Bill Bridges vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 1 more than James Worthy, who played 12. Bill Bridges had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Bill Bridges	13	12	1962-63 to 1974-75
James Worthy	12	9	1982-83 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Bridges	James Worthy
Season	1962-63	1982-83
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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	27	13.9	6.1	-	-	5.3	0.9	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	5.9	.413	-	-	-	1.2	1.9	.627
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	11	18.5	9.3	-	-	7.8	0.8	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	8.7	.427	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	.741
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Bill Bridges	James Worthy
Season	1963-64	1983-84
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Lakers Lost NBA 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	80	24.4	8.5	-	-	8.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	3.4	8.4	.397	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.652
James Worthy	82	29.5	14.5	1.9	4.4	6.3	2.5	0.9	0.9	2.2	3.0	6.0	10.9	.556	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	12	20.0	5.3	-	-	7.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.3	2.2	6.9	.313	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.632
James Worthy	21	33.7	17.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.9	2.7	7.8	13.0	.599	0.0	0.1	.500	2.0	3.3	.609


Season 3
	Bill Bridges	James Worthy
Season	1964-65	1984-85
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Semis	NBA Champion

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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	29.9	11.5	-	-	10.8	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	4.6	11.9	.386	-	-	-	2.4	3.5	.676
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	4	36.3	13.0	-	-	16.8	2.3	-	-	-	4.8	5.3	14.8	.356	-	-	-	2.5	3.8	.667
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676


Season 4
	Bill Bridges	James Worthy
Season	1965-66	1985-86
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Lakers 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	78	34.3	13.0	-	-	12.2	2.7	-	-	-	4.3	4.8	11.9	.407	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	.706
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	10	42.1	20.3	-	-	14.9	2.8	-	-	-	4.7	8.6	17.0	.506	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	.721
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681


Season 5
	Bill Bridges	James Worthy
Season	1966-67	1986-87
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	NBA Champion

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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
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751

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
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753


Season 6
	Bill Bridges	James Worthy
Season	1967-68	1987-88
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Semis	NBA Champion

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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
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796

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
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758


Season 7
	Bill Bridges	James Worthy
Season	1968-69	1988-89
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Lakers Lost NBA 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	80	36.6	11.8	-	-	14.2	3.7	-	-	-	3.6	4.4	9.7	.453	-	-	-	3.0	4.4	.677
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782

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
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788


Season 8
	Bill Bridges	James Worthy
Season	1969-70	1989-90
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Lakers 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	82	39.9	14.8	-	-	14.4	4.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	11.4	.475	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	.734
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782

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
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837


Season 9
	Bill Bridges	James Worthy
Season	1970-71	1990-91
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA 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
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797

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
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736


Season 10
	Bill Bridges	James Worthy
Season	1971-72	1991-92
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	78	35.3	12.6	-	-	13.5	2.5	-	-	-	3.4	4.9	10.0	.487	-	-	-	2.8	4.1	.703
James Worthy	54	39.0	19.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	8.3	18.6	.447	0.2	0.8	.209	3.1	3.8	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Bill Bridges	James Worthy
Season	1972-73	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Lakers 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
James Worthy	82	28.8	14.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.2	13.9	.447	0.4	1.4	.270	2.1	2.6	.810

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
James Worthy	5	29.6	13.8	1.4	2.0	3.4	2.6	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.2	6.4	17.2	.372	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.0	.600


Season 12
	Bill Bridges	James Worthy
Season	1973-74	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
James Worthy	80	20.0	10.2	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.0	4.3	10.5	.406	0.4	1.4	.288	1.3	1.7	.741

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
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Bill Bridges	James Worthy
Season	1974-75	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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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
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bill Bridges vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13