Mikal Bridges vs. Jaden McDaniels Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaden McDaniels 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, 2 more than Jaden McDaniels, who played 6. Mikal Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Jaden McDaniels had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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.

Season 4
	Mikal Bridges	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2021-22	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+10	+5.6	+3.7	+0.1	+1.0	+1.1	+0.9	+0.3	+0.2	-0.4	-1.2	+1.3	+1.8	+.045	+0.2	+0.3	+.032	+0.8	+0.8	+.112
Jaden McDaniels	72	29.2	10.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	8.7	.489	1.2	3.5	.337	0.8	1.1	.722
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:	+3	+4.9	+1.1	+0.9	+1.7	+0.9	+1.7	+0.2	+0.1	-0.3	-1.0	+0.6	+1.8	+.036	+0.5	+1.0	+.035	+0.5	+0.1	+.162
Jaden McDaniels	16	33.6	12.2	1.8	2.1	3.8	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	8.8	.514	1.5	3.5	.429	1.7	2.2	.771