Anthony Edwards vs. Derrick Jones Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Jones Jr. 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, 4 less than Derrick Jones Jr., who played 10. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Derrick Jones Jr. had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2020-21	2016-17
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Phoenix Suns
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:	+40	+15.1	+14.0	+0.4	+2.5	+2.2	+2.5	+0.7	+0.1	-1.8	-0.2	+4.9	+13.0	+.145	+2.3	+6.9	+.056	+2.0	+2.5	+.069
Derrick Jones Jr.	32	17.0	5.3	1.2	1.3	2.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	2.0	2.1	3.8	.562	0.1	0.3	.273	0.9	1.3	.707
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Edwards nor Derrick Jones Jr. played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Miami Heat
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	+16.8	+17.6	+1.0	+2.8	+1.8	+3.8	+0.8		-2.6	-0.3	+6.2	+14.1	+.035	+2.2	+5.8	+.061	+2.8	+3.3	+.149
Derrick Jones Jr.	60	19.2	7.0	1.6	2.4	4.0	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.7	5.4	.494	0.5	1.5	.308	1.2	2.0	.607
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
Derrick Jones Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Anthony Edwards	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2023-24	2019-20
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Heat 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:	+20	+11.8	+17.4	+0.4	+2.0	+1.5	+4.0	+0.3	+0.1	-2.6	-0.4	+6.0	+13.8	+.066	+1.8	+4.5	+.077	+3.8	+4.3	+.064
Derrick Jones Jr.	59	23.3	8.5	1.1	2.8	3.9	1.1	1.0	0.6	0.5	2.2	3.1	5.9	.527	0.6	2.2	.280	1.6	2.1	.772
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	+34.2	+26.1	+0.7	+5.5	+6.2	+6.0	+1.1	+0.3	-3.2	-1.5	+9.3	+19.2	+.010	+2.6	+6.6	+.044	+5.1	+6.1	+.414
Derrick Jones Jr.	15	6.4	1.5	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.5	1.1	.471	0.3	0.6	.444	0.1	0.3	.400

Season 5
	Anthony Edwards	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2024-25	2020-21
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+21	+13.6	+20.8	+0.5	+2.7	+2.2	+3.7	+0.6	+0.3	-2.6	-0.3	+6.6	+15.2	+.037	+3.4	+8.0	+.079	+4.3	+4.7	+.189
Derrick Jones Jr.	58	22.7	6.8	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.8	0.6	0.9	0.6	2.2	2.5	5.2	.484	0.7	2.3	.316	1.0	1.6	.648
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:	+13	+34.0	+23.3	+1.2	+6.6	+7.8	+5.5	+0.6	+0.7	-2.6	-1.1	+8.0	+17.4	+.053	+3.1	+7.7	+.354	+4.3	+5.9
Derrick Jones Jr.	2	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-