Anthony Edwards vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace 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, 11 less than Metta World Peace, who played 17. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Metta World Peace had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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	Metta World Peace
Season	2020-21	1999-00
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
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:		+1.0	+7.3	+0.1	+0.4	+0.4	+0.1	+0.6		-0.1	-0.4	+2.7	+6.3	+.010	+1.6	+4.5	+.015	+0.3	+0.1	+.102
Metta World Peace	72	31.1	12.0	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	2.3	2.2	4.3	10.5	.407	0.8	2.7	.314	2.6	3.9	.674
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Edwards nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Metta World Peace
Season	2022-23	2001-02
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East 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:	+24	+6.1	+11.4	+0.7	+1.6	+0.9	+2.1	+1.0		-1.2	-1.5	+4.0	+7.9	+.036	+1.7	+4.2	+.057	+1.5	+1.6	+.089
Metta World Peace	55	29.9	13.2	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	2.1	3.9	4.9	11.6	.423	1.0	3.1	.312	2.5	3.7	.667
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:		+6.6	+19.8	+0.6	+0.4	+1.0	+2.0	+0.8	+1.4	-0.2	-1.2	+6.6	+12.0	+.075	+1.8	+6.0	+.113	+4.8	+5.2	+.154
Metta World Peace	5	33.2	11.8	1.2	4.8	6.0	3.2	2.6	0.6	1.8	3.8	4.4	10.8	.407	1.2	2.6	.462	1.8	2.6	.692

Season 4
	Anthony Edwards	Metta World Peace
Season	2023-24	2002-03
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers 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:	+10	+1.5	+10.4	+0.8	+1.0	+0.2	+2.2	+1.0	+0.2	-1.0	-1.7	+3.9	+7.4	+.033	+1.4	+3.6	+.021	+1.4	+1.0	+.100
Metta World Peace	69	33.6	15.5	1.5	3.8	5.2	2.9	2.3	0.7	2.1	3.5	5.2	12.3	.428	1.0	3.1	.336	4.0	5.4	.736
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:	+10	+1.6	+8.6	+0.7	+1.9	+1.2	+4.3	+1.0	+0.4	-0.6	-1.9	+4.0	+5.3	+.092	+0.9	+2.0	+.013	+0.1	+0.3	+.014
Metta World Peace	6	42.2	19.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.2	2.5	1.0	2.7	4.2	5.8	15.0	.389	2.0	5.2	.387	5.3	6.7	.800

Season 5
	Anthony Edwards	Metta World Peace
Season	2024-25	2003-04
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers Lost East 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:	+6	+0.9	+9.3	+0.6	+1.0	+0.4	+0.8	+0.9	+0.1	-0.4	-0.8	+2.7	+5.2	+.026	+3.1	+7.0	+.085	+0.9	+0.3	+.104
Metta World Peace	73	37.2	18.3	1.4	3.9	5.3	3.7	2.1	0.7	2.8	2.7	6.4	15.2	.421	1.0	3.3	.310	4.4	6.0	.733
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:		+0.1	+6.9	+0.4	+1.7	+1.3	+2.3	+0.3	+0.4	-0.1	-0.9	+2.5	+2.6	+.075	+1.8	+4.3	+.066	+0.2	+0.2	+.001
Metta World Peace	15	39.1	18.4	1.6	4.9	6.5	3.2	1.4	1.1	2.5	3.0	6.5	17.3	.378	1.3	4.4	.288	4.1	5.7	.718

Additional Years
* Metta World Peace played 11 seasons more than Anthony Edwards in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 17, from 2006 to 2017—Metta World Peace played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Anthony Edwards, Metta World Peace got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team