Mikal Bridges vs. Jaime Jaquez Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaime Jaquez Jr. 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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 7 years in the NBA, 5 more than Jaime Jaquez Jr., who played 2. Mikal Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Jaime Jaquez Jr. had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Mikal Bridges 7 4 2018-19 to 2024-25
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 2 2 2023-24 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Mikal Bridges Jaime Jaquez Jr.
Season 2018-192023-24
Team Phoenix SunsMiami Heat
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs Did Not PlayHeat Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+7+1.3+3.6+0.4+0.2+0.6+0.5+0.6+0.2-0.6-0.3+1.5+2.4+.059+0.4+1.1+.013+0.7+0.9+.006
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 75 28.2 11.9 1.1 2.7 3.8 2.6 1.0 0.3 1.5 2.2 4.5 9.3 .489 0.9 2.7 .322 1.9 2.3 .811
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Mikal Bridges DNP------ --- ----------
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 4 30.8 12.8 0.5 2.8 3.3 3.0 0.8 0.5 1.8 1.5 5.3 13.0 .404 0.8 3.3 .231 1.5 1.8 .857

Season 2
Mikal Bridges Jaime Jaquez Jr.
Season 2019-202024-25
Team Phoenix SunsMiami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayHeat Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+7+7.3+0.5+0.4+0.4+0.7+0.5+0.4-0.5-1.0+0.2+0.4+.049+0.4+0.9+.050+0.2+0.5+.090
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 66 20.7 8.6 1.3 3.1 4.4 2.5 0.9 0.2 1.5 1.2 3.2 7.0 .461 0.6 1.8 .311 1.6 2.2 .754
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Mikal Bridges DNP------ --- ----------
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 3 6.3 1.3 1.0 0.3 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 2.0 .167 0.0 0.7 .000 0.7 0.7 1.000

Additional Years

* Mikal Bridges played 5 seasons more than Jaime Jaquez Jr. in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 3 to 7, from 2021 to 2025—Mikal Bridges played in 4 Playoffs.

In those 5 extra years over Jaime Jaquez Jr., Mikal Bridges got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 All-Defensive First Team
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