Bill Bridges vs. Alex English Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex English and Bill 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.

Bill Bridges played 13 years in the NBA, 2 less than Alex English, who played 15. Bill Bridges had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Alex English had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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 achivements, 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 5
	Bill Bridges	Alex English
Season	1966-67	1980-81
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	79	39.6	17.4	-	-	15.1	2.8	-	-	-	4.1	6.4	14.0	.455	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.702
Alex English	81	38.2	23.8	3.4	4.6	8.0	3.6	1.3	1.2	3.0	3.1	9.5	19.2	.494	0.0	0.1	.600	4.8	5.7	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	9	41.0	15.7	-	-	18.8	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	14.2	.375	-	-	-	5.0	7.4	.672
Alex English	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Bill Bridges	Alex English
Season	1967-68	1981-82
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	82	39.0	15.6	-	-	13.4	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	12.3	.462	-	-	-	4.2	5.9	.717
Alex English	82	36.8	25.4	2.6	4.2	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	3.2	3.2	10.4	18.9	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.4	.840
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	6	36.0	15.7	-	-	12.8	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	6.3	12.5	.507	-	-	-	3.0	4.2	.720
Alex English	3	39.3	19.3	2.7	5.0	7.7	5.7	1.0	1.0	1.3	2.0	8.7	18.3	.473	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857

Season 7
	Bill Bridges	Alex English
Season	1968-69	1982-83
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	80	36.6	11.8	-	-	14.2	3.7	-	-	-	3.6	4.4	9.7	.453	-	-	-	3.0	4.4	.677
Alex English	82	36.4	28.4	3.2	4.1	7.3	4.8	1.4	1.5	3.2	2.9	11.7	22.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.167	5.0	6.0	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	11	40.2	15.6	-	-	16.2	3.4	-	-	-	4.4	6.3	14.2	.442	-	-	-	3.1	4.4	.708
Alex English	7	38.6	25.9	2.9	3.4	6.3	6.0	0.6	1.0	3.0	3.0	9.6	21.4	.447	0.0	0.3	.000	6.7	7.6	.887

Season 8
	Bill Bridges	Alex English
Season	1969-70	1983-84
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	82	39.9	14.8	-	-	14.4	4.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	11.4	.475	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	.734
Alex English	82	35.0	26.4	2.6	3.0	5.7	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.7	3.1	11.1	20.9	.529	0.0	0.1	.143	4.3	5.2	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	9	42.3	11.6	-	-	17.1	3.2	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	12.2	.400	-	-	-	1.8	3.0	.593
Alex English	5	40.6	29.0	3.2	4.8	8.0	5.6	0.6	0.4	1.4	3.4	12.0	20.4	.588	0.0	0.2	.000	5.0	5.6	.893

Season 9
	Bill Bridges	Alex English
Season	1970-71	1984-85
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	82	38.3	11.9	-	-	15.0	2.9	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	10.2	.458	-	-	-	2.6	4.0	.639
Alex English	81	36.1	27.9	2.5	3.1	5.7	4.2	1.2	0.6	3.1	3.2	11.6	22.4	.518	0.0	0.1	.200	4.7	5.7	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	5	45.8	9.8	-	-	20.8	1.0	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	11.6	.397	-	-	-	0.6	1.8	.333
Alex English	14	38.3	30.2	2.6	4.0	6.6	4.5	1.2	0.4	2.1	2.9	11.6	21.7	.536	0.0	0.1	.000	6.9	7.8	.890

Season 10
	Bill Bridges	Alex English
Season	1971-72	1985-86
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	78	35.3	12.6	-	-	13.5	2.5	-	-	-	3.4	4.9	10.0	.487	-	-	-	2.8	4.1	.703
Alex English	81	37.3	29.8	2.4	2.6	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	3.1	2.9	11.7	23.3	.504	0.0	0.1	.200	6.3	7.3	.862
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex English	10	39.4	27.3	1.8	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.4	0.4	2.8	2.9	10.6	22.9	.463	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	7.1	.859

Season 11
	Bill Bridges	Alex English
Season	1972-73	1986-87
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	82	35.0	10.3	-	-	11.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	4.1	8.8	.461	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.702
Alex English	82	37.6	28.6	1.8	2.4	4.2	5.1	0.9	0.3	2.6	2.6	11.8	23.4	.503	0.0	0.2	.267	5.0	5.9	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	17	34.2	8.9	-	-	9.3	1.7	-	-	-	4.0	3.4	8.0	.419	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.776
Alex English	3	25.3	18.7	3.3	1.3	4.7	3.3	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.0	8.3	16.3	.510	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.3	.857

Season 12
	Bill Bridges	Alex English
Season	1973-74	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	65	27.9	8.4	3.0	4.7	7.7	2.3	0.9	0.5	-	3.4	3.3	7.9	.421	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	.707
Alex English	80	35.2	25.0	2.1	2.6	4.7	4.7	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.4	10.5	21.3	.495	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.7	.828
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	5	28.8	6.0	2.8	3.2	6.0	1.2	1.4	0.0	-	3.8	2.4	8.2	.293	-	-	-	1.2	2.6	.462
Alex English	11	39.8	24.3	2.8	2.5	5.4	4.4	0.6	0.3	1.5	3.1	10.5	23.2	.455	0.0	0.3	.000	3.2	3.9	.814

Season 13
	Bill Bridges	Alex English
Season	1974-75	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	32	13.0	2.7	2.0	2.2	4.2	1.0	0.3	0.2	-	2.0	1.1	2.9	.376	-	-	-	0.5	1.1	.500
Alex English	82	36.5	26.5	1.8	2.2	4.0	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.4	2.1	11.3	22.9	.491	0.0	0.1	.250	4.0	4.6	.858
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	14	10.6	1.6	0.9	2.6	3.5	0.5	0.6	0.3	-	1.6	0.7	1.6	.435	-	-	-	0.1	0.5	.286
Alex English	3	36.0	26.0	2.7	1.7	4.3	3.7	0.3	0.0	4.7	2.0	10.7	20.7	.516	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	5.3	.875