Aaron Gordon vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Aaron Gordon, 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 / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Aaron Gordon played 12 years in the NBA, 1 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 11. Aaron Gordon had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Karl-Anthony Towns had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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 achievements, 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
Aaron Gordon	12	6	2014-15 to 2025-26
Karl-Anthony Towns	11	5	2015-16 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Aaron Gordon	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2014-15	2015-16
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	47	17.0	5.2	1.0	2.6	3.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.0	4.4	.447	0.3	1.0	.271	0.9	1.3	.721
difference:	+35	+15.0	+13.1	+1.8	+5.1	+6.9	+1.3	+0.3	+1.2	-1.4	-1.2	+5.6	+9.7	+.095	+0.1	+0.1	+.070	+1.8	+2.1	+.090
Karl-Anthony Towns	82	32.0	18.3	2.8	7.7	10.5	2.0	0.7	1.7	2.2	3.0	7.6	14.1	.542	0.4	1.1	.341	2.7	3.4	.811

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Aaron Gordon nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Aaron Gordon	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2015-16	2016-17
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	78	23.9	9.2	2.0	4.5	6.5	1.6	0.8	0.7	0.8	2.0	3.5	7.4	.473	0.5	1.8	.296	1.7	2.5	.668
difference:	+4	+13.1	+15.9	+1.6	+4.2	+5.8	+1.1	+0.1	+0.6	-1.8	-0.9	+6.3	+10.6	+.069	+0.7	+1.6	+.071	+2.6	+2.7	+.164
Karl-Anthony Towns	82	37.0	25.1	3.6	8.7	12.3	2.7	0.7	1.3	2.6	2.9	9.8	18.0	.542	1.2	3.4	.367	4.3	5.2	.832

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Aaron Gordon nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Aaron Gordon	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2016-17	2017-18
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	80	28.7	12.7	1.5	3.6	5.1	1.9	0.8	0.5	1.1	2.2	4.9	10.8	.454	1.0	3.3	.288	2.0	2.7	.719
difference:	+2	+6.9	+8.6	+1.4	+5.8	+7.2	+0.5		+0.9	-0.8	-1.3	+2.9	+3.5	+.091	+0.5	+0.2	+.133	+2.2	+2.2	+.139
Karl-Anthony Towns	82	35.6	21.3	2.9	9.4	12.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	1.9	3.5	7.8	14.3	.545	1.5	3.5	.421	4.2	4.9	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	5	34.0	15.2	3.0	10.4	13.4	2.2	0.4	1.0	2.4	2.8	5.6	12.0	.467	0.6	2.2	.273	3.4	4.6	.739


Season 4
	Aaron Gordon	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2017-18	2018-19
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	58	32.9	17.6	1.5	6.4	7.9	2.3	1.0	0.8	1.8	1.9	6.5	14.9	.434	2.0	5.9	.336	2.7	3.9	.698
difference:	+19	+0.2	+6.8	+1.9	+2.6	+4.5	+1.1	+0.1	+0.8	-1.3	-1.9	+2.3	+2.2	+.084	+0.2	+1.3	+.064	+2.2	+1.9	+.138
Karl-Anthony Towns	77	33.1	24.4	3.4	9.0	12.4	3.4	0.9	1.6	3.1	3.8	8.8	17.1	.518	1.8	4.6	.400	4.9	5.8	.836

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Aaron Gordon nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Aaron Gordon	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	78	33.8	16.0	1.7	5.7	7.4	3.7	0.7	0.7	2.1	2.2	6.0	13.4	.449	1.6	4.4	.349	2.4	3.2	.731
difference:	+43	+0.1	+10.5	+1.0	+2.4	+3.4	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5	-1.0	-1.1	+3.0	+4.4	+.059	+1.7	+3.5	+.063	+2.7	+3.3	+.065
Karl-Anthony Towns	35	33.9	26.5	2.7	8.1	10.8	4.4	0.9	1.2	3.1	3.3	9.0	17.8	.508	3.3	7.9	.412	5.1	6.5	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	5	32.8	15.2	2.2	5.0	7.2	3.6	1.2	0.2	2.6	3.2	5.8	12.4	.468	1.6	4.0	.400	2.0	3.8	.526
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Aaron Gordon	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2019-20	2020-21
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	62	32.5	14.4	1.7	5.9	7.7	3.7	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.0	5.4	12.4	.437	1.2	3.8	.308	2.4	3.6	.674
difference:	+12	+1.3	+10.4	+1.0	+2.0	+2.9	+0.8		+0.5	-1.6	-1.7	+3.1	+5.1	+.049	+1.2	+2.5	+.079	+2.9	+2.6	+.185
Karl-Anthony Towns	50	33.8	24.8	2.7	7.9	10.6	4.5	0.8	1.1	3.2	3.7	8.5	17.5	.486	2.4	6.3	.387	5.3	6.2	.859

