Anthony Edwards vs. Ennis Whatley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ennis Whatley 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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 4 years in the NBA, 6 less than Ennis Whatley, who played 10. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Ennis Whatley had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Anthony Edwards	4	3	2020-21 to 2023-24
Ennis Whatley	10	4	1983-84 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Anthony Edwards	Ennis Whatley
Season	2020-21	1983-84
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Ennis Whatley	80	27.0	8.4	0.8	1.7	2.5	8.3	1.5	0.2	3.4	2.8	3.3	7.0	.469	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.5	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ennis Whatley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Anthony Edwards	Ennis Whatley
Season	2021-22	1984-85
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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
Ennis Whatley	70	19.8	5.0	0.5	1.0	1.4	5.4	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	4.5	.447	0.0	0.1	.111	1.0	1.2	.791

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
Ennis Whatley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Ennis Whatley
Season	2022-23	1985-86
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers, Washington Bullets, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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
Ennis Whatley	14	7.6	2.5	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.6	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.1	2.5	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.500

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
Ennis Whatley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Anthony Edwards	Ennis Whatley
Season	2023-24	1986-87
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves TBD	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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
Ennis Whatley	73	24.9	8.5	0.8	1.9	2.7	5.4	1.3	0.1	1.9	2.4	3.4	7.1	.478	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.764

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	9	40.4	30.6	1.0	5.2	6.2	6.0	1.6	0.8	3.7	2.3	11.0	20.3	.541	3.0	7.1	.422	5.6	6.7	.833
Ennis Whatley	2	16.0	3.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	3.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	1.5	6.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 5
	Anthony Edwards	Ennis Whatley
Season	-	1987-88
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ennis Whatley	5	4.8	2.2	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.6	0.8	1.8	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ennis Whatley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Anthony Edwards	Ennis Whatley
Season	-	1988-89
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ennis Whatley	8	11.3	4.3	0.3	1.8	2.0	2.8	0.9	0.1	1.4	1.9	1.5	4.1	.364	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.4	.909

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ennis Whatley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Ennis Whatley didn't play in 1989-90 and 1990-91.


Season 7
	Anthony Edwards	Ennis Whatley
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ennis Whatley	23	9.1	3.0	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.6	0.5	0.9	2.2	.412	0.0	0.2	.000	1.2	1.3	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ennis Whatley	15	6.4	1.1	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.4	1.3	.300	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000

Note: Ennis Whatley didn't play in 1992-93.


Season 8
	Anthony Edwards	Ennis Whatley
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ennis Whatley	82	12.2	3.6	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.2	0.7	0.0	1.0	1.1	1.5	2.9	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ennis Whatley	11	10.3	2.2	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.6	0.8	2.5	.321	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.750


Season 9
	Anthony Edwards	Ennis Whatley
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ennis Whatley	27	10.8	2.6	0.3	0.8	1.1	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.4	0.9	2.0	.453	0.1	0.3	.250	0.7	1.2	.625

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ennis Whatley	3	6.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	1.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Note: Ennis Whatley didn't play in 1995-96.


Season 10
	Anthony Edwards	Ennis Whatley
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ennis Whatley	3	7.3	1.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.7	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ennis Whatley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Anthony Edwards vs. Ennis Whatley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ennis Whatley 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10