Mikal Bridges vs. Jaylen Brown Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaylen Brown 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 less than Jaylen Brown, who played 10. Mikal Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Jaylen Brown 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	Jaylen Brown
Season	2018-19	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+4	+12.3	+1.7	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+1.3	+1.2	+0.3		-0.7	+0.5	+1.5	+.024	+0.7	+2.1	+.006	+0.1	+0.2	+.120
Jaylen Brown	78	17.2	6.6	0.6	2.2	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.8	2.5	5.4	.454	0.6	1.7	.341	1.1	1.6	.685
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jaylen Brown	17	12.6	5.0	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.5	2.0	4.2	.479	0.3	1.4	.217	0.7	1.1	.667

Season 4
	Mikal Bridges	Jaylen Brown
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East 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:	+25	+0.9	+6.1	+0.2	+2.0	+2.2	+0.2	+0.1		-1.4	-1.1	+1.9	+5.1	+.053	+0.9	+2.1	+.013	+1.5	+2.4	+.110
Jaylen Brown	57	33.9	20.3	1.1	5.3	6.4	2.1	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.9	7.5	15.6	.481	2.3	5.9	.382	3.1	4.3	.724
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:	+4	+1.0	+8.5	+0.5	+2.3	+2.8	+0.5	+0.4	+0.5	-1.6	-0.4	+3.0	+6.3	+.002	+1.5	+4.6	+.036	+0.9	+1.4	+.092
Jaylen Brown	17	39.5	21.8	1.4	6.1	7.5	2.3	1.5	0.5	2.4	2.8	8.1	16.9	.476	2.5	7.1	.358	3.1	3.7	.841

Season 5
	Mikal Bridges	Jaylen Brown
Season	2022-23	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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5th 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	83	35.7	20.1	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.3	1.1	0.7	1.5	1.9	7.1	15.3	.468	2.0	5.3	.382	3.8	4.3	.895
difference:	+25	+1.2	+4.6	+0.2	+1.4	+1.6	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	-1.2	-1.0	+2.2	+3.9	+.016	+0.8	+1.8	+.015	+0.5		+.131
Jaylen Brown	58	34.5	24.7	1.2	4.8	6.0	3.4	1.2	0.6	2.7	2.9	9.3	19.2	.484	2.8	7.1	.397	3.3	4.3	.764
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	4	39.3	23.5	0.5	4.8	5.3	4.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	1.3	8.3	19.3	.429	2.5	6.3	.400	4.5	5.8	.783
Jaylen Brown	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Mikal Bridges	Jaylen Brown
Season	2024-25	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East 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:	+15	+1.1	+9.0	+0.3	+3.4	+3.7	+0.2	+0.2	+0.1	-1.3	-1.1	+2.9	+6.2	+.009	+0.4	+1.7	+.019	+2.7	+3.7	+.049
Jaylen Brown	67	35.9	26.6	1.2	5.7	6.9	3.5	1.1	0.4	2.9	2.6	10.1	20.6	.491	2.4	7.3	.335	3.9	5.1	.765
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	+1.6	+7.1	+0.2	+1.0	+1.1	+0.5	+0.6	+0.5	-1.2	-0.9	+2.4	+3.7	+.040	+0.4	+1.0	+.021	+1.9	+2.8	+.061
Jaylen Brown	20	37.6	22.7	1.3	4.4	5.6	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.3	3.1	9.1	18.3	.496	2.0	5.7	.354	2.6	3.7	.689

Season 8
	Mikal Bridges	Jaylen Brown
Season	2025-26	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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	7	35.4	16.4	1.4	4.0	5.4	5.3	1.4	1.0	1.1	2.6	6.0	11.0	.545	2.4	5.0	.486	2.0	2.3	.875
difference:	+63	+1.9	+6.6	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+1.7	+0.2	+0.5	-1.3		+3.0	+6.9	+.046	+0.3	+0.9	+.132	+1.0	+2.0	+.172
Jaylen Brown	70	33.5	23.0	1.2	4.3	5.5	3.6	1.2	0.5	2.4	2.6	9.0	17.9	.499	2.1	5.9	.354	3.0	4.3	.703
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jaylen Brown	19	37.2	23.9	1.2	4.8	5.9	3.3	1.2	0.6	2.7	2.7	9.2	17.8	.516	1.9	5.8	.327	3.6	5.4	.660

Additional Years
* Jaylen Brown played 2 seasons more than Mikal Bridges in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 10, from 2025 to 2026—Jaylen Brown played in one postseason. In those 2 extra years over Mikal Bridges, Jaylen Brown got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game