Anthony Edwards breaks former teammate’s franchise record in Timberwolves victory

Despite his success in recent seasons, the Minnesota Timberwolves’ The story isn’t much to look at. For example, the team has exited the first round of the playoffs twice in its 36-year existence.

It hasn’t taken long for guard Anthony Edwards to challenge that narrative.

In five years with the Timberwolves, Edwards has improved his scoring average each year, from 19.3 points per game as a rookie in 2021 to 26.2 per game in 2025. On Saturday, he took his vision of history one step further, slashing an impressive record. franchise at the age of 23.

With a three-pointer logo in Minnesota’s dominant 133-104 win over the Denver NuggetsEdwards passed to former teammate and current New York Knicks Karl-Anthony Towns center to become the Timberwolves’ all-time leader in three-pointers made.

The cities had made three threes with Minnesota, and Edwards now owns 976. Forward Andrew Wiggins (2015 to ’20), center and forward Naz Reid (’20 to present), and guard D’Angelo Russell (’20) 20 to ’23) round outside the top five.

If he stays with the Timberwolves long-term, few Timberwolves records seem out of bounds for one of the game’s brightest young stars.