Zach Edey vs. Markelle Fultz Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Markelle Fultz and Zach Edey, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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.

Zach Edey played 2 years in the NBA, 6 less than Markelle Fultz, who played 8. Zach Edey had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, while Markelle Fultz had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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.

Their Careers

Player
Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Zach Edey 2 1 2024-25 to 2025-26
Markelle Fultz 8 3 2017-18 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

Jump to season:

Rookie Season

Zach Edey Markelle Fultz
Season 2024-252017-18
Team Memphis GrizzliesPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd76ers Lost East Conf Semis
more >>
Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+52+3.4+2.1+2.7+2.5+5.2+2.8+0.4+1.0-0.1-1.2+0.6+1.3+.175+0.3+0.7+.346+0.7+0.4+.233
Markelle Fultz 14 18.1 7.1 0.8 2.3 3.1 3.8 0.9 0.3 1.2 1.6 3.2 7.9 .405 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 1.5 .476
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
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
difference:+1+19.3+4.6+2.8+4.0+6.8+0.1+0.7+2.5-1.2-1.7+2.2+1.5+.524+0.3+0.5+.036
Markelle Fultz 3 7.7 1.7 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.7 0.7 0.0 0.3 1.3 0.3 2.3 .143 0.0 0.0 - 1.0 1.3 .750

Season 2

Zach Edey Markelle Fultz
Season 2025-262018-19
Team Memphis GrizzliesPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
more >>
2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Zach Edey 10 26.2 13.8 3.8 7.4 11.2 0.9 0.7 2.1 2.0 3.1 5.7 8.7 .655 0.1 0.3 .333 2.3 2.9 .793
difference:+9+3.7+5.6+2.4+5.1+7.5+2.2+0.2+1.8-0.7-0.4+2.3+0.5+.236+0.1+0.4+.047+1.2+1.0+.225
Markelle Fultz 19 22.5 8.2 1.4 2.3 3.7 3.1 0.9 0.3 1.3 2.7 3.4 8.2 .419 0.2 0.7 .286 1.1 1.9 .568
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Zach Edey nor Markelle Fultz played in the postseason in their season 2

Additional Years

* Markelle Fultz played 6 seasons more than Zach Edey in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 3 to 8, from 2020 to 2025—Markelle Fultz played in two Playoffs.