RJ Barrett vs. James Edwards Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Edwards and RJ Barrett, 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.

RJ Barrett played 5 years in the NBA, 14 less than James Edwards, who played 19. RJ Barrett had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while James Edwards had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
RJ Barrett	5	2	2019-20 to 2023-24
James Edwards	19	11	1977-78 to 1995-96

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
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
Season	2019-20	1977-78
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers, Indiana Pacers
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		%
RJ Barrett	56	30.4	14.3	0.9	4.1	5.0	2.6	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.2	5.2	13.0	.402	1.1	3.5	.320	2.8	4.5	.614
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

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


Season 2
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
Season	2020-21	1978-79
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
RJ Barrett	72	34.9	17.6	0.9	4.8	5.8	3.0	0.7	0.3	1.9	2.6	6.5	14.7	.441	1.7	4.3	.401	2.9	3.8	.746
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	5	32.4	14.4	0.8	6.4	7.2	3.0	0.8	0.4	0.4	2.2	5.2	13.4	.388	1.6	5.6	.286	2.4	3.0	.800
James Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
Season	2021-22	1979-80
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
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		%
RJ Barrett	70	34.5	20.0	0.9	4.9	5.8	3.0	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.0	7.0	17.1	.408	2.0	5.8	.342	4.1	5.8	.714
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

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


Season 4
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
Season	2022-23	1980-81
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East 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		%
RJ Barrett	73	33.9	19.6	0.8	4.2	5.0	2.8	0.4	0.2	2.2	2.5	7.0	16.1	.434	1.7	5.3	.310	4.0	5.4	.740
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	11	34.3	19.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	2.8	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.3	6.5	14.9	.433	1.8	5.5	.328	4.5	5.9	.769
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	-


Season 5
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
Season	2023-24	1981-82
Team	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
RJ Barrett	58	31.7	20.2	0.9	4.5	5.4	3.3	0.5	0.4	2.2	2.2	7.5	15.2	.495	1.6	4.3	.360	3.6	5.0	.715
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

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


Season 6
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
Season	-	1982-83
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns 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		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 7
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns Lost West 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		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 8
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
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		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

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


Season 9
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
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		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

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


Season 10
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
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		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

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


Season 11
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
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		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
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		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 13
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
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		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 14
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
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		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 15
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
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		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 16
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
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		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-


Season 17
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
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		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

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


Season 18
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
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		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-


Season 19
	RJ Barrett	James Edwards
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		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
RJ Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

RJ Barrett vs. James Edwards Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Edwards and RJ Barrett, 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