Miles Bridges vs. Tim Duncan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tim Duncan 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, 13 less than Tim Duncan, who played 19. Miles Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Tim Duncan had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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	Tim Duncan
Season	2018-19	1997-98
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+2	+17.9	+13.6	+2.5	+5.4	+7.9	+1.5		+1.9	-2.8	-1.7	+5.6	+9.3	+.085	+0.8	+2.4	+.325	+3.2	+4.9	+.091
Tim Duncan	82	39.1	21.1	3.3	8.6	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	3.4	3.1	8.6	15.7	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	5.9	.662
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Miles Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Duncan	9	41.6	20.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	2.8	2.7	8.1	15.6	.521	0.0	0.1	.000	4.4	6.7	.667

Season 2
	Miles Bridges	Tim Duncan
Season	2019-20	1998-99
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
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:	+15	+8.6	+8.7	+1.8	+4.0	+5.8	+0.6	+0.3	+1.8	-1.4	-0.9	+3.5	+5.3	+.071	+1.5	+4.5	+.187	+3.3	+5.2	+.119
Tim Duncan	50	39.3	21.7	3.2	8.2	11.4	2.4	0.9	2.5	2.9	2.9	8.4	16.9	.495	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	7.2	.690
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Miles Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Duncan	17	43.1	23.2	3.2	8.2	11.5	2.8	0.8	2.6	3.1	2.9	8.5	16.6	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	6.3	8.4	.748

Season 3
	Miles Bridges	Tim Duncan
Season	2020-21	1999-00
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
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:	+8	+9.6	+10.5	+2.3	+4.1	+6.4	+1.0	+0.2	+1.4	-1.7	-0.6	+3.8	+7.9	+.013	+1.8	+4.3	+.309	+4.7	+6.4	+.106
Tim Duncan	74	38.9	23.2	3.5	8.9	12.4	3.2	0.9	2.2	3.3	2.8	8.5	17.3	.490	0.0	0.1	.091	6.2	8.1	.761
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Miles Bridges nor Tim Duncan played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Miles Bridges	Tim Duncan
Season	2021-22	2000-01
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf 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:	+2	+3.2	+2.0	+2.1	+3.1	+5.2	+0.8		+1.5	-1.1	-0.6	+1.1	+1.9	+.008	+1.8	+5.5	+.072	+1.7	+3.9	+.184
Tim Duncan	82	38.7	22.2	3.2	9.0	12.2	3.0	0.9	2.3	3.0	3.0	8.6	17.1	.499	0.1	0.3	.259	5.0	8.1	.618
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Miles Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Duncan	13	40.5	24.4	4.2	10.3	14.5	3.8	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.3	9.2	18.9	.488	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.8	9.2	.639

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

Season 5
	Miles Bridges	Tim Duncan
Season	2023-24	2001-02
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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:	+13	+3.2	+4.5	+2.3	+3.1	+5.4	+0.4	+0.2	+2.0	-1.2	-0.9	+1.2	+0.8	+.046	+2.3	+6.4	+.249	+4.3	+5.4	+.026
Tim Duncan	82	40.6	25.5	3.3	9.4	12.7	3.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.6	9.3	18.3	.508	0.0	0.1	.100	6.8	8.5	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Miles Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Duncan	9	42.2	27.6	3.1	11.3	14.4	5.0	0.7	4.3	4.1	2.4	9.1	20.1	.453	0.1	0.3	.333	9.2	11.2	.822

Season 6
	Miles Bridges	Tim Duncan
Season	2024-25	2002-03
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+17	+7.6	+3.0	+2.1	+3.3	+5.4			+2.2	-1.0	-1.4	+1.5	+0.2	+.082	+2.1	+6.7	+.040	+2.1	+3.8	+.160
Tim Duncan	81	39.3	23.3	3.2	9.7	12.9	3.9	0.7	2.9	3.1	2.9	8.8	17.2	.513	0.1	0.3	.273	5.6	7.8	.710
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Miles Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tim Duncan	24	42.5	24.7	4.0	11.4	15.4	5.3	0.6	3.3	3.2	3.3	9.1	17.2	.529	0.0	0.3	.000	6.5	9.7	.677

Additional Years
* Tim Duncan played 13 seasons more than Miles Bridges in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 19, from 2004 to 2016—Tim Duncan played in 13 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 13 extra years over Miles Bridges, Tim Duncan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 4 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 6 All-Defensive Second Team 10 All-Star Game