Anthony Edwards vs. Fred Hetzel Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Fred Hetzel 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, 2 less than Fred Hetzel, who played 6. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Fred Hetzel had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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
Rookie Season
	Anthony Edwards	Fred Hetzel
Season	2020-21	1965-66
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
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
Fred Hetzel	56	12.9	6.8	-	-	5.2	0.5	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	7.2	.399	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.685
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fred Hetzel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Fred Hetzel
Season	2022-23	1967-68
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West 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	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
Fred Hetzel	77	31.1	19.0	-	-	7.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.4	6.9	16.7	.414	-	-	-	5.1	6.2	.833
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
Fred Hetzel	10	32.1	18.8	-	-	6.6	1.6	-	-	-	4.4	6.9	15.0	.460	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.820

Season 4
	Anthony Edwards	Fred Hetzel
Season	2023-24	1968-69
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Milwaukee Bucks, Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves TBD	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	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
Fred Hetzel	84	27.1	14.4	-	-	7.3	1.3	-	-	-	3.4	5.4	12.5	.436	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.838
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	11	40.1	28.9	0.8	5.4	6.2	5.9	1.7	0.6	3.2	2.3	10.3	20.4	.504	3.0	7.5	.398	5.4	6.4	.843
Fred Hetzel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-