Anthony Edwards vs. Bennedict Mathurin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bennedict Mathurin 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, 2 more than Bennedict Mathurin, who played 4. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Bennedict Mathurin had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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	Bennedict Mathurin
Season	2020-21	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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:	+6	+3.6	+2.6	+0.3	+0.8	+0.6	+1.4	+0.5	+0.3	-0.3	-0.3	+1.7	+4.6	+.017	+1.1	+3.2	+.006	+1.9	+2.0	+.052
Bennedict Mathurin	78	28.5	16.7	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.9	2.1	5.3	12.2	.434	1.3	4.0	.323	4.8	5.8	.828
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Edwards nor Bennedict Mathurin played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Bennedict Mathurin
Season	2022-23	2024-25
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+7	+6.2	+8.5	+0.6	+1.1	+0.5	+2.5	+0.9	+0.4	-1.4	-0.1	+3.5	+7.7	+.001	+1.3	+3.3	+.029	+0.2	+0.7	+.075
Bennedict Mathurin	72	29.8	16.1	1.2	4.1	5.3	1.9	0.7	0.3	1.9	2.3	5.4	11.8	.458	1.4	4.0	.340	3.8	4.6	.831
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
difference:	+17	+22.3	+20.6	+0.6	+2.3	+1.7	+4.3	+1.4	+1.7	-0.4	-0.7	+7.9	+16.1	+.023	+2.2	+5.9	+.049	+2.6	+3.1	+.018
Bennedict Mathurin	22	17.5	11.0	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.2	1.9	3.1	6.7	.459	0.8	2.7	.300	4.0	4.7	.864

Season 4
	Anthony Edwards	Bennedict Mathurin
Season	2023-24	2025-26
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+77	+1.4	+5.1	+0.8	+0.7	+1.6	+2.6	+1.3	+0.5	-0.6	-1.2	+0.6	+4.2	+.087	+0.1	+1.7	+.143	+6.1	+6.6	+.049
Bennedict Mathurin	2	36.5	31.0	1.5	5.5	7.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.0	8.5	15.5	.548	2.5	5.0	.500	11.5	13.0	.885
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
Bennedict Mathurin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Anthony Edwards played 2 seasons more than Bennedict Mathurin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 6, from 2025 to 2026—Anthony Edwards played in one postseason. In those 2 extra years over Bennedict Mathurin, Anthony Edwards got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game