Anthony Edwards vs. Jamal Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Murray 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, 3 less than Jamal Murray, who played 9. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Jamal Murray 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	Jamal Murray
Season	2020-21	2016-17
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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:	+10	+10.6	+9.4	+0.3	+1.7	+2.1	+0.8	+0.5	+0.2	-0.8	-0.3	+3.4	+7.9	+.013	+1.0	+3.0	+.005	+1.6	+2.3	+.107
Jamal Murray	82	21.5	9.9	0.5	2.1	2.6	2.1	0.6	0.3	1.4	1.5	3.6	8.9	.404	1.4	4.2	.334	1.3	1.5	.883
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Edwards nor Jamal Murray played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Jamal Murray
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+4	+3.4	+6.4	+0.3	+1.8	+1.6	+0.4	+0.7	+0.3	-1.2	-0.4	+2.1	+3.9	+.022	+0.7	+1.8	+.002	+1.5	+2.3	+.092
Jamal Murray	75	32.6	18.2	0.9	3.4	4.2	4.8	0.9	0.4	2.1	2.0	6.8	15.6	.437	2.0	5.5	.367	2.5	3.0	.848
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	+3.5	+10.3	+0.8	+1.4	+0.6	+0.5	+0.8	+1.9		-0.9	+3.4	+4.8	+.057	+1.0	+2.7	+.012	+2.6	+3.4	+.057
Jamal Murray	14	36.3	21.3	1.4	3.0	4.4	4.7	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.7	7.6	18.0	.425	2.0	5.9	.337	4.0	4.4	.903

Season 4
	Anthony Edwards	Jamal Murray
Season	2023-24	2019-20
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf 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	+2.8	+7.4	+0.1	+1.6	+1.4	+0.3	+0.2	+0.2	-0.9	-0.1	+2.2	+4.5	+.005	+0.5	+1.2	+.011	+2.6	+3.3	+.045
Jamal Murray	59	32.3	18.5	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.8	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.7	6.9	15.2	.456	1.9	5.5	.346	2.8	3.1	.881
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	+1.0	+1.1		+2.1	+2.2	+0.1	+0.6	+0.3	-0.5	-0.1		+0.9	+.024	+0.4		+.053	+1.5	+2.3	+.083
Jamal Murray	19	39.6	26.5	1.1	3.8	4.8	6.6	0.9	0.3	2.8	2.2	9.8	19.4	.505	3.3	7.2	.453	3.7	4.1	.897

Season 5
	Anthony Edwards	Jamal Murray
Season	2024-25	2020-21
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
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:	+31	+0.8	+6.4		+1.6	+1.7	+0.3	+0.1	+0.3	-0.9	-0.1	+1.2	+3.9	+.030	+1.4	+3.7	+.013	+2.5	+3.1	+.032
Jamal Murray	48	35.5	21.2	0.8	3.3	4.0	4.8	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.9	16.5	.477	2.7	6.6	.408	2.8	3.2	.869
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
Jamal Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jamal Murray didn't play in 2021-22.

Season 6
	Anthony Edwards	Jamal Murray
Season	2025-26	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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6th 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	3	25.7	25.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.7	2.0	1.3	9.0	17.3	.519	3.0	6.3	.474	4.7	5.7	.824
difference:	+62	+7.1	+5.7	+0.4	+0.5		+4.2	+1.0	+0.5	-0.2	-0.3	+1.7	+1.3	+.065	+0.4	+0.3	+.076	+1.9	+2.4	+.009
Jamal Murray	65	32.8	20.0	0.7	3.2	4.0	6.2	1.0	0.2	2.2	1.6	7.3	16.0	.454	2.6	6.6	.398	2.8	3.3	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Murray	20	40.0	26.1	0.8	4.9	5.7	7.1	1.5	0.3	2.5	2.1	9.7	20.5	.473	3.0	7.5	.396	3.8	4.1	.926