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Jeremiah Fears
Pelicans · G · 19
Jeremiah Fears
vs
2025-26
Mikal Bridges
Knicks · G-F · 30
Mikal Bridges
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Jeremiah Fears vs Mikal Bridges

3-13categories
Fears · Bridges
Jeremiah Fears
Fears
Pelicans
2025-26
Bridges
Knicks
Mikal Bridges
82
Games
availability
82
25.8
Minutes
per game
32.8
14.3
Points
per game
14.4
3.7
Rebounds
per game
3.8
3.4
Assists
per game
3.7
1.6
Steals + blocks
per game
2.1
2.2
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.0
43.4%
Field goal %
49.0%
33.0%
Three-point %
3.7 vs 5.1 attempts
37.1%
78.9%
Free throw %
82.7%
52.5%
True shooting
TS%
58.7%
24.5%
Usage
USG%
17.0%
19.5%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
15.8%
6.7%
Rebound %
of available
5.7%
-6.4
Net rating
on court
+6.0
9.3%
PIE
player impact estimate
9.9%
-3.5
Plus-minus
per game
+3.6
Bars show each player's share of the pair's total; the better number is in the club's color (turnovers: fewer is better).

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Mikal Bridges scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (14.4 vs 14.3), on Fears's heavier usage (24.5% vs 17.0%).

Bridges is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 58.7% to 52.5%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Bridges (3.7 vs 3.4 assists), the glass to Bridges (3.8 vs 3.7 rebounds).

With Bridges on the floor his team outscored opponents by +6.0 per 100 possessions, against -6.4 for Fears; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Fears $7.9M through 2028-29, Bridges $33.5M through 2029-30. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Fears
2025-26
Bridges
26-56
Record when playing
53-29
13.2
Points at home
13.2
15.3
Points on the road
15.6
13.0
Points in wins
14.1
14.8
Points in losses
15.0
40
Season high
35
3
30-point games
2
3
Double-doubles
1

Last games & contracts

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Fears · last 5
Sun, Apr 12 at MIN36 pts · 10 reb · 5 ast
Fri, Apr 10 at BOS36 pts · 3 reb · 6 ast
Tue, Apr 7 vs UTA40 pts · 5 reb · 6 ast
Sun, Apr 5 vs ORL19 pts · 3 reb · 7 ast
Fri, Apr 3 at SAC28 pts · 8 reb · 6 ast
Bridges · last 5
Sat, Jun 13 at SAS14 pts · 2 reb · 4 ast
Wed, Jun 10 vs SAS7 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast
Mon, Jun 8 vs SAS2 pts · 5 reb · 2 ast
Fri, Jun 5 at SAS20 pts · 6 reb · 6 ast
Wed, Jun 3 at SAS9 pts · 3 reb · 3 ast
Fears · contract
2026-27$7.9M
2027-28$8.3M
2028-29$10.5M
Bridges · contract
2026-27$33.5M
2027-28$36.2M
2028-29$38.8M
2029-30player option$41.5M

More comparisons

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Fears vs
Anfernee Simons · Mikal Bridges · Scoot Henderson · Tre Jones
Bridges vs
Anfernee Simons · Jeremiah Fears · Peyton Watson · Scoot Henderson

Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).