James Edwards vs. Tyrese Haliburton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyrese Haliburton 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.

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, 15 more than Tyrese Haliburton, who played 4. James Edwards had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Tyrese Haliburton had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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
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Rookie Season
	James Edwards	Tyrese Haliburton
Season	1977-78	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Indiana Pacers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
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
Tyrese Haliburton	58	30.1	13.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.5	1.6	1.4	5.0	10.7	.472	2.1	5.1	.409	0.8	1.0	.857
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyrese Haliburton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	James Edwards	Tyrese Haliburton
Season	1979-80	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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
Tyrese Haliburton	56	33.6	20.7	0.6	3.1	3.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	2.5	1.2	7.4	15.0	.490	2.9	7.2	.400	3.1	3.6	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyrese Haliburton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	James Edwards	Tyrese Haliburton
Season	1980-81	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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	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
Tyrese Haliburton	69	32.2	20.1	0.5	3.4	3.9	10.9	1.2	0.7	2.3	1.1	7.2	15.2	.477	2.8	7.8	.364	2.8	3.3	.855
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	-
Tyrese Haliburton	14	35.3	19.3	0.9	4.0	4.9	8.2	1.3	0.7	2.2	1.0	7.2	14.8	.488	3.6	9.6	.381	1.2	1.4	.850

Season 12
	James Edwards	Tyrese Haliburton
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
Tyrese Haliburton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Tyrese Haliburton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	James Edwards	Tyrese Haliburton
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
Tyrese Haliburton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Tyrese Haliburton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 19
	James Edwards	Tyrese Haliburton
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
Tyrese Haliburton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Tyrese Haliburton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-