Anthony Edwards vs. Woody Sauldsberry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Woody Sauldsberry 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 Woody Sauldsberry, who played 7. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Woody Sauldsberry had his rookie season in 1957-58. 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	Woody Sauldsberry
Season	2020-21	1957-58
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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
Woody Sauldsberry	71	33.5	12.8	-	-	10.3	0.8	-	-	-	3.5	5.5	15.2	.360	-	-	-	1.9	3.1	.615
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Woody Sauldsberry	8	36.3	12.9	-	-	10.9	0.8	-	-	-	3.4	5.6	16.4	.344	-	-	-	1.6	2.9	.565

Season 2
	Anthony Edwards	Woody Sauldsberry
Season	2021-22	1958-59
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia Warriors
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	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
Woody Sauldsberry	72	38.1	15.4	-	-	11.5	1.0	-	-	-	3.8	7.0	19.2	.363	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.625
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
Woody Sauldsberry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Woody Sauldsberry
Season	2022-23	1959-60
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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	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
Woody Sauldsberry	71	26.0	9.9	-	-	6.3	1.6	-	-	-	2.9	4.6	13.7	.334	-	-	-	0.8	1.5	.534
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
Woody Sauldsberry	9	33.1	12.9	-	-	7.1	1.3	-	-	-	4.4	6.0	17.7	.340	-	-	-	0.9	1.6	.571

Season 4
	Anthony Edwards	Woody Sauldsberry
Season	2023-24	1960-61
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves TBD	Hawks Lost NBA 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	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
Woody Sauldsberry	69	21.6	7.5	-	-	7.1	1.1	-	-	-	2.9	3.3	11.1	.299	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	.560
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
Woody Sauldsberry	12	33.9	13.7	-	-	9.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.3	17.2	.364	-	-	-	1.2	2.1	.560

Note: Woody Sauldsberry didn't play in 1963-64 and 1964-65.

Season 7
	Anthony Edwards	Woody Sauldsberry
Season	-	1965-66
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Woody Sauldsberry	39	13.6	4.4	-	-	3.6	0.4	-	-	-	2.4	2.1	6.4	.321	-	-	-	0.3	0.6	.500
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Woody Sauldsberry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-