Mikal Bridges vs. Rudy Gobert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gobert 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, 5 less than Rudy Gobert, who played 12. Mikal Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Rudy Gobert had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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	Rudy Gobert
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive First Team	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West 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	+0.9	+0.2	+3.0	+5.6	+8.6	+1.1	+0.6	+2.2	-1.0	-1.2	+0.5	+2.8	+.127	+1.4	+3.8		+2.2	+4.0	+.181
Rudy Gobert	81	33.9	14.0	3.9	8.9	12.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.0	5.1	7.7	.661	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	5.9	.653
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	+11.2	+1.7	+1.5	+3.6	+5.2	+1.6	+0.1	+0.3	-0.2	-0.9	+0.7	+3.6	+.157	+1.0	+2.5		+0.5	+3.3	+.453
Rudy Gobert	9	27.3	11.6	2.4	7.4	9.9	1.2	1.0	1.3	1.0	3.3	4.4	7.0	.635	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	5.6	.480

Season 5
	Mikal Bridges	Rudy Gobert
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West 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:	+27	+3.3	+6.6	+1.9	+4.4	+6.3	+1.9	+0.3	+1.6	-0.4	-0.8	+2.2	+7.4	+.154	+2.0	+5.3		+0.2	+1.0	+.213
Rudy Gobert	56	32.4	13.5	2.9	7.8	10.7	1.4	0.8	2.3	1.9	2.7	4.9	7.9	.622	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.3	.682
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:	+7	+4.5	+10.3	+3.4	+2.0	+5.4	+3.0	+0.4	+1.8	-0.1	-1.8	+3.3	+11.7	+.226	+2.5	+6.3		+1.3	+0.5	+.180
Rudy Gobert	11	34.8	13.2	3.9	6.8	10.7	1.0	0.9	2.3	1.9	3.1	5.0	7.6	.655	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	5.3	.603

Season 6
	Mikal Bridges	Rudy Gobert
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West 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:	+1	+3.0	+3.7	+3.0	+5.3	+8.4	+1.6	+0.2	+1.9	-0.4	-1.5	+1.0	+7.0	+.233	+2.7	+7.2		+1.0	+2.5	+.178
Rudy Gobert	81	31.8	15.9	3.8	9.0	12.9	2.0	0.8	2.3	1.6	2.9	5.9	8.8	.669	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.4	.636
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gobert	5	30.4	11.2	4.6	5.6	10.2	1.4	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.2	3.8	6.4	.594	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.6	.783

Season 7
	Mikal Bridges	Rudy Gobert
Season	2024-25	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West 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:	+14	+2.7	+2.5	+2.5	+7.8	+10.3	+2.2	+0.1	+1.5	-0.3	-1.7	+1.5	+6.2	+.193	+2.0	+5.6		+2.5	+4.5	+.184
Rudy Gobert	68	34.3	15.1	3.4	10.1	13.5	1.5	0.8	2.0	1.9	3.2	5.7	8.2	.693	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.9	.630
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:	+11	+0.6	+1.3	+2.3	+4.6	+6.9	+1.8	+1.1	+0.5	-0.8	-1.5	+0.2	+4.0	+.193	+1.6	+4.7		+2.4	+5.1	+.226
Rudy Gobert	7	38.6	16.9	3.4	8.0	11.4	1.1	0.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	6.9	10.6	.649	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	6.0	.524

Additional Years
* Rudy Gobert played 5 seasons more than Mikal Bridges in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 12, from 2021 to 2025—Rudy Gobert played in 5 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Mikal Bridges, Rudy Gobert got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Rebounds Leader 2 All-Star Game