Anthony Edwards vs. Don May Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Don May and Anthony 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.

Anthony Edwards played 4 years in the NBA, 3 less than Don May, who played 7. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Don May had his rookie season in 1968-69. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7
Rookie Season
	Anthony Edwards	Don May
Season	2020-21	1968-69
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Don May	48	11.7	4.3	-	-	2.4	0.7	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	4.6	.363	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.724
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Don May	9	9.8	2.8	-	-	2.6	0.9	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	3.3	.300	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.778

Season 2
	Anthony Edwards	Don May
Season	2021-22	1969-70
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Anthony Edwards	72	34.3	21.3	0.9	3.9	4.8	3.8	1.5	0.6	2.6	2.3	7.6	17.3	.441	3.0	8.4	.357	3.1	3.9	.786
Don May	37	6.4	2.6	-	-	1.4	0.5	-	-	-	1.1	1.1	2.7	.386	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	.947
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	6	37.8	25.2	0.7	3.5	4.2	3.0	1.2	1.2	2.5	3.7	8.3	18.3	.455	3.8	9.5	.404	4.7	5.7	.824
Don May	2	3.5	2.0	-	-	0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.5	.667	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Don May
Season	2022-23	1970-71
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Don May	76	35.1	20.2	-	-	7.5	2.0	-	-	-	2.9	8.3	17.6	.471	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Don May	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Anthony Edwards	Don May
Season	2023-24	1971-72
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves TBD	Hawks 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		%
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
Don May	75	17.1	7.9	-	-	2.9	0.7	-	-	-	1.8	3.1	6.3	.492	-	-	-	1.7	2.2	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	10	39.8	30.2	0.9	5.1	6.0	5.8	1.7	0.7	3.4	2.3	10.7	20.0	.535	3.1	7.3	.425	5.7	6.8	.838
Don May	3	10.3	4.0	-	-	2.7	0.3	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.750