Mikal Bridges vs. Paul Westphal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Westphal and Mikal 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.

Mikal Bridges played 6 years in the NBA, 6 less than Paul Westphal, who played 12. Mikal Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Paul Westphal had his rookie season in 1972-73. 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 2
	Mikal Bridges	Paul Westphal
Season	2019-20	1973-74
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Paul Westphal	82	14.2	7.2	0.6	1.1	1.7	2.1	0.5	0.4	-	2.1	2.9	5.8	.501	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.732
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Westphal	18	13.4	5.7	0.3	0.8	1.2	1.7	0.4	0.1	-	2.1	2.6	5.6	.460	-	-	-	0.6	0.8	.733

Season 4
	Mikal Bridges	Paul Westphal
Season	2021-22	1975-76
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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
Paul Westphal	82	36.1	20.5	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.4	2.6	0.5	-	2.7	8.0	16.2	.494	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Paul Westphal	19	36.1	21.1	0.7	1.7	2.5	5.1	1.8	0.5	-	3.2	8.7	17.0	.511	-	-	-	3.7	4.9	.763

Season 5
	Mikal Bridges	Paul Westphal
Season	2022-23	1976-77
Team	Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Paul Westphal	81	32.1	21.3	0.7	1.6	2.3	5.7	1.7	0.3	-	2.1	8.4	16.3	.518	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.825
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Mikal Bridges	Paul Westphal
Season	2023-24	1977-78
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
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
Paul Westphal	80	31.0	25.2	0.5	1.5	2.1	5.5	1.7	0.4	3.5	2.0	10.1	19.6	.516	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Westphal	2	33.0	26.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	9.5	0.5	0.0	2.5	2.0	11.0	23.5	.468	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	.889

Season 7
	Mikal Bridges	Paul Westphal
Season	-	1978-79
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Suns 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		%
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Westphal	81	32.6	24.0	0.4	1.5	2.0	6.5	1.4	0.3	2.9	2.0	9.9	18.5	.535	-	-	-	4.2	5.0	.837
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Westphal	15	35.6	22.4	0.5	1.7	2.2	4.3	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.5	9.5	19.1	.495	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.788

Season 8
	Mikal Bridges	Paul Westphal
Season	-	1979-80
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Westphal	82	32.5	21.9	0.6	1.7	2.3	5.1	1.5	0.4	2.5	2.0	8.4	16.1	.525	0.3	1.1	.280	4.7	5.4	.862
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Westphal	8	31.6	20.9	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.9	1.4	0.4	1.6	2.5	8.6	17.8	.486	0.1	1.5	.083	3.5	4.0	.875

Season 9
	Mikal Bridges	Paul Westphal
Season	-	1980-81
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Westphal	36	29.9	16.7	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.1	1.3	0.4	2.2	1.9	6.1	13.9	.442	0.2	0.7	.240	4.3	5.1	.832
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Westphal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-