Junior Bridgeman vs. Rudy Gobert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gobert 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, 1 more than Rudy Gobert, who played 11. Junior Bridgeman had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, while Rudy Gobert had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
Rudy Gobert	11	8	2013-14 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Junior Bridgeman	Rudy Gobert
Season	1975-76	2013-14
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Rudy Gobert	45	9.6	2.3	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.3	0.8	1.6	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.492

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
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Junior Bridgeman	Rudy Gobert
Season	1976-77	2014-15
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
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	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
Rudy Gobert	82	26.3	8.4	3.2	6.2	9.5	1.3	0.8	2.3	1.4	2.1	3.1	5.2	.604	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.3	.623

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


Season 3
	Junior Bridgeman	Rudy Gobert
Season	1977-78	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
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	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
Rudy Gobert	61	31.7	9.1	3.4	7.5	11.0	1.5	0.7	2.2	1.9	2.7	3.2	5.8	.559	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	4.6	.569

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
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Junior Bridgeman	Rudy Gobert
Season	1978-79	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz 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		%
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
Rudy Gobert	81	33.9	14.0	3.9	8.9	12.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.0	5.1	7.7	.661	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	5.9	.653

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gobert	9	27.3	11.6	2.4	7.4	9.9	1.2	1.0	1.3	1.0	3.3	4.4	7.0	.635	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	5.6	.480


Season 5
	Junior Bridgeman	Rudy Gobert
Season	1979-80	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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		%
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
Rudy Gobert	56	32.4	13.5	2.9	7.8	10.7	1.4	0.8	2.3	1.9	2.7	4.9	7.9	.622	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.3	.682

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
Rudy Gobert	11	34.8	13.2	3.9	6.8	10.7	1.0	0.9	2.3	1.9	3.1	5.0	7.6	.655	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	5.3	.603


Season 6
	Junior Bridgeman	Rudy Gobert
Season	1980-81	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West 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
Rudy Gobert	81	31.8	15.9	3.8	9.0	12.9	2.0	0.8	2.3	1.6	2.9	5.9	8.8	.669	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.4	.636

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
Rudy Gobert	5	30.4	11.2	4.6	5.6	10.2	1.4	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.2	3.8	6.4	.594	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.6	.783


Season 7
	Junior Bridgeman	Rudy Gobert
Season	1981-82	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West 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
Rudy Gobert	68	34.3	15.1	3.4	10.1	13.5	1.5	0.8	2.0	1.9	3.2	5.7	8.2	.693	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.9	.630

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gobert	7	38.6	16.9	3.4	8.0	11.4	1.1	0.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	6.9	10.6	.649	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	6.0	.524


Season 8
	Junior Bridgeman	Rudy Gobert
Season	1982-83	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz 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		%
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
Rudy Gobert	71	30.8	14.3	3.4	10.1	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	1.7	2.3	5.5	8.2	.675	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	5.3	.623

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
Rudy Gobert	11	34.2	14.7	3.9	8.4	12.3	0.8	0.5	2.1	1.5	4.2	5.5	7.4	.741	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	6.0	.636


Season 9
	Junior Bridgeman	Rudy Gobert
Season	1983-84	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West 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	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
Rudy Gobert	66	32.1	15.6	3.7	11.0	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	1.8	2.7	5.5	7.7	.713	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.7	.690

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
Rudy Gobert	6	32.8	12.0	3.5	9.7	13.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.3	3.2	3.5	5.5	.636	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	7.3	.682


Season 10
	Junior Bridgeman	Rudy Gobert
Season	1984-85	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West 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	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
Rudy Gobert	70	30.7	13.4	3.3	8.3	11.6	1.2	0.8	1.4	1.7	3.0	5.1	7.8	.659	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.9	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gobert	5	35.4	15.0	3.6	8.6	12.2	2.0	0.4	1.0	1.6	4.8	5.8	9.2	.630	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.4	.630


Season 11
	Junior Bridgeman	Rudy Gobert
Season	1985-86	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves TBD

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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
Rudy Gobert	76	34.1	14.0	3.8	9.2	12.9	1.3	0.7	2.1	1.6	3.1	5.3	8.1	.661	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	5.1	.638

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Junior Bridgeman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gobert	5	35.0	13.2	3.2	8.2	11.4	1.8	1.2	1.2	1.6	3.2	4.4	7.4	.595	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	5.0	.880


Season 12
	Junior Bridgeman	Rudy Gobert
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
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	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
Rudy Gobert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Junior Bridgeman vs. Rudy Gobert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gobert 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

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12