Mikal Bridges vs. Andre Drummond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Andre Drummond and Mikal Bridges, 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.

Mikal Bridges played 8 years in the NBA, 6 less than Andre Drummond, who played 14. Mikal Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Andre Drummond had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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.

Rookie Season
	Mikal Bridges	Andre Drummond
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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		%
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
difference:	+22	+8.8	+0.4	+2.1	+2.3	+4.4	+1.6	+0.6	+1.1	-0.1	-0.1	+0.5	+1.2	+.178	+1.3	+3.8		+0.2	+1.3	+.434
Andre Drummond	60	20.7	7.9	2.8	4.8	7.6	0.5	1.0	1.6	1.0	2.4	3.5	5.7	.608	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.7	.371
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mikal Bridges nor Andre Drummond played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Mikal Bridges	Andre Drummond
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+1.9	+2.0	+4.0	+6.6	+10.6	+1.5	+0.3	+1.0	-1.1	-1.2	+1.2	+2.6	+.013	+1.4	+3.7	+.036	+1.0	+5.3	+.479
Andre Drummond	81	32.9	16.2	4.9	9.9	14.8	0.8	1.5	1.4	1.9	3.0	6.8	13.1	.521	0.0	0.1	.333	2.6	7.2	.355
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+9	+5.7	+3.5	+2.1	+2.2	+4.3	+2.8	+0.8	+0.5	-0.2	-0.4	+1.9	+2.9	+.041	+1.0	+2.2	+.394	+0.6	+6.2	+.609
Andre Drummond	4	32.8	16.8	3.0	6.0	9.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	1.0	2.0	7.0	13.5	.519	0.0	0.3	.000	2.8	8.5	.324

Season 6
	Mikal Bridges	Andre Drummond
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
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
difference:	+4	+1.1	+4.6	+4.3	+7.2	+11.5	+0.6	+0.5	+1.2	-0.6	-1.8	+0.9	+4.5	+.093	+2.7	+7.1	+.372		+1.2	+.209
Andre Drummond	78	33.7	15.0	5.1	10.9	16.0	3.0	1.5	1.6	2.6	3.2	6.0	11.3	.529	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	5.1	.605
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mikal Bridges nor Andre Drummond played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Mikal Bridges	Andre Drummond
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+3	+3.5	+0.3	+4.5	+7.9	+12.4	+2.3	+0.8	+1.2	-0.6	-1.9	+0.1	+1.1	+.033	+1.9	+5.1	+.222	+1.9	+3.8	+.224
Andre Drummond	79	33.5	17.3	5.4	10.2	15.6	1.4	1.7	1.7	2.2	3.4	7.1	13.3	.533	0.1	0.5	.132	3.1	5.2	.590
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+14	+7.4	+1.3	+3.9	+4.6	+8.5	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	-0.7	-2.1	+0.7	+1.1	+.012	+1.6	+4.4	+.333	+1.6	+4.4	+.321
Andre Drummond	4	31.8	14.3	5.0	8.0	13.0	2.3	1.5	1.3	2.8	4.3	6.0	13.5	.444	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	5.3	.429

Season 8
	Mikal Bridges	Andre Drummond
Season	2025-26	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Detroit Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
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		%
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
difference:	+50	+2.5	+1.3	+3.0	+6.8	+9.8	+2.6	+0.5	+0.6	-2.5	-0.9	+1.3	+2.8	+.012	+2.3	+4.4	+.343	+1.0	+2.9	+.300
Andre Drummond	57	32.9	17.7	4.4	10.8	15.2	2.7	1.9	1.6	3.6	3.5	7.3	13.8	.533	0.1	0.6	.143	3.0	5.2	.575
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mikal Bridges nor Andre Drummond played in the postseason in their season 8