Junior Bridgeman vs. Dwyane Wade Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwyane Wade and Junior Bridgeman, 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

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.

Junior Bridgeman played 12 years in the NBA, 4 less than Dwyane Wade, who played 16. Junior Bridgeman had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, while Dwyane Wade had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Junior Bridgeman	12	6	1975-76 to 1986-87
Dwyane Wade	16	13	2003-04 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Junior Bridgeman	Dwyane Wade
Season	1975-76	2003-04
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	81	20.3	8.6	1.4	2.2	3.6	1.9	0.6	0.3	-	2.9	3.5	8.0	.439	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	.795
Dwyane Wade	61	34.9	16.2	1.4	2.7	4.0	4.5	1.4	0.6	3.2	2.3	6.1	13.1	.465	0.3	0.9	.302	3.8	5.1	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	3	22.3	8.3	1.3	2.3	3.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	-	3.3	3.0	6.7	.450	-	-	-	2.3	3.7	.636
Dwyane Wade	13	39.5	18.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	5.6	1.3	0.3	4.2	3.5	6.6	14.5	.455	0.2	0.6	.375	4.5	5.8	.787


Season 2
	Junior Bridgeman	Dwyane Wade
Season	1976-77	2004-05
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	82	29.4	14.4	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.5	1.0	0.3	-	2.7	6.0	13.3	.449	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	.864
Dwyane Wade	77	38.6	24.1	1.4	3.7	5.2	6.8	1.6	1.1	4.2	3.0	8.2	17.1	.478	0.2	0.6	.289	7.5	9.9	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	14	41.0	27.4	1.6	4.1	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	4.4	3.1	9.7	20.1	.484	0.1	0.7	.100	7.9	9.9	.799


Season 3
	Junior Bridgeman	Dwyane Wade
Season	1977-78	2005-06
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Junior Bridgeman	82	22.9	13.6	1.4	2.1	3.5	2.1	0.9	0.4	2.1	2.5	5.8	11.5	.503	-	-	-	2.0	2.5	.810
Dwyane Wade	75	38.6	27.2	1.4	4.3	5.7	6.7	1.9	0.8	3.6	2.9	9.3	18.8	.495	0.2	1.0	.171	8.4	10.7	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	9	19.8	10.4	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.2	1.0	0.2	0.9	3.4	4.9	10.1	.484	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.750
Dwyane Wade	23	41.7	28.4	1.2	4.7	5.9	5.7	2.2	1.1	3.9	3.1	9.5	19.2	.497	0.6	1.6	.378	8.8	10.9	.808


Season 4
	Junior Bridgeman	Dwyane Wade
Season	1978-79	2006-07
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	82	23.9	15.5	1.4	2.2	3.6	2.0	1.1	0.5	1.7	2.2	6.6	13.0	.506	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.829
Dwyane Wade	51	37.9	27.4	1.0	3.7	4.7	7.5	2.1	1.2	4.2	2.3	9.3	18.9	.491	0.4	1.5	.266	8.5	10.5	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	4	40.5	23.5	1.8	3.0	4.8	6.3	1.3	0.5	5.8	3.3	9.0	21.0	.429	0.0	1.3	.000	5.5	8.0	.688


Season 5
	Junior Bridgeman	Dwyane Wade
Season	1979-80	2007-08
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Junior Bridgeman	81	28.6	17.6	1.3	2.4	3.7	2.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.7	7.3	15.3	.478	0.1	0.3	.185	2.8	3.3	.865
Dwyane Wade	51	38.3	24.6	0.9	3.3	4.2	6.9	1.7	0.7	4.4	2.7	8.6	18.4	.469	0.4	1.5	.286	6.9	9.2	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	5	24.8	10.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	3.4	1.0	0.4	2.8	3.4	4.0	11.2	.357	0.0	0.2	.000	2.2	3.0	.733
Dwyane Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Junior Bridgeman	Dwyane Wade
Season	1980-81	2008-09
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	77	28.8	16.8	1.0	2.7	3.8	3.0	1.1	0.4	1.9	2.4	7.0	14.3	.487	0.0	0.3	.143	2.8	3.1	.884
Dwyane Wade	79	38.6	30.2	1.1	3.9	5.0	7.5	2.2	1.3	3.4	2.3	10.8	22.0	.491	1.1	3.5	.317	7.5	9.8	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	7	26.1	14.0	0.9	1.3	2.1	3.3	0.9	0.0	1.6	3.9	6.0	13.0	.462	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.9	2.3	.813
Dwyane Wade	7	40.7	29.1	0.6	4.4	5.0	5.3	0.9	1.6	3.6	2.9	9.7	22.1	.439	2.6	7.1	.360	7.1	8.3	.862


Season 7
	Junior Bridgeman	Dwyane Wade
Season	1981-82	2009-10
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	41	22.5	12.5	0.9	2.1	3.0	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.6	2.2	5.1	10.6	.483	0.1	0.2	.444	2.2	2.5	.864
Dwyane Wade	77	36.3	26.6	1.4	3.5	4.8	6.5	1.8	1.1	3.3	2.4	9.3	19.6	.476	0.9	3.2	.300	6.9	9.1	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	5	42.0	33.2	1.2	4.4	5.6	6.8	1.6	1.6	5.2	3.2	12.4	22.0	.564	3.0	7.4	.405	5.4	8.0	.675


