James Edwards vs. Bernard King Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bernard King and James 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.

James Edwards played 19 years in the NBA, 5 more than Bernard King, who played 14. James Edwards had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Bernard King had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	James Edwards	Bernard King
Season	1977-78	1977-78
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Indiana Pacers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	83	29.0	15.2	2.4	5.0	7.4	1.0	0.6	0.9	2.0	3.9	6.0	13.2	.453	-	-	-	3.3	5.1	.646
Bernard King	79	39.1	24.2	3.4	6.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.9	3.8	10.1	21.1	.479	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.677
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	James Edwards	Bernard King
Season	1981-82	1981-82
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	77	33.0	16.7	2.5	5.1	7.5	1.6	0.3	1.5	2.1	4.5	6.9	13.4	.511	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.4	.684
Bernard King	79	36.2	23.2	1.8	4.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	3.4	3.6	9.4	16.5	.566	0.0	0.1	.200	4.5	6.3	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	James Edwards	Bernard King
Season	1983-84	1983-84
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	72	26.3	14.7	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.6	0.3	0.4	1.9	3.5	6.1	11.3	.536	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.5	.720
Bernard King	77	34.6	26.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	2.6	3.5	10.3	18.1	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.3	.779
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	17	27.2	13.8	1.3	4.1	5.4	1.6	0.2	0.6	1.8	3.6	5.5	11.1	.492	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.0	.706
Bernard King	12	39.8	34.8	2.3	3.8	6.2	3.0	1.2	0.5	2.6	4.0	13.5	23.5	.574	0.0	0.1	.000	7.8	10.3	.756

Season 8
	James Edwards	Bernard King
Season	1984-85	1984-85
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	70	25.5	14.9	1.4	4.2	5.5	2.2	0.4	0.7	2.3	3.4	5.5	10.9	.501	0.0	0.0	.000	3.9	5.3	.746
Bernard King	55	37.5	32.9	2.1	3.7	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.5	12.6	23.7	.530	0.0	0.2	.100	7.7	10.0	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1985-86.

Season 12
	James Edwards	Bernard King
Season	1988-89	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	76	16.5	7.3	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.9	3.0	2.8	5.6	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.6	.686
Bernard King	82	32.8	22.4	1.6	3.4	4.9	4.6	0.6	0.1	3.0	2.8	8.7	17.8	.487	0.0	0.3	.130	5.0	6.3	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	17	18.6	7.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.7	0.1	0.5	0.9	3.1	2.4	5.0	.471	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.0	.784
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	James Edwards	Bernard King
Season	1989-90	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	82	27.8	14.5	1.4	2.8	4.2	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.6	3.6	5.6	11.3	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	4.3	.749
Bernard King	64	37.5	28.4	1.8	3.2	5.0	4.6	0.9	0.3	4.0	2.9	11.1	23.6	.472	0.1	0.6	.216	6.0	7.6	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	20	26.8	14.3	1.2	2.4	3.6	0.7	0.3	0.6	1.6	3.7	5.7	11.6	.494	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.8	.604
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1991-92.

Season 19
	James Edwards	Bernard King
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	28	9.8	3.5	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.8	2.2	1.5	3.9	.373	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.615
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	6	4.7	1.8	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.7	0.7	1.5	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.750
Bernard King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-