Anthony Edwards vs. Ivica Zubac Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ivica Zubac 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 Ivica Zubac, who played 10. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Ivica Zubac 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	Ivica Zubac
Season	2020-21	2016-17
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
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:	+34	+16.1	+11.8	+0.3	+0.7	+0.5	+2.1	+0.7	+0.4	-1.4	-0.1	+3.7	+10.5	+.112	+2.4	+7.1	+.329	+2.1	+2.5	+.123
Ivica Zubac	38	16.0	7.5	1.1	3.1	4.2	0.8	0.4	0.9	0.8	1.7	3.3	6.3	.529	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.3	.653
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Edwards nor Ivica Zubac played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Ivica Zubac
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+20	+18.4	+15.7	+1.3	+1.0	+0.3	+3.3	+1.4	+0.2	-2.1	-0.1	+5.3	+13.1	+.100	+2.7	+7.3		+2.3	+3.2	+.046
Ivica Zubac	59	17.6	8.9	1.9	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.2	0.9	1.2	2.3	3.6	6.4	.559	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.1	.802
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:	+1	+30.0	+26.6	+2.2	+1.6	+0.5	+4.9	+1.3	+1.5	-0.6	-1.3	+8.7	+18.3	+.018	+3.0	+8.6		+6.1	+7.0	+.179
Ivica Zubac	4	9.8	5.0	2.8	2.8	5.5	0.3	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667

Season 4
	Anthony Edwards	Ivica Zubac
Season	2023-24	2019-20
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Clippers 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:	+7	+16.7	+17.6	+2.0		+2.1	+4.0	+1.1	+0.4	-2.3	-0.5	+5.8	+14.4	+.152	+2.4	+6.7		+3.7	+4.1	+.089
Ivica Zubac	72	18.4	8.3	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.1	0.2	0.9	0.8	2.3	3.3	5.3	.613	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.747
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:	+3	+16.0	+18.5	+1.3	+1.1	+0.2	+5.9	+1.3	+0.2	-2.4	-0.3	+6.4	+14.3	+.083	+2.9	+7.2		+2.9	+3.6	+.003
Ivica Zubac	13	24.6	9.1	2.4	4.8	7.2	0.6	0.2	0.8	0.9	2.6	3.4	6.0	.564	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.8	.811

Season 5
	Anthony Edwards	Ivica Zubac
Season	2024-25	2020-21
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+7	+14.0	+18.6	+1.8	+0.3	+1.5	+3.2	+0.9	+0.3	-2.1	-0.7	+5.5	+14.9	+.205	+4.1	+10.2	+.145	+3.4	+3.9	+.048
Ivica Zubac	72	22.3	9.0	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.3	0.3	0.9	1.1	2.6	3.6	5.5	.652	0.0	0.1	.250	1.9	2.4	.789
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:	+2	+21.3	+19.0	+1.3	+3.3	+2.0	+5.1	+1.0		-1.7	-0.2	+7.0	+16.5	+.143	+3.1	+8.7		+2.0	+3.0	+.077
Ivica Zubac	17	17.7	6.3	2.5	3.3	5.8	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.9	2.0	3.4	.596	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.9	.796

Additional Years
* Ivica Zubac played 4 seasons more than Anthony Edwards in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 10, from 2023 to 2026—Ivica Zubac played in 3 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Anthony Edwards, Ivica Zubac got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team