James Edwards vs. Derrick White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick White and James 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

James Edwards played 19 years in the NBA, 12 more than Derrick White, who played 7. James Edwards had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Derrick White 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 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
James Edwards	19	11	1977-78 to 1995-96
Derrick White	7	5	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19


Rookie Season
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1977-78	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	83	29.0	15.2	2.4	5.0	7.4	1.0	0.6	0.9	2.0	3.9	6.0	13.2	.453	-	-	-	3.3	5.1	.646
Derrick White	17	8.2	3.2	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.9	.485	0.5	0.8	.615	0.8	1.2	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	3	6.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1978-79	2018-19
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	82	31.0	16.7	2.2	6.3	8.5	1.1	0.7	1.3	2.0	4.4	6.5	13.0	.501	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.676
Derrick White	67	25.8	9.9	0.5	3.2	3.7	3.9	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.2	3.9	8.1	.479	0.7	2.1	.338	1.4	1.8	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	7	27.3	15.1	0.1	2.9	3.0	3.0	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.4	5.9	10.7	.547	0.7	2.4	.294	2.7	3.7	.731


Season 3
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1979-80	2019-20
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
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		%
James Edwards	82	28.2	15.7	2.2	4.9	7.0	1.5	0.7	1.3	1.6	4.0	6.4	12.6	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	4.1	.681
Derrick White	68	24.7	11.3	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.5	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	3.7	8.1	.458	1.2	3.2	.366	2.6	3.1	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1980-81	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
James Edwards	81	29.3	15.6	2.4	4.7	7.0	2.6	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.8	6.3	12.4	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	4.3	.703
Derrick White	36	29.6	15.4	0.4	2.6	3.0	3.5	0.7	1.0	1.3	2.5	5.2	12.6	.411	2.3	6.8	.346	2.7	3.2	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	2	28.0	7.0	2.0	5.0	7.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	4.0	3.5	12.0	.292	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1981-82	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
James Edwards	77	33.0	16.7	2.5	5.1	7.5	1.6	0.3	1.5	2.1	4.5	6.9	13.4	.511	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.4	.684
Derrick White	75	29.3	13.2	0.5	3.0	3.5	4.9	0.9	0.8	1.6	2.3	4.5	10.7	.421	1.5	4.9	.312	2.7	3.1	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	23	25.4	8.5	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.7	0.9	0.6	1.3	2.0	2.8	7.7	.364	1.1	3.6	.313	1.8	2.2	.824


Season 6
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1982-83	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
James Edwards	31	21.5	10.5	1.8	3.2	5.0	1.3	0.4	0.6	1.6	3.5	4.1	8.5	.487	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.5	.639
Derrick White	82	28.3	12.4	0.6	2.9	3.6	3.9	0.7	0.9	1.2	2.2	4.3	9.2	.462	1.8	4.8	.381	2.0	2.3	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	3	18.0	9.3	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.7	2.3	3.7	8.7	.423	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000
Derrick White	20	29.7	13.4	0.7	2.3	3.0	2.1	0.6	1.0	0.9	1.9	4.7	9.2	.505	2.5	5.5	.455	1.6	1.7	.912


Season 7
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1983-84	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	72	26.3	14.7	1.5	3.3	4.8	2.6	0.3	0.4	1.9	3.5	6.1	11.3	.536	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.5	.720
Derrick White	73	32.6	15.2	0.7	3.5	4.2	5.2	1.0	1.2	1.5	2.1	5.3	11.5	.461	2.7	6.8	.396	1.9	2.1	.901

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	17	27.2	13.8	1.3	4.1	5.4	1.6	0.2	0.6	1.8	3.6	5.5	11.1	.492	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.0	.706
Derrick White	10	33.6	18.2	0.6	3.2	3.8	3.8	0.4	0.9	0.8	1.9	6.5	13.4	.485	3.7	8.5	.435	1.5	1.7	.882


Season 8
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
James Edwards	70	25.5	14.9	1.4	4.2	5.5	2.2	0.4	0.7	2.3	3.4	5.5	10.9	.501	0.0	0.0	.000	3.9	5.3	.746
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1985-86	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
James Edwards	52	25.3	16.3	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.4	0.4	0.6	2.5	3.8	6.1	11.3	.542	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	5.8	.702
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
James Edwards	14	21.7	12.0	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.4	0.4	0.5	1.1	3.0	4.1	7.9	.518	0.0	0.0	-	3.9	5.0	.771
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
James Edwards	69	24.7	11.8	1.7	4.2	6.0	1.1	0.2	0.5	1.9	3.1	4.4	9.3	.470	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	4.7	.654
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	22	14.0	6.3	1.0	2.0	3.1	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.5	2.5	2.5	5.0	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.9	.659
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
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		%
James Edwards	76	16.5	7.3	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.9	3.0	2.8	5.6	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.6	.686
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	17	18.6	7.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.7	0.1	0.5	0.9	3.1	2.4	5.0	.471	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.0	.784
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
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		%
James Edwards	82	27.8	14.5	1.4	2.8	4.2	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.6	3.6	5.6	11.3	.498	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	4.3	.749
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	20	26.8	14.3	1.2	2.4	3.6	0.7	0.3	0.6	1.6	3.7	5.7	11.6	.494	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.8	.604
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 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		%
James Edwards	72	26.4	13.6	1.3	2.6	3.8	0.9	0.2	0.4	1.8	3.5	5.3	11.0	.484	0.0	0.0	.500	3.0	4.1	.729
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	15	23.0	10.7	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.6	0.1	0.2	1.6	2.9	4.1	10.0	.407	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.7	.691
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	72	20.0	9.7	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.0	3.3	3.5	7.5	.465	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.8	.731
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	5	17.4	6.4	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.8	2.2	2.0	4.8	.417	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.8	.632
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	52	11.9	6.3	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.8	0.2	0.1	1.0	2.3	2.3	5.2	.452	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.712
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	3	4.7	2.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.3	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
James Edwards	45	10.4	4.7	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.7	2.0	1.7	3.7	.464	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.8	.684
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	28	9.5	2.7	0.4	1.2	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.6	1.1	3.0	.386	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.647
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 19
	James Edwards	Derrick White
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
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		%
James Edwards	28	9.8	3.5	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.8	2.2	1.5	3.9	.373	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.9	.615
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	6	4.7	1.8	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.7	0.7	1.5	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.750
Derrick White	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

James Edwards vs. Derrick White Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick White and James 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.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18

Season 19