Miles Bridges vs. Michael Cooper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Cooper and Miles 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.

Miles Bridges played 6 years in the NBA, 6 less than Michael Cooper, who played 12. Miles Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Michael Cooper had his rookie season in 1978-79. 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 2
	Miles Bridges	Michael Cooper
Season	2019-20	1979-80
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Miles Bridges	65	30.7	13.0	1.4	4.2	5.6	1.8	0.6	0.7	1.5	2.0	4.9	11.6	.424	1.5	4.6	.330	1.6	2.0	.809
difference:	+17	+6.6	+4.2	+0.2	+2.6	+2.8	+0.9	+0.4	+0.2	-0.2	-0.6	+1.2	+4.6	+.100	+1.4	+4.4	+.080	+0.2	+0.3	+.033
Michael Cooper	82	24.1	8.8	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.6	3.7	7.0	.524	0.1	0.2	.250	1.4	1.7	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Miles Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	16	29.0	9.1	1.8	1.9	3.7	3.6	1.5	0.7	1.8	3.4	3.6	8.8	.407	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.3	.861

Season 3
	Miles Bridges	Michael Cooper
Season	2020-21	1980-81
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Miles Bridges	66	29.3	12.7	1.2	4.8	6.0	2.2	0.7	0.8	1.6	2.2	4.7	9.4	.503	1.8	4.4	.400	1.5	1.7	.867
difference:	+15	+3.1	+3.3	+0.3	+2.1	+1.9	+1.9	+0.9	+0.2	-0.4	-0.9	+0.7	+1.3	+.012	+1.8	+4.2	+.189	+0.1	+0.1	+.082
Michael Cooper	81	32.4	9.4	1.5	2.7	4.1	4.1	1.6	1.0	2.0	3.1	4.0	8.1	.491	0.0	0.2	.211	1.4	1.8	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Miles Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	3	34.0	10.7	0.7	2.7	3.3	2.3	2.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	3.7	6.7	.550	0.0	1.0	.000	3.3	4.7	.714

Season 4
	Miles Bridges	Michael Cooper
Season	2021-22	1981-82
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Miles Bridges	80	35.5	20.2	1.1	5.9	7.0	3.8	0.9	0.8	1.9	2.4	7.5	15.2	.491	1.9	5.8	.331	3.3	4.2	.802
difference:	+4	+6.6	+8.3		+3.5	+3.5	+0.8	+0.7		-0.1	-0.4	+2.5	+5.4	+.026	+1.9	+5.6	+.213	+1.5	+1.9	+.011
Michael Cooper	76	28.9	11.9	1.1	2.4	3.5	3.0	1.6	0.8	2.0	2.8	5.0	9.8	.517	0.0	0.2	.118	1.8	2.3	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Miles Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	14	27.4	11.9	1.4	3.0	4.4	4.4	1.7	0.8	2.1	3.4	5.0	8.9	.565	0.1	0.1	.500	1.8	2.4	.735

Note: Miles Bridges didn't play in 2022-23.

Season 5
	Miles Bridges	Michael Cooper
Season	2023-24	1982-83
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Miles Bridges	69	37.4	21.0	1.0	6.3	7.3	3.3	0.9	0.5	2.0	1.7	8.1	17.5	.462	2.3	6.5	.349	2.5	3.1	.825
difference:	+13	+11.2	+13.2		+4.0	+4.0	+0.5	+0.5	+0.1	-0.4	-0.8	+4.9	+11.4	+.073	+2.2	+6.2	+.111	+1.3	+1.5	+.040
Michael Cooper	82	26.2	7.8	1.0	2.3	3.3	3.8	1.4	0.6	1.6	2.5	3.2	6.1	.535	0.1	0.3	.238	1.2	1.6	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Miles Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	15	30.2	9.4	0.8	3.1	3.9	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.3	3.6	3.5	7.6	.465	0.1	0.5	.143	2.3	2.7	.829

Season 6
	Miles Bridges	Michael Cooper
Season	2024-25	1983-84
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Miles Bridges	64	31.7	20.3	1.1	6.4	7.5	3.9	0.7	0.7	2.1	1.5	7.3	17.0	.431	2.2	7.0	.313	3.5	4.0	.870
difference:	+18	+2.6	+11.3	+0.5	+3.9	+4.3	+2.0	+0.7	+0.1	-0.3	-1.8	+4.0	+10.3	+.066	+1.7	+5.5	+.001	+1.6	+1.7	+.032
Michael Cooper	82	29.1	9.0	0.6	2.5	3.2	5.9	1.4	0.8	1.8	3.3	3.3	6.7	.497	0.5	1.5	.314	1.9	2.3	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Miles Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cooper	21	34.4	11.3	1.0	3.0	3.9	5.7	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.8	4.2	9.1	.461	0.6	1.7	.333	2.4	3.0	.806

Additional Years
* Michael Cooper played 6 seasons more than Miles Bridges in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 12, from 1985 to 1990—Michael Cooper played in 6 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 6 extra years over Miles Bridges, Michael Cooper got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year