Miles Bridges vs. Nate Thurmond Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nate Thurmond 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, 8 less than Nate Thurmond, who played 14. Miles Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Nate Thurmond had his rookie season in 1963-64. 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
	Miles Bridges	Nate Thurmond
Season	2018-19	1963-64
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Miles Bridges	80	21.2	7.5	0.8	3.2	4.0	1.2	0.7	0.6	0.6	1.4	3.0	6.4	.464	0.8	2.5	.325	0.7	1.0	.753
difference:	+4	+4.7	+0.5			+6.4	+0.1				-1.0	+0.1	+0.9	+.069				+0.6	+1.3	+.204
Nate Thurmond	76	25.9	7.0	-	-	10.4	1.1	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	7.3	.395	-	-	-	1.3	2.3	.549
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Miles Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	12	34.2	10.0	-	-	12.3	0.8	-	-	-	3.8	3.5	8.0	.438	-	-	-	3.0	4.4	.679

Season 2
	Miles Bridges	Nate Thurmond
Season	2019-20	1964-65
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+12	+10.5	+3.5			+12.5	+0.2				-1.0	+1.8	+4.5	+.005				+1.5	+2.6	+.151
Nate Thurmond	77	41.2	16.5	-	-	18.1	2.0	-	-	-	3.0	6.7	16.1	.419	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	.658
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Miles Bridges nor Nate Thurmond played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Miles Bridges	Nate Thurmond
Season	2020-21	1965-66
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+7	+10.3	+3.6			+12.0	+0.7				-0.9	+1.5	+5.9	+.097				+2.3	+4.2	+.213
Nate Thurmond	73	39.6	16.3	-	-	18.0	1.5	-	-	-	3.1	6.2	15.3	.406	-	-	-	3.8	5.9	.654
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Miles Bridges nor Nate Thurmond played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Miles Bridges	Nate Thurmond
Season	2021-22	1966-67
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+15	+7.0	+1.5			+14.3	+1.2				-0.4	+0.3	+1.2	+.054				+1.0	+2.6	+.173
Nate Thurmond	65	42.5	18.7	-	-	21.3	2.6	-	-	-	2.8	7.2	16.4	.437	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	.629
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Miles Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	15	46.0	15.9	-	-	23.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.5	6.2	14.3	.433	-	-	-	3.5	6.1	.571

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

Season 5
	Miles Bridges	Nate Thurmond
Season	2023-24	1967-68
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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:	+18	+6.2	+0.5			+14.7	+0.9				-1.0	+0.6	+0.7	+.051				+3.0	+5.5	+.181
Nate Thurmond	51	43.6	20.5	-	-	22.0	4.2	-	-	-	2.7	7.5	18.2	.411	-	-	-	5.5	8.6	.644
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Miles Bridges nor Nate Thurmond played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Miles Bridges	Nate Thurmond
Season	2024-25	1968-69
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Div Semis

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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:	+7	+13.5	+1.2			+12.2	+0.3				-0.9	+0.7	+2.6	+.021				+1.9	+4.7	+.255
Nate Thurmond	71	45.2	21.5	-	-	19.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.4	8.0	19.6	.410	-	-	-	5.4	8.7	.615
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Miles Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nate Thurmond	6	43.8	16.7	-	-	19.5	4.7	-	-	-	3.0	6.7	17.0	.392	-	-	-	3.3	5.7	.588

Additional Years
* Nate Thurmond played 8 seasons more than Miles Bridges in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 14, from 1970 to 1977—Nate Thurmond played in 6 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Miles Bridges, Nate Thurmond got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 3 All-Star Game