Jim Brewer vs. Mikal Bridges Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mikal Bridges and Jim Brewer, 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.

Jim Brewer played 9 years in the NBA, 3 more than Mikal Bridges, who played 6. Jim Brewer had the first of his seasons in 1973-74, while Mikal 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 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
Jim Brewer	9	6	1973-74 to 1981-82
Mikal Bridges	6	3	2018-19 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9


Rookie Season
	Jim Brewer	Mikal Bridges
Season	1973-74	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
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		%
Jim Brewer	82	22.7	6.1	2.5	3.9	6.4	1.8	0.6	0.4	-	2.3	2.6	6.7	.383	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.650
Mikal Bridges	82	29.5	8.3	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.1	1.6	0.5	0.9	2.5	3.0	6.9	.430	1.3	3.8	.335	1.2	1.4	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Brewer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jim Brewer	Mikal Bridges
Season	1974-75	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
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		%
Jim Brewer	82	24.3	8.4	2.5	3.7	6.2	1.6	0.9	0.5	-	1.8	3.5	7.8	.455	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.648
Mikal Bridges	73	28.0	9.1	0.9	3.1	4.0	1.8	1.4	0.6	1.0	2.2	3.4	6.6	.510	1.0	2.7	.361	1.4	1.7	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Brewer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jim Brewer	Mikal Bridges
Season	1975-76	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals	Suns 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		%
Jim Brewer	82	35.5	11.5	3.6	7.2	10.9	2.5	1.1	1.1	-	2.6	4.9	10.7	.458	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.654
Mikal Bridges	72	32.6	13.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	2.1	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.6	5.0	9.3	.543	1.9	4.4	.425	1.5	1.8	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Brewer	13	37.6	8.8	3.1	7.7	10.8	2.8	1.0	0.9	-	2.6	3.4	7.8	.436	-	-	-	2.0	3.7	.542
Mikal Bridges	22	32.1	11.1	0.9	3.4	4.3	1.6	1.0	0.7	0.7	1.9	4.2	8.6	.484	1.6	4.3	.368	1.1	1.3	.893


Season 4
	Jim Brewer	Mikal Bridges
Season	1976-77	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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		%
Jim Brewer	81	33.0	8.5	3.4	6.0	9.4	2.4	1.2	1.0	-	2.6	3.7	8.1	.451	-	-	-	1.2	2.2	.545
Mikal Bridges	82	34.8	14.2	0.9	3.3	4.2	2.3	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.8	5.6	10.5	.534	1.4	3.8	.369	1.6	1.9	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Brewer	3	37.7	7.7	3.7	8.3	12.0	1.7	1.3	1.3	-	3.7	3.7	9.0	.407	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Mikal Bridges	13	38.5	13.3	0.9	3.8	4.7	2.8	1.1	1.0	0.8	2.4	5.1	10.6	.478	1.0	2.5	.394	2.2	2.3	.933


Season 5
	Jim Brewer	Mikal Bridges
Season	1977-78	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East 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		%
Jim Brewer	80	22.5	5.0	2.3	3.9	6.2	1.2	0.8	0.6	1.3	2.2	2.2	4.9	.449	-	-	-	0.6	1.3	.460
Mikal Bridges	83	35.7	20.1	1.0	3.4	4.4	3.3	1.1	0.7	1.5	1.9	7.1	15.3	.468	2.0	5.3	.382	3.8	4.3	.895

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Brewer	1	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	2.0	.000
Mikal Bridges	4	39.3	23.5	0.5	4.8	5.3	4.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	1.3	8.3	19.3	.429	2.5	6.3	.400	4.5	5.8	.783


Season 6
	Jim Brewer	Mikal Bridges
Season	1978-79	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Jim Brewer	80	20.1	3.9	2.0	4.0	5.9	1.1	0.8	0.8	1.2	2.2	1.8	4.0	.442	-	-	-	0.3	0.8	.413
Mikal Bridges	82	34.8	19.6	0.8	3.7	4.5	3.6	1.0	0.4	2.0	1.4	6.9	15.8	.436	2.7	7.2	.372	3.1	3.9	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Brewer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jim Brewer	Mikal Bridges
Season	1979-80	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Jim Brewer	67	15.2	2.9	1.5	2.3	3.8	1.1	0.6	0.6	0.7	1.9	1.3	2.7	.489	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.4	.483
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Brewer	3	22.3	7.0	2.0	3.3	5.3	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.3	2.0	3.3	3.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.333
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Jim Brewer	Mikal Bridges
Season	1980-81	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jim Brewer	78	14.2	2.8	1.6	2.0	3.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6	2.0	1.3	2.5	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.5	.375
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Brewer	3	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jim Brewer	Mikal Bridges
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
Jim Brewer	71	13.6	2.4	1.5	2.2	3.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	1.8	1.1	2.5	.463	0.0	0.1	.167	0.1	0.3	.368
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Brewer	8	7.1	0.8	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jim Brewer vs. Mikal Bridges Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mikal Bridges and Jim Brewer, 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