Mikal Bridges vs. JaVale McGee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of JaVale McGee 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, 8 less than JaVale McGee, who played 16. Mikal Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while JaVale McGee had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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	JaVale McGee
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	Washington Wizards, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West 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:	+21	+9.6	+2.9	+1.8	+1.8	+3.6	+1.8	+0.6	+1.8	-0.6	-0.9	+0.6	+1.5	+.022	+1.4	+3.8		+0.3	+0.8	+.373
JaVale McGee	61	25.2	11.3	2.7	5.1	7.8	0.5	0.6	2.2	1.4	2.7	5.0	9.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.7	.461
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	+12.6	+4.7	+2.4	+2.5	+4.9	+2.1	+0.4	+2.1	-0.2	-0.6	+1.8	+3.0	+.044	+1.0	+2.5		+0.2	+1.4	+.395
JaVale McGee	7	25.9	8.6	3.3	6.3	9.6	0.7	0.7	3.1	0.6	3.0	3.3	7.6	.434	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.7	.538