6.5 (6)
1952-53 NBA 7.2 (6)
1954-55 NBA 7.4 (4)
Defensive Win Shares
1950-51 NBA 5.0 (2)
1951-52 NBA 6.6 (2)
1952-53 NBA 4.9 (4)
1953-54 NBA 4.4 (6)
1954-55 NBA 3.6 (8)
Win Shares
1949-50 NBA 9.2 (7)
1950-51 NBA 8.9 (10)
1951-52 NBA 13.2 (4)
1952-53 NBA 12.0 (5)
1954-55 NBA 10.9 (4)
Win Shares Per 48 Minutes
1951-52 NBA .270 (1)
1952-53 NBA .235 (3)
1954-55 NBA .205 (4)
Career NBA .170 (53)
Career .170 (55)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.997 (27)
NBA Elo Player Rating
224th (overall) as of Feb 11, 2012, 7:01AM
   

Transactions

March 21, 1949: Drafted by the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1949 BAA Draft.

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