Nickeil Alexander-Walker vs. Zach Edey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zach Edey and Nickeil Alexander-Walker, 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.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker played 7 years in the NBA, 6 more than Zach Edey, who played 1. Nickeil Alexander-Walker had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Zach Edey had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Zach Edey
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	47	12.6	5.7	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.9	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.2	2.1	5.7	.368	1.0	2.8	.346	0.5	0.8	.676
difference:	+19	+8.9	+3.5	+3.3	+3.2	+6.5	+0.9	+0.1	+1.1	-0.2	-1.6	+1.7	+0.9	+.212	+0.7	+2.0		+0.9	+1.1	+.033
Zach Edey	66	21.5	9.2	3.5	4.8	8.3	1.0	0.5	1.3	1.3	2.8	3.8	6.6	.580	0.3	0.8	.346	1.4	1.9	.709
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach Edey	4	27.0	6.3	2.8	5.0	7.8	1.8	0.0	2.5	1.5	3.0	2.5	3.8	.667	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.714