Mikal Bridges vs. Jordan Clarkson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jordan Clarkson 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, 4 less than Jordan Clarkson, who played 12. Mikal Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Jordan Clarkson had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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	Jordan Clarkson
Season	2018-19	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
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:	+23	+4.5	+3.6	+0.2	+0.2		+1.4	+0.7	+0.3	-0.7	-0.7	+1.5	+3.2	+.018	+0.7	+1.7	+.021	+1.0	+1.3	+.024
Jordan Clarkson	59	25.0	11.9	0.9	2.3	3.2	3.5	0.9	0.2	1.6	1.8	4.5	10.1	.448	0.6	2.1	.314	2.2	2.7	.829
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mikal Bridges nor Jordan Clarkson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Mikal Bridges	Jordan Clarkson
Season	2021-22	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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:	+1	+11.5	+0.3	+0.2	+1.3	+1.5	+0.4	+0.5	+0.3	-0.8	-0.5	+0.3	+1.3	+.083		+0.1	+.017	+0.3	+0.4	+.034
Jordan Clarkson	81	23.3	13.9	0.7	2.0	2.7	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.3	5.3	11.8	.451	1.4	3.9	.352	1.9	2.3	.800
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	+23.4	+8.6	+0.4	+2.6	+3.0	+2.1	+0.7	+0.8	-0.1	-1.3	+3.2	+4.1	+.177	+0.4	+0.1	+.155	+1.9	+2.0	+.100
Jordan Clarkson	19	15.1	4.7	0.5	1.2	1.7	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.1	1.9	6.5	.301	0.6	2.4	.239	0.3	0.3	.833

Season 7
	Mikal Bridges	Jordan Clarkson
Season	2024-25	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West 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:	+14	+10.3	+0.8	+0.2	+1.0	+0.8	+1.2		+0.4	-0.1	-0.1	+0.5	+1.4	+.075	+1.1	+3.2	+.007	+0.7	+0.7	+.082
Jordan Clarkson	68	26.7	18.4	0.7	3.3	4.0	2.5	0.9	0.1	1.7	1.6	6.7	15.8	.425	3.1	8.8	.347	1.9	2.1	.896
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:	+7	+12.1	+1.9	+0.6	+0.9	+1.4	+1.4	+1.1	+0.6		-0.8	+0.6	+0.4	+.050	+1.5	+4.1	+.018	+1.6	+1.5	+.212
Jordan Clarkson	11	27.1	17.5	0.5	2.5	3.1	1.5	0.6	0.3	2.1	1.4	6.1	15.0	.406	3.1	8.8	.351	2.3	2.4	.962

Season 8
	Mikal Bridges	Jordan Clarkson
Season	2025-26	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	NBA Cup 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	27	34.9	16.8	1.2	3.6	4.8	4.3	1.8	1.0	1.0	2.3	6.7	12.7	.525	2.3	5.6	.411	1.1	1.4	.795
difference:	+52	+7.8	+0.8	+0.4	+1.0	+1.3	+1.8	+1.0	+0.8	-0.6	-0.4	+0.8	+1.4	+.106	+0.1	+2.0	+.093	+0.7	+0.8	+.033
Jordan Clarkson	79	27.1	16.0	0.8	2.6	3.5	2.5	0.8	0.2	1.6	1.9	5.9	14.1	.419	2.4	7.6	.318	1.8	2.2	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jordan Clarkson	6	28.3	17.5	0.8	2.3	3.2	1.3	0.5	0.2	1.7	2.8	6.7	12.2	.548	1.5	4.0	.375	2.7	3.0	.889