Steve Alford vs. Anthony Edwards Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anthony Edwards and Steve Alford, 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.

Steve Alford and Anthony Edwards both played 4 years in the NBA. Steve Alford had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Anthony Edwards 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4
Rookie Season
	Steve Alford	Anthony Edwards
Season	1987-88	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Steve Alford	28	7.0	2.1	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.8	0.8	2.0	.382	0.0	0.3	.125	0.6	0.6	.941
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	4	3.0	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.0	.375	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Anthony Edwards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Steve Alford	Anthony Edwards
Season	1989-90	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves 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		%
Steve Alford	41	7.4	4.1	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.5	1.5	3.4	.457	0.2	0.5	.318	0.9	0.9	.946
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	3	14.0	7.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.7	6.0	.444	0.7	2.0	.333	1.7	1.7	1.000
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

Season 4
	Steve Alford	Anthony Edwards
Season	1990-91	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves 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		%
Steve Alford	34	6.9	4.4	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.3	1.7	3.4	.504	0.2	0.7	.304	0.8	0.9	.839
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Alford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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