Anthony Edwards vs. Aaron Nesmith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Aaron Nesmith and Anthony Edwards, 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.

Anthony Edwards and Aaron Nesmith both played 6 years in the NBA. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Aaron Nesmith had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Anthony Edwards	Aaron Nesmith
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	72	32.1	19.3	0.8	3.8	4.7	2.9	1.1	0.5	2.2	1.8	7.0	16.8	.417	2.4	7.2	.329	2.9	3.8	.776
difference:	+26	+17.6	+14.6	+0.2	+1.6	+1.9	+2.4	+0.8	+0.3	-1.7	-0.1	+5.3	+12.9	+.021	+1.5	+4.9	+.041	+2.4	+3.2	+.010
Aaron Nesmith	46	14.5	4.7	0.6	2.2	2.8	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.9	1.7	3.9	.438	0.9	2.3	.370	0.5	0.6	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aaron Nesmith	5	15.0	3.2	0.4	2.2	2.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.4	1.0	3.6	.278	0.8	2.8	.286	0.4	0.4	1.000

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Aaron Nesmith
Season	2022-23	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	79	36.0	24.6	0.6	5.2	5.8	4.4	1.6	0.7	3.3	2.4	8.9	19.5	.459	2.7	7.3	.369	4.0	5.3	.756
difference:	+6	+11.1	+14.5	+0.2	+2.3	+2.0	+3.1	+0.8	+0.2	-2.3	-0.8	+5.4	+11.4	+.032	+1.1	+3.0	+.003	+2.4	+3.4	+.082
Aaron Nesmith	73	24.9	10.1	0.8	2.9	3.8	1.3	0.8	0.5	1.0	3.2	3.5	8.1	.427	1.6	4.3	.366	1.6	1.9	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	5	39.8	31.6	0.6	4.4	5.0	5.2	1.8	2.0	1.6	2.6	11.0	22.8	.482	3.0	8.6	.349	6.6	7.8	.846
Aaron Nesmith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Anthony Edwards	Aaron Nesmith
Season	2023-24	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	79	35.1	25.9	0.7	4.8	5.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	3.1	1.8	9.1	19.7	.461	2.4	6.7	.357	5.4	6.4	.836
difference:	+7	+7.4	+13.7	+0.2	+1.9	+1.6	+3.6	+0.4	+0.2	-2.2	-1.5	+4.7	+10.9	+.035	+0.5	+2.1	+.062	+3.9	+4.5	+.055
Aaron Nesmith	72	27.7	12.2	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.5	0.9	0.7	0.9	3.3	4.4	8.8	.496	1.9	4.6	.419	1.5	1.9	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	16	40.6	27.6	1.1	5.9	7.0	6.5	1.5	0.6	3.3	2.3	9.8	20.3	.481	2.9	7.2	.400	5.2	6.4	.814
difference:	+1	+7.7	+17.1		+2.1	+2.1	+4.3	+0.9	+0.1	-1.9	-1.6	+6.2	+12.0	+.048	+1.6	+2.6	+.122	+3.2	+4.2	+.105
Aaron Nesmith	17	32.9	10.5	1.1	3.8	4.9	2.2	0.6	0.5	1.4	3.9	3.6	8.3	.433	1.3	4.6	.278	2.0	2.2	.919

Season 5
	Anthony Edwards	Aaron Nesmith
Season	2024-25	2024-25
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	79	36.3	27.6	0.8	4.9	5.7	4.5	1.2	0.6	3.2	1.9	9.1	20.4	.447	4.1	10.3	.395	5.3	6.3	.837
difference:	+34	+11.3	+15.6		+1.8	+1.7	+3.3	+0.4	+0.2	-2.4	-0.6	+4.8	+12.0	+.060	+2.2	+6.0	+.036	+3.7	+4.5	+.076
Aaron Nesmith	45	25.0	12.0	0.8	3.1	4.0	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.5	4.3	8.4	.507	1.9	4.3	.431	1.6	1.8	.913
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	15	39.0	25.3	1.2	6.6	7.8	5.5	1.1	0.7	2.6	2.1	9.0	19.9	.453	3.1	8.7	.354	4.3	5.9	.719
difference:	+8	+10.7	+12.6		+2.1	+2.1	+4.4	+0.2	+0.1	-1.6	-2.0	+4.7	+10.7	+.019	+0.5	+3.4	+.138	+3.0	+4.3	+.142
Aaron Nesmith	23	28.3	12.7	1.2	4.5	5.7	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.0	4.1	4.3	9.2	.472	2.6	5.3	.492	1.3	1.6	.861