Anthony Edwards vs. Kristaps Porzingis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kristaps Porzingis 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 Kristaps Porzingis, who played 10. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Kristaps Porzingis had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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:		+3.7	+5.0	+1.0	+1.7	+2.6	+1.6	+0.4	+1.4	-0.5	-1.0	+1.8	+4.5	+.004	+1.3	+3.8	+.004	+0.1	+0.5	+.062
Kristaps Porzingis	72	28.4	14.3	1.8	5.5	7.3	1.3	0.7	1.9	1.7	2.8	5.2	12.3	.421	1.1	3.4	.333	2.8	3.3	.838
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Edwards nor Kristaps Porzingis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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:	+31	+3.6	+1.9	+0.7	+0.1	+0.8	+3.2	+0.8	+1.7	-1.4	-0.5	+0.8	+1.0	+.020	+0.8	+2.5	+.026	+0.5	+0.4	+.037
Kristaps Porzingis	48	32.4	22.7	1.3	5.3	6.6	1.2	0.8	2.4	1.9	2.9	8.1	18.5	.439	1.9	4.8	.395	4.5	5.7	.793
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
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Kristaps Porzingis didn't play in 2018-19.

Season 4
	Anthony Edwards	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2023-24	2019-20
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Mavericks Lost West 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:	+22	+3.3	+5.5	+1.1	+2.9	+4.1	+3.3	+0.6	+1.5	-1.5	-1.4	+2.1	+3.3	+.034	+0.1	+0.4	+.005	+1.4	+1.4	+.037
Kristaps Porzingis	57	31.8	20.4	1.8	7.7	9.5	1.8	0.7	2.0	1.6	3.2	7.0	16.4	.427	2.5	7.1	.352	4.0	5.0	.799
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:	+13	+9.3	+3.9	+0.1	+1.8	+1.7	+5.8	+1.5	+0.4	-2.3	-0.7	+2.8	+7.0	+.044	+0.1	+1.5	+.129	+1.5	+1.3	+.056
Kristaps Porzingis	3	31.3	23.7	1.0	7.7	8.7	0.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	7.0	13.3	.525	3.0	5.7	.529	6.7	7.7	.870

Season 5
	Anthony Edwards	Kristaps Porzingis
Season	2024-25	2020-21
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Mavericks 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:	+36	+5.4	+7.5	+1.1	+2.1	+3.2	+2.9	+0.7	+0.7	-2.0	-0.8	+1.5	+4.5	+.029	+1.8	+4.3	+.019	+2.6	+3.1	+.018
Kristaps Porzingis	43	30.9	20.1	1.9	7.0	8.9	1.6	0.5	1.3	1.2	2.7	7.6	15.9	.476	2.3	6.0	.376	2.7	3.2	.855
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:	+8	+5.7	+12.2	+0.2	+2.2	+2.4	+4.2	+0.2		-2.2	-0.6	+4.1	+9.6	+.019	+2.0	+4.8	+.058	+2.0	+3.2	+.123
Kristaps Porzingis	7	33.3	13.1	1.0	4.4	5.4	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.4	2.7	4.9	10.3	.472	1.1	3.9	.296	2.3	2.7	.842