Mikal Bridges Profile

Game by game

Seismograph

DARKO updates every rating after every game. The lines show the rating going into each game; the bars show how much each game moved it, split into offense and defense.

Season change: +0.84; -0.38 before the first game, +0.47 now
Biggest boost: +0.33; Dec 2 vs BOS · 34 min
Biggest drop: -0.25; Dec 27 vs ATL · 37 min
Typical change per game: 0.06; Last 20 games, vs 0.09 in the first 20. Smaller changes mean each game moves DARKO's view less.

Historical comps

Comps & futures

The ten most similar player-seasons since 1996-97 at the same age, and what happened to them next.

+0.5 at age 29 in 2025-26 ranks 260th of 774 age-29 seasons since 1996-97. Closest match: E'Twaun Moore, 2017-18.

Comp	Age	DPM then	Next 5 seasons	Match
E'Twaun Moore 2017-18	29	+0.5	+0.2, -0.7, -2.1, under 10 games, under 10 games	93
Mike Dunleavy 2009-10	29	+0.1	+1.4, +1.2, +0.7, +0.9, +0.6	90
Francisco Garcia 2010-11	29	-0.1	-0.9, +0.3, -0.8, -1.0, under 10 games	89
Jodie Meeks 2016-17	29	0.0	-1.4, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	89
Wesley Person 1999-00	29	-0.1	-0.4, +0.2, -0.5, -1.7, -1.9	88
Dorell Wright 2014-15	29	+0.3	under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	88
Tim Thomas 2006-07	30	+0.5	-0.4, +0.3, -1.1, under 10 games, under 10 games	88
Lucious Harris 2000-01	30	0.0	+0.4, -0.9, -0.7, -2.0, under 10 games	88
Will Barton 2020-21	30	-0.1	0.0, -2.1, under 10 games, under 10 games, under 10 games	88
Kyle Korver 2010-11	30	+0.6	+1.5, +1.5, +1.3, +2.2, +1.2	87

The 25 player-seasons since 1996-97 closest to Mikal's 2025-26 at the same age: DPM and its offense/defense split, the two seasons before, box-score profile, height, experience and age. Each comp counts once, at his closest season, weighted by the match. Hover or focus a comp to trace his next five seasons. A website presentation, not a DARKO model output.

Historical comps

Echoes today

Current players whose ten closest comps include one of Mikal Bridges's seasons, at the same age.

Josh Minott BKN like his 2019-20 86
Onyeka Okongwu ATL like his 2020-21 83
Cason Wallace OKC like his 2018-19 82
Julian Champagnie SAS like his 2020-21 82

Match score out of 100: how close the current player's season is to that one.

Value

Contract & longevity

DARKO's fair salary from projected wins against Mikal Bridges's salary, and the odds of still being on an NBA roster in each coming season.

Fair value: $24.4M; DARKO's market estimate
Salary: $24.9M; Actual
Surplus: -$0.5M; Value minus salary
Seasons left: 5.9; Projected
Retires at: 35.7; Projected age

Career

Season by season

DPM going into each season's last game, since 1996-97.

Mikal Bridges, season by season
Season	Team	Age	Games	MPG	DPM	Off	Def	For his age
2025-26	NYK	29	83 +15	32.8	+0.45	+0.46	0.00	260th of 774
2024-25	NYK	28	82 +18	37.0	-0.27	+0.30	-0.57	420th of 858
2023-24	BKN	27	82	34.8	-0.03	+0.53	-0.56	372nd of 924
2022-23	BKN	26	83 +4	35.7	+0.81	+1.16	-0.34	239th of 1010
2021-22	PHX	25	82 +13	34.8	+1.21	+1.00	+0.22	164th of 1078
2020-21	PHX	24	72 +22	32.6	+1.77	+1.32	+0.45	106th of 1185
2019-20	PHX	23	73	28.0	+1.67	+0.46	+1.21	93rd of 1100
2018-19	PHX	22	82	29.5	+0.93	+0.05	+0.88	100th of 813

Games are regular season; +n are playoff games. "For his age" ranks the season's DPM among every season at the same age since 1996-97 with 20 or more games. A season's DPM opens the leaderboard on its last game day.

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Projections

Projected box score

DARKO's per-100 projections, and per game at 30.8 projected minutes and a pace of 95.2.

Mikal Bridges, projected box score
Stat	Per 100	Per game
Points	18.7	11.4
Rebounds	5.4	3.3
Offensive	1.3	0.8
Defensive	4.1	2.5
Assists	3.7	2.2
Steals	1.6	1.0
Blocks	0.7	0.4
Turnovers	1.4	0.9
3-pt attempts	5.8	3.5
FG attempts	16.5	10.1
FT attempts	2.1	1.3
FG% · 3P% · FT%	45.3% · 35.6% · 81.9%