Mikal Bridges vs. Pep Saul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Pep Saul 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 and Pep Saul both played 6 years in the NBA. Mikal Bridges had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Pep Saul had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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	Pep Saul
Season	2019-20	1950-51
Team	Phoenix Suns	Rochester Royals
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
Pep Saul	65	-	4.3	-	-	1.3	1.0	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	4.8	.339	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.686
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mikal Bridges	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pep Saul	9	-	1.0	-	-	0.3	0.7	-	-	-	0.2	0.4	1.3	.333	-	-	-	0.1	0.2	.500

Season 3
	Mikal Bridges	Pep Saul
Season	2020-21	1951-52
Team	Phoenix Suns	Baltimore Bullets (1st), Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA 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		%
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
Pep Saul	64	23.1	6.8	-	-	2.6	2.3	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	6.8	.360	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Pep Saul	13	40.8	11.3	-	-	2.8	3.5	-	-	-	3.2	4.3	9.3	.463	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.729

Season 4
	Mikal Bridges	Pep Saul
Season	2021-22	1952-53
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
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
Pep Saul	70	25.7	7.4	-	-	2.0	1.6	-	-	-	2.5	2.7	6.7	.397	-	-	-	2.0	2.9	.710
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
Pep Saul	12	24.8	7.2	-	-	2.3	1.5	-	-	-	3.3	2.6	6.2	.419	-	-	-	2.0	2.8	.727

Season 5
	Mikal Bridges	Pep Saul
Season	2022-23	1953-54
Team	Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Pep Saul	71	25.4	6.4	-	-	2.2	2.0	-	-	-	2.1	2.3	6.6	.347	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.753
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
Pep Saul	13	17.5	4.7	-	-	2.1	1.1	-	-	-	2.1	1.4	3.9	.353	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	.735