Anthony Edwards vs. Quentin Grimes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Quentin Grimes 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 5 years in the NBA, 1 more than Quentin Grimes, who played 4. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Quentin Grimes had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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	Quentin Grimes
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
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:	+26	+15.0	+13.3	+0.3	+2.3	+2.7	+1.9	+0.4	+0.3	-1.6	-0.2	+4.9	+11.7	+.013	+0.8	+3.1	+.052	+2.6	+3.4	+.092
Quentin Grimes	46	17.1	6.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.6	2.1	5.1	.404	1.6	4.1	.381	0.3	0.4	.684
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Edwards nor Quentin Grimes played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Quentin Grimes
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	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:	+28	+15.9	+17.6	+0.3	+3.5	+3.8	+3.1	+0.9	+0.6	-2.8	-0.9	+6.5	+13.1	+.087	+1.1	+2.6	+.031	+3.3	+4.4
Quentin Grimes	51	20.1	7.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.3	0.7	0.1	0.5	1.5	2.4	6.4	.372	1.6	4.7	.338	0.7	0.9	.756
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
Quentin Grimes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Anthony Edwards	Quentin Grimes
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+4	+8.3	+11.3	+0.1	+1.3	+1.1	+2.1	+0.3	+0.2	-1.2		+4.0	+8.7	+.006	+0.2	+1.1	+.028	+3.2	+3.5	+.079
Quentin Grimes	75	26.8	14.6	0.8	3.5	4.3	3.0	1.0	0.3	1.9	1.8	5.1	11.0	.467	2.2	5.6	.385	2.2	2.9	.757
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
Quentin Grimes	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Anthony Edwards played 1 season more than Quentin Grimes in the NBA. In that period—his season 5 in 2025—Anthony Edwards played in the Playoffs. In that extra year over Quentin Grimes, Anthony Edwards got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game