Deandre Ayton vs. Bill Bridges Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Bridges and Deandre Ayton, 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.

Deandre Ayton played 6 years in the NBA, 7 less than Bill Bridges, who played 13. Deandre Ayton had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Bill Bridges had his rookie season in 1962-63. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Deandre Ayton	Bill Bridges
Season	2018-19	1962-63
Team	Phoenix Suns	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	71	30.7	16.3	3.1	7.1	10.3	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.8	2.9	7.2	12.3	.585	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.746
Bill Bridges	27	13.9	6.1	-	-	5.3	0.9	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	5.9	.413	-	-	-	1.2	1.9	.627
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Bridges	11	18.5	9.3	-	-	7.8	0.8	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	8.7	.427	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	.741

Season 5
	Deandre Ayton	Bill Bridges
Season	2022-23	1966-67
Team	Phoenix Suns	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	67	30.4	18.0	2.6	7.4	10.0	1.7	0.6	0.8	1.8	2.8	7.8	13.2	.589	0.1	0.4	.292	2.3	3.0	.760
Bill Bridges	79	39.6	17.4	-	-	15.1	2.8	-	-	-	4.1	6.4	14.0	.455	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.702
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	10	31.9	13.4	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	3.5	6.1	11.1	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.3	.522
Bill Bridges	9	41.0	15.7	-	-	18.8	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	14.2	.375	-	-	-	5.0	7.4	.672

Season 6
	Deandre Ayton	Bill Bridges
Season	2023-24	1967-68
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Deandre Ayton	55	32.4	16.7	3.2	7.9	11.1	1.6	1.0	0.8	1.8	2.0	7.8	13.6	.570	0.0	0.2	.100	1.2	1.4	.823
Bill Bridges	82	39.0	15.6	-	-	13.4	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	12.3	.462	-	-	-	4.2	5.9	.717
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Bridges	6	36.0	15.7	-	-	12.8	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	6.3	12.5	.507	-	-	-	3.0	4.2	.720

Season 7
	Deandre Ayton	Bill Bridges
Season	-	1968-69
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Hawks Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Bridges	80	36.6	11.8	-	-	14.2	3.7	-	-	-	3.6	4.4	9.7	.453	-	-	-	3.0	4.4	.677
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Bridges	11	40.2	15.6	-	-	16.2	3.4	-	-	-	4.4	6.3	14.2	.442	-	-	-	3.1	4.4	.708

Season 8
	Deandre Ayton	Bill Bridges
Season	-	1969-70
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hawks Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Bridges	82	39.9	14.8	-	-	14.4	4.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	11.4	.475	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Bridges	9	42.3	11.6	-	-	17.1	3.2	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	12.2	.400	-	-	-	1.8	3.0	.593

Season 13
	Deandre Ayton	Bill Bridges
Season	-	1974-75
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Bridges	32	13.0	2.7	2.0	2.2	4.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	-	2.0	1.1	2.9	.376	-	-	-	0.5	1.1	.500
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Bridges	14	10.6	1.6	0.9	2.6	3.5	0.5	0.6	0.3	-	1.6	0.7	1.6	.435	-	-	-	0.1	0.5	.286