Mikal Bridges vs. Penny Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Penny Hardaway 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.

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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, 7 less than Penny Hardaway, who played 14. Mikal Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Penny Hardaway had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Mikal Bridges	7	4	2018-19 to 2024-25
Penny Hardaway	14	8	1993-94 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mikal Bridges	Penny Hardaway
Season	2018-19	1993-94
Team	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:		+7.3	+7.7	+1.6	+0.5	+2.2	+4.5	+0.7	+0.1	-2.7		+3.2	+6.4	+.036	+0.7	+1.5	+.068	+1.8	+2.6	+.063
Penny Hardaway	82	36.8	16.0	2.3	3.0	5.4	6.6	2.3	0.6	3.6	2.5	6.2	13.3	.466	0.6	2.3	.267	3.0	4.0	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penny Hardaway	3	44.3	18.7	2.7	4.0	6.7	7.0	1.7	2.0	6.7	3.3	7.3	16.7	.440	1.7	3.7	.455	2.3	3.3	.700


Season 2
	Mikal Bridges	Penny Hardaway
Season	2019-20	1994-95
Team	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost NBA Finals

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2nd 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	73	28.0	9.1	0.9	3.1	4.0	1.8	1.4	0.6	1.0	2.2	3.4	6.6	.510	1.0	2.7	.361	1.4	1.7	.844
difference:	+4	+9.7	+11.8	+0.9	+0.5	+0.4	+5.4	+0.3	+0.3	-2.4	-0.1	+4.2	+8.2	+.002	+0.1	+0.5	+.012	+3.2	+4.3	+.075
Penny Hardaway	77	37.7	20.9	1.8	2.6	4.4	7.2	1.7	0.3	3.4	2.1	7.6	14.8	.512	1.1	3.2	.349	4.6	6.0	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penny Hardaway	21	40.4	19.6	1.4	2.3	3.8	7.7	1.9	0.7	3.5	3.3	6.9	14.5	.472	1.9	4.7	.404	4.0	5.3	.757


Season 3
	Mikal Bridges	Penny Hardaway
Season	2020-21	1995-96
Team	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Magic Lost East Conf Finals

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3rd 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	72	32.6	13.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	2.1	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.6	5.0	9.3	.543	1.9	4.4	.425	1.5	1.8	.840
difference:	+10	+4.2	+8.2	+0.5	+0.5		+5.0	+0.9	+0.4	-2.0	-0.4	+2.6	+5.5	+.030	+0.8	+0.9	+.111	+3.9	+5.3	+.073
Penny Hardaway	82	36.8	21.7	1.6	2.7	4.3	7.1	2.0	0.5	2.8	2.0	7.6	14.8	.513	1.1	3.5	.314	5.4	7.1	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	22	32.1	11.1	0.9	3.4	4.3	1.6	1.0	0.7	0.7	1.9	4.2	8.6	.484	1.6	4.3	.368	1.1	1.3	.893
difference:	+10	+7.3	+12.2	+0.8	+0.4	+0.4	+4.4	+0.7	+0.4	-1.5	-0.4	+4.2	+9.5	+.019	+0.1	+0.3	+.004	+3.7	+5.2	+.149
Penny Hardaway	12	39.4	23.3	1.7	3.0	4.7	6.0	1.7	0.3	2.2	2.3	8.4	18.1	.465	1.7	4.6	.364	4.8	6.5	.744


Season 4
	Mikal Bridges	Penny Hardaway
Season	2021-22	1996-97
Team	Phoenix Suns	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Magic Lost East 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:	+23	+2.8	+6.3	+0.5	+0.2	+0.3	+3.3	+0.4	+0.2	-1.7	-0.3	+1.5	+5.4	+.087		+0.7	+.051	+3.2	+3.9	+.014
Penny Hardaway	59	37.6	20.5	1.4	3.1	4.5	5.6	1.6	0.6	2.5	2.1	7.1	15.9	.447	1.4	4.5	.318	4.8	5.8	.820

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:	+8	+5.9	+17.7	+0.5	+0.8	+1.3	+0.6	+1.3	+0.4	-1.0	-0.4	+5.3	+11.6	+.010	+1.2	+3.5	+.027	+5.8	+8.5	+.192
Penny Hardaway	5	44.4	31.0	1.4	4.6	6.0	3.4	2.4	1.4	1.8	2.8	10.4	22.2	.468	2.2	6.0	.367	8.0	10.8	.741


Season 5
	Mikal Bridges	Penny Hardaway
Season	2022-23	1997-98
Team	Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets	Orlando Magic
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:	+64	+2.8	+3.7	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	+0.3	+0.4	+0.1	-0.9	-0.5	+1.7	+0.9	+.091	+1.2	+2.7	+.082	+0.9	+1.9	+.132
Penny Hardaway	19	32.9	16.4	0.4	3.6	4.0	3.6	1.5	0.8	2.4	2.4	5.4	14.4	.377	0.8	2.6	.300	4.7	6.2	.763

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
Penny Hardaway	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Mikal Bridges	Penny Hardaway
Season	2023-24	1998-99
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+32	+4.1	+3.8	+0.7	+0.5	+1.2	+1.7	+1.2	+0.1	-1.0	-0.8	+0.9	+1.5	+.016	+1.9	+4.4	+.086	+0.1	+0.3	+.108
Penny Hardaway	50	38.9	15.8	1.5	4.2	5.7	5.3	2.2	0.5	3.0	2.2	6.0	14.3	.420	0.8	2.8	.286	3.0	4.2	.706

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penny Hardaway	4	41.8	19.0	2.3	2.8	5.0	5.5	2.3	0.3	3.0	3.3	5.0	14.3	.351	1.5	3.3	.462	7.5	9.8	.769


Season 7
	Mikal Bridges	Penny Hardaway
Season	2024-25	1999-00
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Suns 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:	+22	+0.6	+0.7	+0.6	+2.0	+2.6	+1.6	+0.7	+0.1	-1.0	-1.2	+0.9	+1.1	+.026	+1.4	+3.9	+.030	+2.6	+3.4	+.024
Penny Hardaway	60	37.6	16.9	1.5	4.3	5.8	5.3	1.6	0.6	2.6	2.7	6.3	13.3	.474	0.6	1.7	.324	3.8	4.8	.790

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:	+9	+3.6	+4.7	+0.5	+0.1	+0.4	+2.8	+0.1	+0.1	-0.7	-1.0	+0.7	+1.5	+.006	+1.0	+2.6	+.070	+4.2	+6.0	+.040
Penny Hardaway	9	42.8	20.3	1.6	3.3	4.9	5.7	1.6	1.0	2.8	3.2	7.4	16.1	.462	0.6	2.1	.263	4.9	6.9	.710

Additional Years

* Penny Hardaway played 7 seasons more than Mikal Bridges in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 8 to 14, from 2001 to 2008—Penny Hardaway played in two Playoffs.

Mikal Bridges vs. Penny Hardaway Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Penny Hardaway 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years