Mikal Bridges vs. John Wall Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Wall 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, 4 less than John Wall, who played 11. Mikal Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while John Wall had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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	John Wall
Season	2018-19	2010-11
Team	Phoenix Suns	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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:	+13	+8.3	+8.1	+0.2	+1.6	+1.4	+6.2	+0.2		-2.9		+2.8	+7.2	+.021	+0.8	+2.1	+.039	+3.2	+4.3	+.039
John Wall	69	37.8	16.4	0.5	4.1	4.6	8.3	1.8	0.5	3.8	2.5	5.8	14.1	.409	0.5	1.7	.296	4.4	5.7	.766
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mikal Bridges nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Mikal Bridges	John Wall
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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:		+1.5	+5.1	+0.4	+0.3	+0.1	+6.5	+0.6	+0.1	-2.8	-0.9	+1.5	+5.8	+.101	+0.1		+.018	+2.3	+2.9	+.029
John Wall	82	36.3	19.3	0.5	3.6	4.1	8.8	1.8	0.5	3.6	2.7	7.1	16.3	.433	1.3	3.8	.351	3.9	4.8	.805
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:	+2	+0.3	+3.0	+0.4	+0.3	+0.7	+4.3	+0.5	+0.3	-2.5	-0.2	+0.4	+4.3	+.112	+0.4	+0.4	+.175	+2.5	+3.9	+.168
John Wall	11	38.2	16.3	0.5	3.5	4.0	7.1	1.6	0.7	3.3	2.6	5.5	14.9	.366	0.6	2.9	.219	4.7	6.2	.765

Season 5
	Mikal Bridges	John Wall
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+4	+0.2	+2.5	+0.5	+0.8	+0.2	+6.7	+0.6	+0.1	-2.3	-0.4	+0.5	+0.5	+.023	+1.2	+2.6	+.082	+0.2	+0.3	+.110
John Wall	79	35.9	17.6	0.5	4.2	4.6	10.0	1.7	0.6	3.8	2.3	6.6	14.8	.445	0.8	2.7	.300	3.6	4.6	.785
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
difference:	+3	+0.3	+6.1	+0.2	+0.8	+0.6	+7.9	+0.9	+0.9	-1.9	-0.6	+2.2	+3.6	+.038	+2.1	+3.9	+.224	+0.2	+0.2	+.063
John Wall	7	39.0	17.4	0.7	4.0	4.7	11.9	1.4	1.4	3.9	1.9	6.1	15.7	.391	0.4	2.4	.176	4.7	5.6	.846

Season 6
	Mikal Bridges	John Wall
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+5	+1.4	+0.3	+0.3	+0.7	+0.4	+6.6	+0.9	+0.4	-2.1	-0.7	+0.5	+1.7	+.012	+1.2	+2.9	+.021	+0.4	+0.6	+.023
John Wall	77	36.2	19.9	0.5	4.4	4.9	10.2	1.9	0.8	4.1	2.1	7.4	17.5	.424	1.5	4.3	.351	3.5	4.5	.791
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mikal Bridges nor John Wall played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Mikal Bridges	John Wall
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+4	+0.6	+5.5	+0.1	+1.1	+1.0	+7.0	+1.1	+0.1	-2.5	-0.4	+1.1	+4.0	+.049	+0.9	+2.1	+.027	+4.2	+5.4	+.013
John Wall	78	36.4	23.1	0.8	3.4	4.2	10.7	2.0	0.6	4.1	1.9	8.3	18.4	.451	1.1	3.5	.327	5.4	6.8	.801
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:	+5	+0.2	+11.6	+0.6	+0.2	+0.8	+7.4		+0.3	-2.1	-0.2	+3.1	+7.0	+.004			+.011	+5.3	+6.3	+.089
John Wall	13	39.0	27.2	0.5	3.2	3.7	10.3	1.7	1.2	4.2	2.0	9.8	21.6	.452	1.6	4.7	.344	6.0	7.2	.839

Additional Years
* John Wall played 4 seasons more than Mikal Bridges in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 11, from 2018 to 2023—John Wall played in one postseason. In those 4 extra years over Mikal Bridges, John Wall got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game