Walt Bellamy vs. Miles Bridges Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Miles Bridges and Walt Bellamy, 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.

Walt Bellamy played 14 years in the NBA, 8 more than Miles Bridges, who played 6. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Miles Bridges had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
	Walt Bellamy	Miles Bridges
Season	1961-62	2018-19
Team	Chicago Packers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Walt Bellamy	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
difference:	+1	+21.1	+24.1			+15.0	+1.5				-2.2	+9.3	+17.3	+.055				+6.2	+9.8	+.109
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Walt Bellamy nor Miles Bridges played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Miles Bridges
Season	1962-63	2019-20
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Charlotte Hornets
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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
difference:	+15	+10.6	+14.9			+10.8	+1.1				-1.5	+5.6	+8.3	+.103				+5.3	+8.3	+.135
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Walt Bellamy nor Miles Bridges played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Miles Bridges
Season	1963-64	2020-21
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Charlotte Hornets
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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
difference:	+14	+13.1	+14.3			+11.0	+0.6				-1.6	+5.4	+10.4	+.010				+5.2	+8.6	+.216
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Walt Bellamy nor Miles Bridges played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Miles Bridges
Season	1964-65	2021-22
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
difference:		+5.8	+4.6			+7.6	+1.4				-0.9	+1.7	+2.8	+.018				+3.1	+5.2	+.117
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	10	42.7	20.9	-	-	15.1	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	15.8	.468	-	-	-	6.1	9.2	.663
Miles Bridges	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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