Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Mikal Bridges vs Peyton Watson

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Bridges · Watson

Peyton Watson: Day-To-Day (Hamstring · Leg · Right).

Bridges

Knicks

2025-26

Watson

Cavaliers

Games

availability

32.8

Minutes

per game

29.6

14.4

Points

per game

14.6

3.8

Rebounds

per game

4.9

3.7

Assists

per game

2.1

Steals + blocks

per game

2.0

1.0

Turnovers

per game · lower is better

1.7

49.0%

Field goal %

49.1%

37.1%

Three-point %

5.1 vs 3.6 attempts

41.1%

82.7%

Free throw %

73.0%

58.7%

True shooting

TS%

59.4%

17.0%

Usage

USG%

20.4%

15.8%

Assist %

of teammates' baskets

9.6%

5.7%

Rebound %

of available

8.3%

+6.0

Net rating

on court

+6.2

9.9%

PIE

player impact estimate

8.7%

+3.6

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

Peyton Watson scored more in 2025-26, 0.2 points a game apart (14.6 vs 14.4), on Watson's heavier usage (20.4% vs 17.0%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (58.7% vs 59.4%).

Playmaking goes to Bridges (3.7 vs 2.1 assists), the glass to Watson (4.9 vs 3.8 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Bridges played 28 more games (82 vs 54 of 82).

With Watson on the floor his team outscored opponents by +6.2 per 100 possessions, against +6.0 for Bridges; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Bridges $33.5M through 2029-30, Watson $20.5M through 2029-30. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs

Bridges

2025-26

Watson

53-29

Record when playing

36-18

13.2

Points at home

13.5

15.6

Points on the road

15.6

14.1

Points in wins

14.7

15.0

Points in losses

14.4

Season high

30-point games

Double-doubles

Last games & contracts

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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

Watson · last 5

Wed, Apr 1 at UTA6 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast

Sun, Mar 29 vs GSW10 pts · 6 reb · 5 ast

Fri, Mar 27 vs UTA7 pts · 5 reb · 4 ast

Wed, Mar 25 vs DAL21 pts · 4 reb · 3 ast

Sun, Mar 22 vs POR14 pts · 6 reb · 3 ast

Bridges · contract

2026-27$33.5M

2027-28$36.2M

2028-29$38.8M

2029-30player option$41.5M

Watson · contract

2026-27$20.5M

2027-28$21.5M

2028-29$22.5M

2029-30player option$23.5M

More comparisons

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Bridges vs
Anfernee Simons · Jeremiah Fears · Peyton Watson · Scoot Henderson

Watson vs
Mikal Bridges · Ayo Dosunmu · Jeremiah Fears · Anfernee Simons

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).