Mikal Bridges vs. Julius Randle Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Julius Randle 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 Julius Randle, who played 12. Mikal Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Julius Randle 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.

Season 4
	Mikal Bridges	Julius Randle
Season	2021-22	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:		+8.1	+1.9	+1.3	+2.5	+3.8	+0.3	+0.7	+0.1	-1.8	-1.5	+0.5	+0.5	+.024	+1.3	+3.3	+.147	+2.1	+3.3	+.116
Julius Randle	82	26.7	16.1	2.2	5.8	8.0	2.6	0.5	0.5	2.6	3.3	6.1	11.0	.558	0.1	0.5	.222	3.7	5.2	.718
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
Julius Randle	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Mikal Bridges	Julius Randle
Season	2024-25	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+11	+0.6	+6.5	+0.3	+6.7	+7.0	+2.3		+0.2	-1.8	-1.7	+1.3	+4.2	+.044	+0.3	+0.1	+.057	+3.7	+4.6	+.003
Julius Randle	71	37.6	24.1	1.2	9.0	10.2	6.0	0.9	0.3	3.4	3.2	8.5	18.6	.456	2.3	5.5	.411	4.9	6.0	.811
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:	+13	+3.2	+2.4	+1.1	+6.0	+7.1	+1.1	+1.1	+0.9	-2.5	-1.4	+1.1	+4.2	+.158	+0.6	+1.9		+3.9	+4.5	+.102
Julius Randle	5	36.0	18.0	2.2	9.4	11.6	4.0	0.6	0.0	4.6	3.6	5.6	18.8	.298	2.2	6.6	.333	4.6	5.4	.852

Additional Years
* Julius Randle played 4 seasons more than Mikal Bridges in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 12, from 2023 to 2026—Julius Randle played in two Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Mikal Bridges, Julius Randle got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game