Vern Mikkelsen

PF · MNL

Seasons 1949-50–1958-59 · 10 on record · Ht 6-7 · b. 1928

★ Hall of Fame6× All-Star4× All-NBA

Player info

Nickname	The Great Dane, The Durable Dane
Position	PF
Number	#19
Height	6-7
Weight	230 lb
Born	1928-10-21
College	Hamline
Drafted	1949 · Round 1, Pick 11 · MNL
Seasons	1949-50–1958-59 (10)

14.4 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 2.2 APG · 699 games · .403 FG% · — 3P%.

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
1949-50	MNL	21	68	—	.399	—	.752	—	1.8	—	—	11.6	—	.466
1950-51	MNL	22	64	—	.402	—	.676	10.2	2.8	—	—	14.1	—	.446
1951-52	MNL	23	66	35.5	.419	—	.761	10.3	2.7	—	—	15.3	22.0	.490
1952-53	MNL	24	70	35.2	.435	—	.752	9.3	2.1	—	—	15.0	21.6	.504
1953-54	MNL	25	72	31.2	.374	—	.742	8.5	1.7	—	—	11.1	16.7	.442
1954-55	MNL	26	71	36.0	.422	—	.747	10.2	2.0	—	—	18.7	20.6	.508
1955-56	MNL	27	72	29.2	.386	—	.804	8.4	2.4	—	—	13.4	16.9	.481
1956-57	MNL	28	72	30.5	.377	—	.807	8.8	1.7	—	—	13.7	16.2	.474
1957-58	MNL	29	72	33.2	.410	—	.786	11.2	2.3	—	—	17.3	18.9	.489
1958-59	MNL	30	72	29.7	.390	—	.806	7.9	2.2	—	—	13.8	15.9	.468

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1949-50	MNL	68	—	—	288	722	.399	—	—	215	286	—	123	—	—	—	791
1950-51	MNL	64	—	—	359	893	.402	—	—	186	275	655	181	—	—	—	904
1951-52	MNL	66	—	2,345	363	866	.419	—	—	283	372	681	180	—	—	—	1,009
1952-53	MNL	70	—	2,465	378	868	.435	—	—	291	387	654	148	—	—	—	1,047
1953-54	MNL	72	—	2,247	288	771	.374	—	—	221	298	615	119	—	—	—	797
1954-55	MNL	71	—	2,559	440	1,043	.422	—	—	447	598	722	145	—	—	—	1,327
1955-56	MNL	72	—	2,100	317	821	.386	—	—	328	408	608	173	—	—	—	962
1956-57	MNL	72	—	2,198	322	854	.377	—	—	342	424	630	121	—	—	—	986
1957-58	MNL	72	—	2,390	439	1,070	.410	—	—	370	471	805	166	—	—	—	1,248
1958-59	MNL	72	—	2,139	353	904	.390	—	—	286	355	570	159	—	—	—	992
Career		699	—	—	3,547	8,812	.403	0	0	2969	3874	5940	1515	0	0	0	10,063

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
1949-50	MNL	68	—	—	—	.399	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1950-51	MNL	64	—	—	—	.402	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1951-52	MNL	66	35.5	5.6	13.3	.419	—	—	4.3	5.7	10.5	2.8	—	—	—	15.5
1952-53	MNL	70	35.2	5.5	12.7	.435	—	—	4.2	5.7	9.6	2.2	—	—	—	15.3
1953-54	MNL	72	31.2	4.6	12.4	.374	—	—	3.5	4.8	9.9	1.9	—	—	—	12.8
1954-55	MNL	71	36.0	6.2	14.7	.422	—	—	6.3	8.4	10.2	2.0	—	—	—	18.7
1955-56	MNL	72	29.2	5.4	14.1	.386	—	—	5.6	7.0	10.4	3.0	—	—	—	16.5
1956-57	MNL	72	30.5	5.3	14.0	.377	—	—	5.6	6.9	10.3	2.0	—	—	—	16.1
1957-58	MNL	72	33.2	6.6	16.1	.410	—	—	5.6	7.1	12.1	2.5	—	—	—	18.8
1958-59	MNL	72	29.7	5.9	15.2	.390	—	—	4.8	6.0	9.6	2.7	—	—	—	16.7

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1949-50	MNL	68	—	—	.466	—	5.6	3.6	9.2	—	—	—	—	—
1950-51	MNL	64	—	—	.446	—	3.9	5.0	8.9	—	—	—	—	—
1951-52	MNL	66	2,345	22.0	.490	—	6.5	6.6	13.2	.270	—	—	—	—
1952-53	MNL	70	2,465	21.6	.504	—	7.2	4.9	12.0	.235	—	—	—	—
1953-54	MNL	72	2,247	16.7	.442	—	2.2	4.4	6.6	.141	—	—	—	—
1954-55	MNL	71	2,559	20.6	.508	—	7.4	3.6	10.9	.205	—	—	—	—
1955-56	MNL	72	2,100	16.9	.481	—	3.6	1.8	5.4	.123	—	—	—	—
1956-57	MNL	72	2,198	16.2	.474	—	3.7	2.4	6.1	.134	—	—	—	—
1957-58	MNL	72	2,390	18.9	.489	—	5.4	1.1	6.5	.130	—	—	—	—
1958-59	MNL	72	2,139	15.9	.468	—	2.9	1.6	4.5	.102	—	—	—	—
Career		699	—	—	—	—	—	—	83.3	—	—	—	—	+0.0

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	FG%	3P%	TS%
1949-50	8	0.0	12.8	0.0	0.9	.556	—	.597
1950-51	4	0.0	12.0	0.0	0.0	.333	—	.432
1951-52	11	4.2	13.2	5.3	0.6	.515	—	.585
1952-53	10	3.5	11.0	0.7	0.6	.391	—	.501
1953-54	13	12.9	10.2	2.0	0.3	.515	—	.579
1954-55	7	0.0	13.7	0.0	0.0	.612	—	.693
1955-56	3	0.0	13.3	0.0	0.0	.423	—	.575
1956-57	5	5.8	17.6	3.6	0.2	.465	—	.514
1958-59	13	11.5	15.5	5.5	0.5	.412	—	.483
Career	74	5.8	13.0	2.4	0.4	.465	—	.543

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	303	15.0	1.2	0.2	238–65
Away	310	14.0	1.6	0.5	83–227
In wins	321	15.0	1.2	0.3	321–0
In losses	292	13.9	1.7	0.4	0–292

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	92	14.3	0.4	0.0	47–45
BOS Boston Celtics	77	15.1	1.4	0.6	33–44
DET Detroit Pistons	103	13.0	0.3	0.0	54–49
GSW Golden State Warriors	77	14.8	4.5	1.2	45–32
NYK New York Knicks	77	13.5	0.7	0.3	38–39

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Vern Mikkelsen has averaged 14.4 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 2.2 APG over 10 seasons (1949-50–1958-59).

Vern Mikkelsen is 6-7 (230 lb).

Vern Mikkelsen was drafted in 1949, round 1, pick 11.