Anthony Edwards vs. Rudy Gobert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gobert 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, 7 less than Rudy Gobert, who played 13. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Rudy Gobert had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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	Rudy Gobert
Season	2020-21	2013-14
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Utah Jazz
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:	+27	+22.5	+17.0	+0.3	+1.5	+1.3	+2.7	+0.9	+0.4	-1.5	-0.5	+6.2	+15.2	+.069	+2.4	+7.2		+2.2	+2.4	+.284
Rudy Gobert	45	9.6	2.3	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.3	0.8	1.6	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.492
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Anthony Edwards nor Rudy Gobert played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Rudy Gobert
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Utah Jazz
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:	+18	+4.3	+15.5	+2.8	+2.3	+5.2	+2.9	+0.9	+1.5	-1.4	-0.3	+5.7	+13.7	+.100	+2.7	+7.3		+1.4	+0.7	+.187
Rudy Gobert	61	31.7	9.1	3.4	7.5	11.0	1.5	0.7	2.2	1.9	2.7	3.2	5.8	.559	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	4.6	.569
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
Rudy Gobert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Anthony Edwards	Rudy Gobert
Season	2023-24	2016-17
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Blocks Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+2	+1.2	+11.9	+3.2	+4.1	+7.4	+3.9	+0.7	+2.1	-1.3	-1.2	+4.0	+12.0	+.200	+2.4	+6.7		+1.6	+0.5	+.183
Rudy Gobert	81	33.9	14.0	3.9	8.9	12.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.0	5.1	7.7	.661	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	5.9	.653
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:	+7	+13.3	+16.0	+1.3	+1.5	+2.9	+5.3	+0.5	+0.7	-2.3	-1.0	+5.4	+13.3	+.154	+2.9	+7.2		+2.5	+0.8	+.334
Rudy Gobert	9	27.3	11.6	2.4	7.4	9.9	1.2	1.0	1.3	1.0	3.3	4.4	7.0	.635	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	5.6	.480

Season 5
	Anthony Edwards	Rudy Gobert
Season	2024-25	2017-18
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+23	+3.9	+14.1	+2.1	+2.9	+5.0	+3.1	+0.4	+1.7	-1.3	-0.8	+4.2	+12.5	+.175	+4.1	+10.3		+1.7	+1.0	+.155
Rudy Gobert	56	32.4	13.5	2.9	7.8	10.7	1.4	0.8	2.3	1.9	2.7	4.9	7.9	.622	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.3	.682
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:	+4	+4.2	+12.1	+2.7	+0.2	+2.9	+4.5	+0.2	+1.6	-0.7	-1.0	+4.0	+12.3	+.202	+3.1	+8.7		+1.1	+0.6	+.116
Rudy Gobert	11	34.8	13.2	3.9	6.8	10.7	1.0	0.9	2.3	1.9	3.1	5.0	7.6	.655	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	5.3	.603

Season 6
	Anthony Edwards	Rudy Gobert
Season	2025-26	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+78	+6.1	+9.8	+3.5	+5.3	+8.9		+0.8	+1.6	-0.4	-1.6	+3.1	+8.5	+.150	+3.0	+6.3		+0.6	+0.7	+.188
Rudy Gobert	81	31.8	15.9	3.8	9.0	12.9	2.0	0.8	2.3	1.6	2.9	5.9	8.8	.669	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.4	.636
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rudy Gobert	5	30.4	11.2	4.6	5.6	10.2	1.4	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.2	3.8	6.4	.594	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.6	.783

Additional Years
* Rudy Gobert played 7 seasons more than Anthony Edwards in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 13, from 2020 to 2026—Rudy Gobert played in 6 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Anthony Edwards, Rudy Gobert got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Rebounds Leader 3 All-Star Game