Anthony Edwards vs. Chris Mullin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Mullin 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, 10 less than Chris Mullin, who played 16. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Chris Mullin had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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	Chris Mullin
Season	2020-21	1985-86
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	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:	+17	+6.8	+5.3		+2.5	+2.6	+1.0	+0.2	+0.1	-0.8	-0.6	+1.8	+5.5	+.046	+2.3	+6.7	+.144	+0.5		+.120
Chris Mullin	55	25.3	14.0	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.9	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.4	5.2	11.3	.463	0.1	0.5	.185	3.4	3.8	.896
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Edwards nor Chris Mullin played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Chris Mullin
Season	2022-23	1987-88
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
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:	+19	+2.1	+4.4	+0.4	+2.7	+2.4	+0.4	+0.3	+0.2	-0.7	-0.1	+1.1	+4.1	+.049	+2.1	+5.7	+.018		+0.8	+.129
Chris Mullin	60	33.9	20.2	1.0	2.5	3.4	4.8	1.9	0.5	2.6	2.3	7.8	15.4	.508	0.6	1.6	.351	4.0	4.5	.885
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
Chris Mullin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Anthony Edwards	Chris Mullin
Season	2023-24	1988-89
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+3	+2.6	+0.6	+1.2	+0.8	+0.5		+0.8		-0.5	-0.4	+1.0	+0.2	+.048	+2.1	+5.5	+.127	+0.6	+0.3	+.056
Chris Mullin	82	37.7	26.5	1.9	4.0	5.9	5.1	2.1	0.5	3.6	2.2	10.1	19.9	.509	0.3	1.2	.230	6.0	6.7	.892
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:	+8	+2.0	+1.8	+0.3	+1.4	+1.1	+2.0	+0.3	+0.8	-0.7	-0.1	+1.2	+0.1	+.059	+2.8	+6.2	+.275	+2.1	+2.0	+.052
Chris Mullin	8	42.6	29.4	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.5	1.8	1.4	4.0	2.4	11.0	20.4	.540	0.1	1.0	.125	7.3	8.4	.866

Season 5
	Anthony Edwards	Chris Mullin
Season	2024-25	1989-90
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Did not play

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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:	+1		+2.5	+0.9	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	+0.4		-0.1	-0.1	+0.4	+4.1	+.089	+3.0	+7.3	+.023	+1.2	+1.0	+.052
Chris Mullin	78	36.3	25.1	1.7	4.3	5.9	4.1	1.6	0.6	3.1	1.8	8.7	16.3	.536	1.1	3.0	.372	6.5	7.3	.889
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
Chris Mullin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Anthony Edwards	Chris Mullin
Season	2025-26	1990-91
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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6th 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	25	35.2	29.3	0.7	4.4	5.2	3.7	1.4	0.8	3.0	2.0	9.9	20.2	.492	3.3	8.4	.397	6.2	7.6	.811
difference:	+57	+5.2	+3.6	+1.0	+0.7	+0.2	+0.3	+0.7			-0.1	+0.4	+2.5	+.044	+2.8	+6.8	+.096	+0.1	+0.5	+.073
Chris Mullin	82	40.4	25.7	1.7	3.7	5.4	4.0	2.1	0.8	3.0	2.1	9.5	17.7	.536	0.5	1.6	.301	6.3	7.1	.884
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	8	45.8	23.8	1.1	6.1	7.3	2.9	1.9	1.5	3.1	2.9	8.6	16.4	.527	1.1	1.6	.692	5.4	6.3	.860

Additional Years
* Chris Mullin played 10 seasons more than Anthony Edwards in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 16, from 1992 to 2001—Chris Mullin played in 5 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Anthony Edwards, Chris Mullin got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-Star Game