Anthony Edwards (basketball)

Anthony Edwards
	Edwards with the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2021
No. 5 – Minnesota Timberwolves
Position	Shooting guard
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	August 5, 2001 (age 23); Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school	Therrell (Atlanta, Georgia); Holy Spirit Prep (Atlanta, Georgia);
College	Georgia (2019–2020)
NBA draft	2020: 1st round, 1st overall pick
	Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves
Playing career	2020–present
Career history
2020–present	Minnesota Timberwolves
Career highlights and awards
	3× NBA All-Star (2023–2025); All-NBA Second Team (2024); NBA All-Rookie First Team (2021); Second-team All-SEC (2020); SEC Rookie of the Year (2020); McDonald's All-American (2019);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games

Anthony Edwards (born August 5, 2001), nicknamed "Ant-Man" or simply "Ant",^[1] is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A shooting guard, Edwards played college basketball for the Georgia Bulldogs and was selected with the first overall pick by the Timberwolves in the 2020 NBA draft. He is a three-time NBA All-Star and won a gold medal on the 2024 U.S. Olympic team.

Edwards finished his high school career at Holy Spirit Preparatory School in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, where he was rated a consensus five-star recruit and one of the best players in the 2019 class by major recruiting services. As a senior, he earned McDonald's All-American and USA Today All-USA first team honors. He committed to play college basketball for Georgia, becoming the highest-rated recruit to do so, and was named SEC Freshman of the Year after his freshman season with the team.