Miles Bridges vs. Spencer Haywood Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Spencer Haywood 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 Spencer Haywood, who played 12. Miles Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Spencer Haywood had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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	Spencer Haywood
Season	2019-20	1971-72
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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:	+8	+12.7	+13.2			+7.1	+0.2				-0.8	+4.9	+9.7	+.037				+5.0	+6.0	+.010
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Miles Bridges nor Spencer Haywood played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Miles Bridges	Spencer Haywood
Season	2020-21	1972-73
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	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:	+11	+13.0	+16.5			+6.9	+0.3				-0.6	+6.8	+14.9	+.027				+4.6	+5.6	+.028
Spencer Haywood	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Miles Bridges nor Spencer Haywood played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Miles Bridges	Spencer Haywood
Season	2021-22	1973-74
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+5	+5.0	+3.3	+3.1	+3.3	+6.4	+0.6		+0.6		-0.2	+1.8	+5.1	+.034				+1.7	+1.9	+.012
Spencer Haywood	75	40.5	23.5	4.2	9.2	13.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	-	2.6	9.3	20.3	.457	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.814
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Miles Bridges nor Spencer Haywood played in the postseason in their season 4

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

Season 5
	Miles Bridges	Spencer Haywood
Season	2023-24	1974-75
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
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:	+1	+0.2	+1.4	+1.9	+0.1	+2.0	+1.3	+0.1	+1.1		-0.8	+0.8	+2.0	+.003				+2.0	+2.5	+.014
Spencer Haywood	68	37.2	22.4	2.9	6.4	9.3	2.0	0.8	1.6	-	2.5	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Miles Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	9	37.4	15.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	2.0	0.8	1.2	-	3.2	5.2	14.6	.359	-	-	-	5.2	6.8	.770