Season 8
	Junior Bridgeman	Dwyane Wade
Season	1982-83	2010-11
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	70	26.5	14.4	0.6	2.9	3.5	3.0	0.6	0.1	1.7	2.2	6.0	12.2	.492	0.0	0.2	.077	2.3	2.8	.837
Dwyane Wade	76	37.1	25.5	1.6	4.8	6.4	4.6	1.5	1.1	3.1	2.6	9.1	18.2	.500	0.8	2.7	.306	6.5	8.6	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	9	34.2	16.9	2.3	2.7	5.0	3.1	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.9	6.8	14.4	.469	0.2	0.6	.400	3.1	3.3	.933
Dwyane Wade	21	39.4	24.5	2.0	5.1	7.1	4.4	1.6	1.3	3.0	2.5	8.6	17.8	.485	0.7	2.5	.269	6.6	8.5	.777


Season 9
	Junior Bridgeman	Dwyane Wade
Season	1983-84	2011-12
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Junior Bridgeman	81	30.0	15.1	1.0	3.1	4.1	3.3	0.7	0.2	1.8	2.8	6.3	13.5	.465	0.1	0.4	.194	2.4	3.0	.807
Dwyane Wade	49	33.2	22.1	1.5	3.3	4.8	4.6	1.7	1.3	2.6	2.2	8.5	17.1	.497	0.3	1.1	.268	4.8	6.1	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	16	31.2	14.4	0.8	3.3	4.0	2.8	0.4	0.3	1.4	2.3	5.5	12.1	.456	0.1	0.6	.111	3.3	4.1	.815
Dwyane Wade	23	39.4	22.8	1.4	3.8	5.2	4.3	1.7	1.3	3.0	2.8	8.6	18.5	.462	0.4	1.5	.294	5.3	7.2	.729


Season 10
	Junior Bridgeman	Dwyane Wade
Season	1984-85	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Junior Bridgeman	80	25.5	13.9	0.7	2.2	2.9	2.1	0.6	0.2	1.5	1.6	5.8	12.4	.465	0.2	0.5	.359	2.3	2.6	.879
Dwyane Wade	69	34.7	21.2	1.2	3.7	5.0	5.1	1.9	0.8	2.8	2.0	8.2	15.8	.521	0.2	1.0	.258	4.5	6.2	.725

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	22	35.5	15.9	1.7	2.9	4.6	4.8	1.7	1.0	2.6	2.0	6.5	14.3	.457	0.0	0.2	.250	2.7	3.6	.750


Season 11
	Junior Bridgeman	Dwyane Wade
Season	1985-86	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	58	20.0	8.8	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.9	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.4	3.4	7.8	.441	0.1	0.3	.333	1.8	2.1	.891
Dwyane Wade	54	32.9	19.0	1.1	3.4	4.5	4.7	1.5	0.5	3.0	2.0	7.7	14.1	.545	0.2	0.6	.281	3.5	4.8	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	20	34.7	17.8	0.8	3.1	3.9	3.9	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.8	7.0	13.9	.500	0.5	1.2	.375	3.5	4.5	.767


Season 12
	Junior Bridgeman	Dwyane Wade
Season	1986-87	2014-15
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
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		%
Junior Bridgeman	34	12.3	5.1	0.4	1.1	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.5	2.3	5.0	.462	0.0	0.2	.167	0.5	0.6	.800
Dwyane Wade	62	31.8	21.5	0.9	2.6	3.5	4.8	1.2	0.3	3.4	1.7	8.2	17.5	.470	0.5	1.6	.284	4.6	6.0	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Junior Bridgeman	Dwyane Wade
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Heat Lost East 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	74	30.5	19.0	1.1	3.0	4.1	4.6	1.1	0.6	2.7	1.6	7.3	16.0	.456	0.1	0.6	.159	4.4	5.5	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	14	33.8	21.4	0.9	4.8	5.6	4.3	0.8	0.9	2.7	1.6	8.5	18.1	.469	0.9	1.6	.522	3.6	4.6	.781


Season 14
	Junior Bridgeman	Dwyane Wade
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bulls 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	60	29.9	18.3	1.1	3.5	4.5	3.8	1.4	0.7	2.3	1.9	6.9	15.9	.434	0.8	2.4	.310	3.7	4.7	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	6	31.7	15.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	4.0	0.8	1.3	1.7	1.3	5.3	14.3	.372	1.0	2.8	.353	3.3	3.5	.952


Season 15
	Junior Bridgeman	Dwyane Wade
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	67	22.9	11.4	0.7	3.0	3.8	3.4	0.9	0.7	2.1	1.9	4.5	10.2	.438	0.5	1.7	.288	2.0	2.8	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	5	25.4	16.6	0.6	3.6	4.2	3.6	1.4	0.2	2.2	2.2	6.2	14.0	.443	0.0	0.8	.000	4.2	5.2	.808


Season 16
	Junior Bridgeman	Dwyane Wade
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	72	26.2	15.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	4.2	0.8	0.5	2.3	1.6	5.8	13.3	.433	1.2	3.6	.330	2.3	3.2	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dwyane Wade	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Junior Bridgeman vs. Dwyane Wade Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dwyane Wade and Junior Bridgeman, 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

Season 2

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