Mikal Bridges vs. Damian Lillard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Damian Lillard 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, 5 less than Damian Lillard, who played 13. Mikal Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Damian Lillard 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	Damian Lillard
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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		%
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:		+9.1	+10.7	+0.2	+0.1	+0.1	+4.4	+0.7	+0.3	-2.1	-0.4	+3.7	+8.8	+.001	+1.0	+2.3	+.033	+2.1	+2.5	+.039
Damian Lillard	82	38.6	19.0	0.5	2.6	3.1	6.5	0.9	0.2	3.0	2.1	6.7	15.7	.429	2.3	6.1	.368	3.3	3.9	.844
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mikal Bridges nor Damian Lillard played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Mikal Bridges	Damian Lillard
Season	2019-20	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+9	+7.8	+11.6	+0.5		+0.5	+3.8	+0.6	+0.3	-1.4	-0.2	+3.3	+9.3	+.086	+1.7	+4.1	+.033	+3.1	+3.5	+.027
Damian Lillard	82	35.8	20.7	0.4	3.1	3.5	5.6	0.8	0.3	2.4	2.4	6.7	15.9	.424	2.7	6.8	.394	4.5	5.2	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damian Lillard	11	42.4	22.9	1.1	4.0	5.1	6.5	1.0	0.1	2.7	2.6	7.5	17.2	.439	2.5	6.4	.386	5.4	6.0	.894

Season 3
	Mikal Bridges	Damian Lillard
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+10	+3.1	+7.5	+0.5	+0.8	+0.3	+4.1	+0.1	+0.6	-1.9	-0.4	+2.2	+7.3	+.109	+0.5	+2.6	+.082	+2.7	+3.1	+.024
Damian Lillard	82	35.7	21.0	0.6	4.0	4.6	6.2	1.2	0.3	2.7	2.0	7.2	16.6	.434	2.4	7.0	.343	4.2	4.9	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+17	+8.1	+10.5	+0.5	+0.2	+0.3	+3.0	+0.6	+0.1	-1.7	-1.1	+3.6	+10.6	+.078	+0.6	+1.9	+.207	+3.9	+5.1	+.112
Damian Lillard	5	40.2	21.6	0.4	3.6	4.0	4.6	0.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	7.8	19.2	.406	1.0	6.2	.161	5.0	6.4	.781

Season 4
	Mikal Bridges	Damian Lillard
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers 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		%
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:	+7	+0.9	+10.9	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+4.5	+0.3		-2.4	-0.4	+2.6	+9.2	+.115	+1.7	+4.3	+.006	+3.9	+4.3	+.058
Damian Lillard	75	35.7	25.1	0.6	3.4	4.0	6.8	0.9	0.4	3.2	2.2	8.2	19.7	.419	3.1	8.1	.375	5.5	6.2	.892
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:	+2	+1.2	+13.2	+0.2	+0.6	+0.4	+3.5	+0.2	+0.7	-2.2	-0.3	+3.0	+11.4	+.110	+2.8	+7.2	+.001	+4.3	+4.8	+.023
Damian Lillard	11	39.7	26.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	6.3	1.3	0.3	3.0	2.1	8.1	22.0	.368	3.8	9.7	.393	6.5	7.1	.910

Season 6
	Mikal Bridges	Damian Lillard
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+9	+1.8	+7.3		+0.1		+3.0	+0.1		-0.8	-0.2	+1.6	+3.6	+.003	+0.4	+1.4	+.011	+3.7	+3.5	+.102
Damian Lillard	73	36.6	26.9	0.8	3.6	4.5	6.6	1.1	0.4	2.8	1.6	8.5	19.4	.439	3.1	8.6	.361	6.8	7.4	.916
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damian Lillard	4	40.5	18.5	0.8	3.8	4.5	4.8	1.3	0.0	4.0	2.0	6.3	17.8	.352	2.3	7.5	.300	3.8	4.3	.882

Season 7
	Mikal Bridges	Damian Lillard
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
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:	+2	+1.5	+8.2		+1.5	+1.4	+3.2	+0.2	+0.1	-1.1	-0.4	+1.3	+4.8	+.056	+1.0	+2.4	+.015	+4.7	+5.0	+.098
Damian Lillard	80	35.5	25.8	0.9	3.8	4.6	6.9	1.1	0.4	2.7	1.9	8.5	19.2	.444	3.0	8.0	.369	5.9	6.4	.912
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:	+2	+1.4	+11.3	+0.6	+0.9	+0.3	+3.7		+0.6	-1.7	-0.3	+1.9	+6.0	+.038	+2.1	+5.2	+.040	+5.2	+6.2	+.083
Damian Lillard	16	40.6	26.9	0.5	4.3	4.8	6.6	1.7	0.3	3.8	2.5	8.6	20.6	.418	3.7	9.9	.373	5.9	7.1	.833

Season 8
	Mikal Bridges	Damian Lillard
Season	2025-26	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	25	34.8	16.4	1.2	3.4	4.6	4.2	1.9	1.1	1.0	2.3	6.5	12.3	.526	2.2	5.4	.407	1.2	1.5	.816
difference:	+41	+2.7	+13.6	+0.7	+0.4	+0.3	+3.8	+0.8	+0.8	-1.9	-0.6	+3.0	+8.1	+.063	+1.9	+4.8	+.006	+5.8	+6.3	+.072
Damian Lillard	66	37.5	30.0	0.5	3.8	4.3	8.0	1.1	0.3	2.9	1.7	9.5	20.4	.463	4.1	10.2	.401	7.0	7.8	.888
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Damian Lillard	4	35.8	24.3	0.3	3.3	3.5	4.3	0.5	0.3	3.5	1.0	6.5	16.0	.406	3.3	8.3	.394	8.0	8.3	.970

Additional Years
* Damian Lillard played 5 seasons more than Mikal Bridges in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 13, from 2021 to 2025—Damian Lillard played in 3 Playoffs and one NBA Cup. In those 5 extra years over Mikal Bridges, Damian Lillard got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Cup All-Tournament Team 4 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP