Anthony Edwards vs. Ron Harper Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ron Harper 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, 10 less than Ron Harper, who played 15. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Ron Harper had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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	Ron Harper
Season	2020-21	1986-87
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
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:	+10	+5.3	+3.6	+1.3	+1.1	+0.1	+1.9	+1.4	+0.5	-2.0	-1.2	+2.0	+2.9	+.038	+2.2	+6.1	+.116	+1.8	+3.1	+.092
Ron Harper	82	37.4	22.9	2.1	2.7	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	4.2	3.0	9.0	19.7	.455	0.2	1.1	.213	4.7	6.9	.684
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Edwards nor Ron Harper played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Ron Harper
Season	2022-23	1988-89
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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:	+3	+1.2	+6.0	+0.9	+1.7	+0.8	+0.9	+0.7	+0.2	-0.5	-0.3	+1.7	+5.5	+.052	+2.3	+5.9	+.119	+0.1	+0.1	+.005
Ron Harper	82	34.8	18.6	1.5	3.5	5.0	5.3	2.3	0.9	2.8	2.7	7.2	14.0	.511	0.4	1.4	.250	3.9	5.2	.751
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:		+2.0	+12.0	+0.8	+1.6	+0.8	+1.2	+0.4	+1.2	-0.2	-1.4	+3.2	+9.0	+.083	+3.0	+8.2	+.349	+2.6	+2.6	+.077
Ron Harper	5	37.8	19.6	1.4	2.8	4.2	4.0	2.2	0.8	1.4	4.0	7.8	13.8	.565	0.0	0.4	.000	4.0	5.2	.769

Season 4
	Anthony Edwards	Ron Harper
Season	2023-24	1989-90
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+44	+4.0	+3.1	+1.4	+1.0	+0.5	+0.1	+1.0	+0.7	-0.2	-1.2	+0.5	+1.5	+.012	+2.0	+5.2	+.082	+0.2	+0.2	+.048
Ron Harper	35	39.1	22.8	2.1	3.8	5.9	5.2	2.3	1.2	2.9	3.0	8.6	18.2	.473	0.4	1.5	.275	5.2	6.6	.788
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
Ron Harper	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Anthony Edwards	Ron Harper
Season	2024-25	1990-91
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Clippers
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:	+40	+0.8	+8.0	+0.7	+1.6	+0.9	+0.9	+0.5	+0.3	-0.1	-0.9	+1.8	+1.7	+.056	+2.9	+6.5	+.071	+1.6	+0.7	+.169
Ron Harper	39	35.5	19.6	1.5	3.3	4.8	5.4	1.7	0.9	3.3	2.8	7.3	18.7	.391	1.2	3.8	.324	3.7	5.6	.668
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
Ron Harper	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-