Mikal Bridges vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray 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 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than Jamal Murray, who played 8. Mikal Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Jamal Murray had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Jamal Murray
Season	2018-19	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
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:		+8.0	+1.6	+0.2	+0.4	+0.6		+1.0	+0.2	-0.5	-1.0	+0.6	+2.0	+.026	+0.1	+0.4	+.001	+0.1	+0.1	+.078
Jamal Murray	82	21.5	9.9	0.5	2.1	2.6	2.1	0.6	0.3	1.4	1.5	3.6	8.9	.404	1.4	4.2	.334	1.3	1.5	.883
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mikal Bridges nor Jamal Murray played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Mikal Bridges	Jamal Murray
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets 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:	+23	+2.5	+4.3	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+2.5	+0.1	+0.1	-1.4	-0.1	+1.3	+4.7	+.078	+0.5	+1.7	+.023	+1.2	+1.2	+.047
Jamal Murray	59	32.3	18.5	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.8	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.7	6.9	15.2	.456	1.9	5.5	.346	2.8	3.1	.881
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:	+6	+1.1	+13.2	+0.2		+0.1	+3.8	+0.2	+0.7	-2.0	-0.2	+4.7	+8.8	+.027	+2.3	+4.7	+.059	+1.5	+1.8	+.036
Jamal Murray	19	39.6	26.5	1.1	3.8	4.8	6.6	0.9	0.3	2.8	2.2	9.8	19.4	.505	3.3	7.2	.453	3.7	4.1	.897

Note: Jamal Murray didn't play in 2021-22.

Season 6
	Mikal Bridges	Jamal Murray
Season	2023-24	2022-23
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+17	+2.0	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	+0.5	+2.6		+0.2	-0.2	-0.2	+0.4	+0.2	+.018	+0.1	+0.6	+.026	+0.3	+0.6	+.019
Jamal Murray	65	32.8	20.0	0.7	3.2	4.0	6.2	1.0	0.2	2.2	1.6	7.3	16.0	.454	2.6	6.6	.398	2.8	3.3	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Murray	20	40.0	26.1	0.8	4.9	5.7	7.1	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.1	9.7	20.5	.473	3.0	7.5	.396	3.8	4.1	.926