Anthony Edwards vs. Amen Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Amen Thompson 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 played 6 years in the NBA, 3 more than Amen Thompson, who played 3. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Amen Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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	Amen Thompson
Season	2020-21	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+10	+9.7	+9.8	+1.6	+0.4	+1.9	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	-0.7	-0.5	+3.1	+9.6	+.119	+2.3	+6.3	+.191	+1.2	+1.3	+.092
Amen Thompson	62	22.4	9.5	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.6	1.3	0.6	1.5	2.3	3.9	7.2	.536	0.1	0.9	.138	1.7	2.5	.684
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Edwards nor Amen Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Anthony Edwards	Amen Thompson
Season	2021-22	2024-25
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd 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	34.3	21.3	0.9	3.9	4.8	3.8	1.5	0.6	2.6	2.3	7.6	17.3	.441	3.0	8.4	.357	3.1	3.9	.786
difference:	+3	+2.1	+7.2	+1.9	+1.5	+3.4		+0.1	+0.7	-0.6	-0.1	+2.0	+7.2	+.116	+2.6	+7.1	+.082	+0.7	+0.3	+.102
Amen Thompson	69	32.2	14.1	2.8	5.4	8.2	3.8	1.4	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.6	10.1	.557	0.4	1.3	.275	2.4	3.6	.684
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	6	37.8	25.2	0.7	3.5	4.2	3.0	1.2	1.2	2.5	3.7	8.3	18.3	.455	3.8	9.5	.404	4.7	5.7	.824
difference:	+1	+4.8	+9.5	+2.0	+0.6	+2.7	+0.3	+0.5	+0.3	-0.8	-1.1	+2.3	+6.2	+.039	+3.7	+8.9	+.154	+1.1	+0.6	+.130
Amen Thompson	7	33.0	15.7	2.7	4.1	6.9	3.3	1.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	6.0	12.1	.494	0.1	0.6	.250	3.6	5.1	.694

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Amen Thompson
Season	2022-23	2025-26
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
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:	+55	+0.7	+7.0	+2.1	+0.6	+1.5	+0.8	+0.3	+0.2	-0.7	-0.1	+2.0	+5.5	+.034	+2.3	+5.3	+.185	+0.6	+1.1	+.054
Amen Thompson	24	36.7	17.6	2.7	4.6	7.3	5.2	1.3	0.5	2.6	2.5	6.9	14.0	.493	0.4	2.0	.184	3.4	4.2	.810
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
Amen Thompson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Anthony Edwards played 3 seasons more than Amen Thompson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 6, from 2024 to 2026—Anthony Edwards played in two Playoffs. In those 3 extra years over Amen Thompson, Anthony Edwards got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game