Deandre Ayton vs. Mikal Bridges Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mikal 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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 and Mikal Bridges both played 8 years in the NBA. Deandre Ayton had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Deandre Ayton	8	3	2018-19 to 2025-26
Mikal Bridges	8	4	2018-19 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Deandre Ayton	Mikal Bridges
Season	2018-19	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+11	+1.2	+8.0	+2.4	+4.6	+7.1	+0.3	+0.7	+0.4	-0.9	-0.4	+4.2	+5.4	+.155	+1.3	+3.7	+.335	+0.8	+1.3	+.059
Mikal Bridges	82	29.5	8.3	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.1	1.6	0.5	0.9	2.5	3.0	6.9	.430	1.3	3.8	.335	1.2	1.4	.805

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Deandre Ayton nor Mikal Bridges played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Deandre Ayton	Mikal Bridges
Season	2019-20	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	38	32.5	18.2	3.9	7.6	11.5	1.9	0.7	1.5	2.1	3.1	8.2	14.9	.546	0.1	0.3	.231	1.8	2.3	.753
difference:	+35	+4.5	+9.1	+3.0	+4.5	+7.5	+0.1	+0.7	+0.9	-1.1	-0.9	+4.8	+8.3	+.036	+0.9	+2.4	+.130	+0.4	+0.6	+.091
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
* Neiher Deandre Ayton nor Mikal Bridges played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Deandre Ayton	Mikal Bridges
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Suns Lost NBA Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	69	30.7	14.4	3.3	7.2	10.5	1.4	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.8	6.2	10.0	.626	0.1	0.3	.200	1.9	2.5	.769
difference:	+3	+1.9	+0.9	+2.2	+4.0	+6.2	+0.7	+0.5	+0.3	-0.7	-1.2	+1.2	+0.7	+.083	+1.8	+4.1	+.225	+0.4	+0.7	+.071
Mikal Bridges	72	32.6	13.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	2.1	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.6	5.0	9.3	.543	1.9	4.4	.425	1.5	1.8	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	22	36.4	15.8	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.1	0.8	1.1	1.3	2.9	7.0	10.6	.658	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.736
difference:		+4.3	+4.7	+2.1	+5.4	+7.5	+0.5	+0.2	+0.4	-0.6	-1.0	+2.8	+2.0	+.174	+1.6	+4.3		+0.7	+1.1	+.157
Mikal Bridges	22	32.1	11.1	0.9	3.4	4.3	1.6	1.0	0.7	0.7	1.9	4.2	8.6	.484	1.6	4.3	.368	1.1	1.3	.893


Season 4
	Deandre Ayton	Mikal Bridges
Season	2021-22	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	58	29.5	17.2	2.6	7.7	10.2	1.4	0.7	0.7	1.6	2.4	7.6	12.0	.634	0.1	0.3	.368	1.8	2.4	.746
difference:	+24	+5.3	+3.0	+1.7	+4.4	+6.0	+0.9	+0.5	+0.3	-0.8	-0.6	+2.0	+1.5	+.100	+1.3	+3.5	+.001	+0.2	+0.5	+.088
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		%
Deandre Ayton	13	30.5	17.9	2.5	6.4	8.9	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.5	2.6	8.1	12.6	.640	0.2	0.3	.500	1.6	2.5	.636
difference:		+8.0	+4.6	+1.6	+2.6	+4.2	+1.1	+0.7	+0.2	-0.7	-0.2	+3.0	+2.0	+.162	+0.8	+2.2	+.106	+0.6	+0.2	+.297
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
	Deandre Ayton	Mikal Bridges
Season	2022-23	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+16	+5.3	+2.1	+1.6	+4.0	+5.6	+1.6	+0.5	+0.1	-0.3	-0.9	+0.7	+2.1	+.121	+1.9	+4.9	+.090	+1.5	+1.3	+.135
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		%
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
difference:	+6	+7.4	+10.1	+2.4	+2.0	+4.4	+3.0	+0.1	+0.2	-0.3	-2.2	+2.2	+8.2	+.121	+2.5	+6.3		+3.3	+3.5	+.261
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


Season 6
	Deandre Ayton	Mikal Bridges
Season	2023-24	2023-24
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+27	+2.4	+2.9	+2.4	+4.2	+6.6	+2.0		+0.4	-0.2	-0.6	+0.9	+2.2	+.134	+2.7	+7.0	+.272	+1.9	+2.5	+.009
Mikal Bridges	82	34.8	19.6	0.8	3.7	4.5	3.6	1.0	0.4	2.0	1.4	6.9	15.8	.436	2.7	7.2	.372	3.1	3.9	.814

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Deandre Ayton nor Mikal Bridges played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Deandre Ayton	Mikal Bridges
Season	2024-25	2024-25
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	40	30.2	14.4	3.1	7.1	10.2	1.6	0.8	1.0	1.7	2.2	6.6	11.7	.566	0.2	0.8	.188	1.0	1.5	.667
difference:	+42	+6.8	+3.2	+2.2	+4.8	+7.0	+2.1	+0.1	+0.5	-0.1	-0.7	+0.6	+2.7	+.066	+1.8	+4.8	+.166	+0.2	+0.1	+.147
Mikal Bridges	82	37.0	17.6	0.9	2.3	3.2	3.7	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.5	7.2	14.4	.500	2.0	5.6	.354	1.2	1.4	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mikal Bridges	18	39.2	15.6	1.1	3.4	4.5	2.9	1.7	0.9	2.1	2.2	6.7	14.6	.456	1.6	4.7	.333	0.7	0.9	.750


Season 8
	Deandre Ayton	Mikal Bridges
Season	2025-26	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	7	31.3	16.9	2.9	5.3	8.1	1.3	0.4	1.1	2.6	3.1	8.0	12.3	.651	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.9	.462
difference:		+4.1	+0.5	+1.5	+1.3	+2.7	+4.0	+1.0	+0.1	-1.5	-0.5	+2.0	+1.3	+.106	+2.4	+5.0		+1.1	+0.4	+.413
Mikal Bridges	7	35.4	16.4	1.4	4.0	5.4	5.3	1.4	1.0	1.1	2.6	6.0	11.0	.545	2.4	5.0	.486	2.0	2.3	.875

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Deandre Ayton nor Mikal Bridges played in the postseason in their season 8

Deandre Ayton vs. Mikal Bridges Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mikal 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison