LaMarcus Aldridge vs. Anthony Edwards Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anthony Edwards and LaMarcus Aldridge, 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.

LaMarcus Aldridge played 16 years in the NBA, 10 more than Anthony Edwards, who played 6. LaMarcus Aldridge had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, 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
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Anthony Edwards
Season	2006-07	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	63	22.1	9.0	2.3	2.7	5.0	0.4	0.3	1.2	0.7	3.0	3.8	7.6	.503	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.722
difference:	+9	+10.0	+10.3	+1.5	+1.1	+0.3	+2.5	+0.8	+0.7	-1.5	-1.2	+3.2	+9.2	+.086	+2.4	+7.2		+1.6	+2.0	+.054
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 LaMarcus Aldridge nor Anthony Edwards played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Anthony Edwards
Season	2008-09	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	37.1	18.1	2.9	4.6	7.5	1.9	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.6	7.4	15.3	.484	0.1	0.3	.250	3.2	4.1	.781
difference:	+2	+1.1	+6.5	+2.3	+0.6	+1.7	+2.5	+0.6	+0.3	-1.8	-0.2	+1.5	+4.2	+.025	+2.6	+7.0	+.119	+0.8	+1.2	+.025
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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	39.5	19.5	1.5	6.0	7.5	1.3	0.5	1.7	1.7	2.7	8.5	17.3	.490	0.2	0.7	.250	2.3	3.3	.700
difference:	+1	+0.3	+12.1	+0.9	+1.6	+2.5	+3.9	+1.3	+0.3	-0.1	-0.1	+2.5	+5.5	+.008	+2.8	+7.9	+.099	+4.3	+4.5	+.146
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
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Anthony Edwards
Season	2009-10	2023-24
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	78	37.5	17.9	2.5	5.6	8.0	2.1	0.9	0.6	1.3	3.0	7.4	15.0	.495	0.1	0.2	.313	2.9	3.9	.757
difference:	+1	+2.4	+8.0	+1.8	+0.8	+2.6	+3.0	+0.4	+0.1	-1.8	-1.2	+1.7	+4.7	+.034	+2.3	+6.5	+.044	+2.5	+2.5	+.079
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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	38.2	19.0	1.7	4.3	6.0	2.2	1.2	1.8	1.8	2.7	6.7	15.5	.430	0.2	0.3	.500	5.5	7.3	.750
difference:	+10	+2.4	+8.6	+0.6	+1.6	+1.0	+4.3	+0.3	+1.2	-1.5	-0.4	+3.1	+4.8	+.051	+2.7	+6.9	+.100	+0.3	+0.9	+.064
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
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Anthony Edwards
Season	2010-11	2024-25
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	39.6	21.8	3.4	5.3	8.8	2.1	1.0	1.2	1.9	2.7	8.7	17.5	.500	0.0	0.3	.174	4.3	5.5	.791
difference:	+2	+3.3	+5.8	+2.6	+0.4	+3.1	+2.4	+0.2	+0.6	-1.3	-0.8	+0.4	+2.9	+.053	+4.1	+10.0	+.221	+1.0	+0.8	+.046
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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	43.0	20.8	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.3	1.3	1.7	1.5	3.2	8.8	19.2	.461	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.0	.792
difference:	+9	+4.0	+4.5	+1.5	+1.8	+0.3	+4.2	+0.2	+1.0	-1.1	-1.1	+0.2	+0.7	+.008	+3.1	+8.7		+1.1	+1.9	+.073
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
	LaMarcus Aldridge	Anthony Edwards
Season	2011-12	2025-26
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
LaMarcus Aldridge	55	36.3	21.7	2.7	5.3	8.0	2.4	0.9	0.8	2.0	2.8	8.8	17.1	.512	0.0	0.2	.182	4.1	5.0	.814
difference:	+52	+10.6	+4.0	+2.4	+1.6	+4.0	+0.4	+0.9	+0.1		-1.5	+0.2	+0.2	+.007	+3.0	+6.1	+.292	+0.6	+0.7	+.010
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher LaMarcus Aldridge nor Anthony Edwards played in the postseason in their season 6

Additional Years
* LaMarcus Aldridge played 10 seasons more than Anthony Edwards in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 16, from 2013 to 2022—LaMarcus Aldridge played in 6 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Anthony Edwards, LaMarcus Aldridge got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 6 All-Star Game