Anthony Edwards vs. Danny Green Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Green 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 5 years in the NBA, 10 less than Danny Green, who played 15. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Danny Green had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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	Danny Green
Season	2020-21	2009-10
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
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:	+52	+26.3	+17.3	+0.4	+3.3	+3.8	+2.6	+0.8	+0.3	-1.9	-1.3	+6.2	+14.8	+.032	+2.1	+6.1	+.056	+2.7	+3.5	+.109
Danny Green	20	5.8	2.0	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.0	.385	0.3	1.1	.273	0.2	0.3	.667
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Edwards nor Danny Green played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Danny Green
Season	2022-23	2011-12
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf 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:	+13	+12.9	+15.5	+0.2	+2.6	+2.3	+3.1	+0.7		-2.3	-0.8	+5.7	+12.3	+.017	+1.2	+3.8	+.067	+2.8	+3.8	+.034
Danny Green	66	23.1	9.1	0.8	2.6	3.5	1.3	0.9	0.7	1.0	1.6	3.2	7.2	.442	1.5	3.5	.436	1.2	1.5	.790
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:	+9	+19.2	+24.2	+0.4	+1.4	+1.8	+4.1	+1.3	+1.3	-0.5	-0.9	+8.3	+16.3	+.064	+1.6	+4.5	+.004	+6.1	+7.1	+.146
Danny Green	14	20.6	7.4	0.2	3.0	3.2	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.1	1.7	2.7	6.5	.418	1.4	4.1	.345	0.5	0.7	.700

Season 4
	Anthony Edwards	Danny Green
Season	2023-24	2012-13
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs Lost NBA 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:	+1	+7.6	+15.4	+0.2	+2.2	+2.3	+3.3	+0.1	+0.2	-1.9	-0.2	+5.4	+11.4	+.013	+0.2	+1.5	+.072	+4.6	+5.4	+.012
Danny Green	80	27.5	10.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.8	1.2	0.7	1.2	1.6	3.7	8.3	.448	2.2	5.2	.429	0.8	1.0	.848
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:	+5	+8.7	+16.5	+0.2	+2.6	+2.9	+5.0	+0.5	+0.5	-2.4	-0.1	+5.8	+11.4	+.035	+0.3	+1.8	+.082	+4.6	+5.7	+.014
Danny Green	21	31.9	11.1	0.9	3.3	4.1	1.5	1.0	1.1	0.9	2.4	4.0	8.9	.446	2.6	5.4	.482	0.6	0.7	.800

Season 5
	Anthony Edwards	Danny Green
Season	2024-25	2013-14
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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:	+11	+12.0	+18.5	+0.4	+1.9	+2.3	+3.0	+0.2	+0.3	-2.1	-0.3	+5.9	+13.0	+.015	+2.2	+5.6	+.020	+4.6	+5.4	+.043
Danny Green	68	24.3	9.1	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.5	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.6	3.2	7.4	.432	1.9	4.7	.415	0.7	0.9	.794
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	+16.0	+16.0	+0.8	+4.0	+4.8	+4.6	+0.3		-1.7	-0.1	+5.6	+13.0	+.038	+1.0	+4.3	+.121	+3.9	+5.4	+.099
Danny Green	23	23.0	9.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	0.9	1.4	0.7	0.9	2.2	3.4	6.9	.491	2.1	4.4	.475	0.4	0.5	.818

Additional Years
* Danny Green played 10 seasons more than Anthony Edwards in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 15, from 2015 to 2024—Danny Green played in 9 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Anthony Edwards, Danny Green got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team