Butch Beard vs. Mikal Bridges Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mikal Bridges and Butch Beard, 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.

Butch Beard played 9 years in the NBA, 3 more than Mikal Bridges, who played 6. Butch Beard had the first of his seasons in 1969-70, while Mikal Bridges had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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.

Note: Butch Beard didn't play in 1970-71.

Season 2
	Butch Beard	Mikal Bridges
Season	1971-72	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Butch Beard	68	35.8	15.4	-	-	4.1	6.7	-	-	-	3.1	5.8	12.5	.464	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.760
Mikal Bridges	73	28.0	9.1	0.9	3.1	4.0	1.8	1.4	0.6	1.0	2.2	3.4	6.6	.510	1.0	2.7	.361	1.4	1.7	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Butch Beard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Butch Beard	Mikal Bridges
Season	1973-74	2021-22
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West 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		%
Butch Beard	79	27.0	10.2	1.7	3.2	4.9	3.8	1.3	0.1	-	3.1	4.0	7.8	.512	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	.739
Mikal Bridges	82	34.8	14.2	0.9	3.3	4.2	2.3	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.8	5.6	10.5	.534	1.4	3.8	.369	1.6	1.9	.834
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Butch Beard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mikal Bridges	13	38.5	13.3	0.9	3.8	4.7	2.8	1.1	1.0	0.8	2.4	5.1	10.6	.478	1.0	2.5	.394	2.2	2.3	.933

Season 5
	Butch Beard	Mikal Bridges
Season	1974-75	2022-23
Team	Golden State Warriors	Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets 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		%
Butch Beard	82	30.7	12.8	1.4	2.4	3.9	4.2	1.6	0.1	-	3.6	5.0	9.4	.528	-	-	-	2.8	3.4	.832
Mikal Bridges	83	35.7	20.1	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.3	1.1	0.7	1.5	1.9	7.1	15.3	.468	2.0	5.3	.382	3.8	4.3	.895
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Butch Beard	17	26.4	9.1	1.4	2.9	4.2	3.1	1.4	0.1	-	3.8	3.5	8.6	.411	-	-	-	2.0	3.1	.642
Mikal Bridges	4	39.3	23.5	0.5	4.8	5.3	4.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	1.3	8.3	19.3	.429	2.5	6.3	.400	4.5	5.8	.783