Goran Dragic vs. Anthony Edwards Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anthony Edwards and Goran Dragic, 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.

Goran Dragic played 15 years in the NBA, 9 more than Anthony Edwards, who played 6. Goran Dragic had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Anthony Edwards had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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
	Goran Dragic	Anthony Edwards
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
Goran Dragic	55	13.2	4.5	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.0	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.6	1.6	4.1	.393	0.4	1.0	.370	0.9	1.2	.769
difference:	+17	+18.9	+14.8	+0.2	+2.5	+2.8	+0.9	+0.6	+0.4	-0.9	-0.2	+5.4	+12.7	+.024	+2.0	+6.2	+.041	+2.0	+2.6	+.007
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Goran Dragic nor Anthony Edwards played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Goran Dragic	Anthony Edwards
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Goran Dragic	70	17.6	7.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.9	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.8	2.7	6.3	.435	0.8	2.2	.361	1.2	1.9	.624
difference:	+9	+18.4	+17.1	+0.1	+3.7	+3.8	+1.5	+0.9	+0.6	-1.6	-0.6	+6.2	+13.2	+.024	+1.9	+5.1	+.008	+2.8	+3.4	+.132
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 4
	Goran Dragic	Anthony Edwards
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Goran Dragic	66	26.5	11.7	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.3	1.3	0.2	2.4	2.5	4.2	9.1	.462	1.0	3.1	.337	2.3	2.9	.805
difference:	+13	+8.6	+14.2	+0.1	+3.1	+2.9	+0.2		+0.3	-0.7	-0.7	+4.9	+10.6	+.001	+1.4	+3.6	+.020	+3.1	+3.5	+.031
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 5
	Goran Dragic	Anthony Edwards
Season	2012-13	2024-25
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Goran Dragic	77	33.5	14.7	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.4	1.6	0.3	2.8	2.8	5.2	11.8	.443	1.1	3.6	.319	3.2	4.2	.748
difference:	+2	+2.8	+12.9		+2.6	+2.6	+2.9	+0.4	+0.3	-0.4	-0.9	+3.9	+8.6	+.004	+3.0	+6.7	+.076	+2.1	+2.1	+.089
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Goran Dragic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 6
	Goran Dragic	Anthony Edwards
Season	2013-14	2025-26
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Goran Dragic	76	35.1	20.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.9	1.4	0.3	2.8	2.7	7.3	14.4	.505	1.6	3.9	.408	4.2	5.5	.760
difference:	+56	+0.7	+8.4	+0.1	+1.9	+1.7	+2.1	+0.2	+0.5	-0.2	-0.6	+2.4	+4.9	+.005	+1.8	+4.2	+.008	+1.8	+1.7	+.073
Anthony Edwards	20	34.4	28.7	0.8	4.2	4.9	3.8	1.2	0.8	3.0	2.1	9.7	19.3	.500	3.4	8.1	.416	6.0	7.2	.833
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Goran Dragic nor Anthony Edwards played in the postseason in their season 6

Additional Years
* Goran Dragic played 9 seasons more than Anthony Edwards in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 15, from 2015 to 2023—Goran Dragic played in 6 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Anthony Edwards, Goran Dragic got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game