Mikal Bridges vs. Tim Hardaway Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Hardaway Jr. 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, 5 less than Tim Hardaway Jr., who played 13. Mikal Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Tim Hardaway Jr. 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.

Rookie Season
	Mikal Bridges	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2018-19	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
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:	+1	+6.4	+1.9	+0.5	+1.2	+1.7	+1.3	+1.1	+0.4	-0.3	-0.7	+0.6	+1.6	+.002	+0.3	+0.6	+.028	+0.1	+0.2	+.023
Tim Hardaway Jr.	81	23.1	10.2	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.8	3.6	8.5	.428	1.6	4.4	.363	1.3	1.6	.828
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Mikal Bridges nor Tim Hardaway Jr. played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Mikal Bridges	Tim Hardaway Jr.
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks 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:	+3	+7.5	+0.3	+0.5	+0.9	+1.4		+0.5	+0.2	-0.5	-0.5	+0.3	+1.0	+.079	+0.5	+1.5	+.012	+0.5	+0.8	+.068
Tim Hardaway Jr.	79	27.3	14.5	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.3	5.3	11.5	.455	1.9	5.3	.357	2.1	2.7	.766
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:	+7	+5.2	+0.5	+0.4	+1.6	+2.0	+1.6	+0.6	+1.0	-0.9	-0.2	+0.6	+3.1	+.149	+0.8	+4.5	+.132	+0.2	+0.9	+.301
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	33.3	12.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	1.7	2.2	4.5	13.7	.329	1.8	7.0	.262	2.0	3.2	.632