Anthony Edwards vs. Derrick Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Rose 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, 9 less than Derrick Rose, who played 15. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Derrick Rose had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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 Rose
Season	2020-21	2008-09
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+9	+4.9	+2.5	+0.4	+1.1	+0.8	+3.4	+0.3	+0.3	-0.3	-0.3	+0.1	+1.9	+.058	+2.2	+6.3	+.107	+0.5	+0.7	+.012
Derrick Rose	81	37.0	16.8	1.2	2.7	3.9	6.3	0.8	0.2	2.5	1.5	7.1	14.9	.475	0.2	0.9	.222	2.4	3.1	.788
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick Rose	7	44.7	19.7	1.7	4.6	6.3	6.4	0.6	0.7	5.0	3.6	8.4	17.1	.492	0.0	0.6	.000	2.9	3.6	.800

Season 2
	Anthony Edwards	Derrick Rose
Season	2021-22	2009-10
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East 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:	+6	+2.5	+0.5	+0.1	+1.0	+1.0	+2.2	+0.8	+0.3	-0.2	-1.1	+1.0	+0.3	+.048	+2.8	+7.6	+.090	+0.2	+0.4	+.020
Derrick Rose	78	36.8	20.8	0.8	2.9	3.8	6.0	0.7	0.3	2.8	1.2	8.6	17.6	.489	0.2	0.8	.267	3.3	4.3	.766
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	+4.6	+1.6	+0.1	+0.9	+0.8	+4.2	+0.4	+1.2	-0.1	-2.1	+3.1	+6.7	+.001	+3.4	+8.3	+.071	+1.1	+1.3	+.006
Derrick Rose	5	42.4	26.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	7.2	0.8	0.0	2.6	1.6	11.4	25.0	.456	0.4	1.2	.333	3.6	4.4	.818

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Derrick Rose
Season	2022-23	2010-11
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East 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:	+2	+1.4	+0.4	+0.4	+2.1	+1.7	+3.3	+0.6	+0.1	-0.1	-0.7	+0.1	+0.2	+.014	+1.1	+2.5	+.037	+1.9	+1.6	+.102
Derrick Rose	81	37.4	25.0	1.0	3.1	4.1	7.7	1.0	0.6	3.4	1.7	8.8	19.7	.445	1.6	4.8	.332	5.9	6.9	.858
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:	+11	+0.8	+4.5	+0.7	+1.3	+0.7	+2.5	+0.4	+1.3	-2.1	-0.5	+1.7	+0.7	+.086	+1.4	+2.3	+.101	+0.3	+0.6	+.018
Derrick Rose	16	40.6	27.1	1.3	3.1	4.3	7.7	1.4	0.7	3.7	2.1	9.3	23.5	.396	1.6	6.3	.248	6.9	8.4	.828

Season 4
	Anthony Edwards	Derrick Rose
Season	2023-24	2011-12
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+40	+0.2	+4.1		+2.1	+2.0	+2.8	+0.4	+0.2		-0.5	+1.4	+1.9	+.026	+1.0	+2.3	+.045	+0.4	+0.3	+.024
Derrick Rose	39	35.3	21.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	7.9	0.9	0.7	3.1	1.3	7.7	17.8	.435	1.4	4.4	.312	5.0	6.1	.812
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:	+15	+3.6	+4.6	+1.9	+0.1	+2.0	+2.5	+0.5	+0.4	-1.7	-1.3	+0.8	+2.7	+.090	+0.1	+1.2	+.100	+3.2	+4.4	+.186
Derrick Rose	1	37.0	23.0	3.0	6.0	9.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	9.0	23.0	.391	3.0	6.0	.500	2.0	2.0	1.000

Note: Derrick Rose didn't play in 2012-13.

Season 5
	Anthony Edwards	Derrick Rose
Season	2024-25	2013-14
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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:	+69	+5.2	+11.7	+0.1	+2.6	+2.5	+0.2	+0.7	+0.5	-0.2	-0.4	+3.3	+4.0	+.093	+2.5	+5.6	+.055	+2.6	+3.1	+.007
Derrick Rose	10	31.1	15.9	0.9	2.3	3.2	4.3	0.5	0.1	3.4	1.5	5.8	16.4	.354	1.6	4.7	.340	2.7	3.2	.844
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
Derrick Rose	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-