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Aaron Gordon nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Aaron Gordon	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	50	27.7	12.4	1.5	4.1	5.7	3.2	0.7	0.7	1.9	1.8	4.6	10.0	.463	1.2	3.5	.335	1.9	3.0	.651
difference:	+24	+5.8	+12.2	+1.1	+3.1	+4.1	+0.4	+0.3	+0.4	-1.2	-1.8	+4.1	+6.4	+.066	+0.8	+1.4	+.075	+3.3	+3.3	+.171
Karl-Anthony Towns	74	33.5	24.6	2.6	7.2	9.8	3.6	1.0	1.1	3.1	3.6	8.7	16.4	.529	2.0	4.9	.410	5.2	6.3	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	10	29.9	11.1	2.1	3.3	5.4	2.0	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.3	4.3	9.9	.434	0.9	2.3	.391	1.6	2.5	.640
difference:	+4	+7.1	+10.7	+0.3	+5.7	+5.4	+0.2	+0.2	+1.7	-3.1	-1.9	+2.2	+3.4	+.054	+0.8	+1.4	+.064	+5.6	+5.8	+.220
Karl-Anthony Towns	6	37.0	21.8	1.8	9.0	10.8	2.2	0.7	2.0	4.5	4.2	6.5	13.3	.488	1.7	3.7	.455	7.2	8.3	.860


Season 8
	Aaron Gordon	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	75	31.7	15.0	1.7	4.2	5.9	2.5	0.6	0.6	1.8	2.0	5.8	11.1	.520	1.2	3.5	.335	2.3	3.1	.743
difference:	+46	+1.3	+5.8		+2.3	+2.2	+2.3	+0.1		-1.2	-1.8	+1.5	+3.7	+.025	+0.9	+2.2	+.031	+1.8	+1.6	+.131
Karl-Anthony Towns	29	33.0	20.8	1.7	6.5	8.1	4.8	0.7	0.6	3.0	3.8	7.3	14.8	.495	2.1	5.7	.366	4.1	4.7	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	5	32.0	13.8	3.6	3.6	7.2	2.6	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	4.6	10.8	.426	0.6	3.0	.200	4.0	5.6	.714
difference:		+4.0	+4.4	+2.4	+5.4	+3.0	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	-2.0	-1.4	+1.8	+3.2	+.031	+0.6	+1.8	+.050	+0.2		+.036
Karl-Anthony Towns	5	36.0	18.2	1.2	9.0	10.2	2.0	0.6	0.8	3.6	4.2	6.4	14.0	.457	1.2	4.8	.250	4.2	5.6	.750


Season 9
	Aaron Gordon	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	68	30.2	16.3	2.4	4.1	6.6	3.0	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.9	6.3	11.2	.564	0.9	2.5	.347	2.8	4.6	.608
difference:	+6	+2.5	+5.5	+0.9	+2.7	+1.7		+0.1	+0.1	-1.5	-1.4	+1.4	+4.1	+.060	+1.3	+2.8	+.069	+1.3	+0.1	+.265
Karl-Anthony Towns	62	32.7	21.8	1.5	6.8	8.3	3.0	0.7	0.7	2.9	3.3	7.7	15.3	.504	2.2	5.3	.416	4.1	4.7	.873

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	20	35.7	13.3	2.5	3.6	6.0	2.6	0.6	0.7	1.0	2.9	5.1	9.8	.518	0.9	2.3	.391	2.3	3.5	.652
difference:	+4	+3.1	+5.8	+0.3	+3.2	+3.0		+0.2	+0.5	-0.7	-0.5	+1.7	+4.7	+.052	+1.0	+2.9	+.030	+1.4	+0.8	+.203
Karl-Anthony Towns	16	32.6	19.1	2.2	6.8	9.0	2.6	0.8	0.2	1.7	3.4	6.8	14.5	.466	1.9	5.2	.361	3.7	4.3	.855


Season 10
	Aaron Gordon	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	73	31.5	13.9	2.4	4.1	6.5	3.5	0.8	0.6	1.4	1.9	5.5	9.8	.556	0.5	1.9	.290	2.4	3.7	.658
difference:	+1	+3.5	+10.5	+0.5	+5.7	+6.3	+0.4	+0.2	+0.1	-1.3	-1.6	+3.4	+7.1	+.030	+1.5	+2.8	+.130	+2.3	+2.0	+.171
Karl-Anthony Towns	72	35.0	24.4	2.9	9.8	12.8	3.1	1.0	0.7	2.7	3.5	8.9	16.9	.526	2.0	4.7	.420	4.7	5.7	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	12	37.1	14.3	3.0	4.3	7.3	4.4	0.8	0.6	1.5	2.3	5.8	9.8	.585	0.9	2.3	.407	1.9	2.3	.821
difference:	+6	+1.6	+7.1	+0.9	+5.2	+4.3	+3.1	+0.1	+0.1	-0.7	-2.0	+1.9	+6.0	+.097	+0.5	+1.8	+.056	+2.7	+3.1	+.024
Karl-Anthony Towns	18	35.5	21.4	2.1	9.5	11.6	1.3	0.7	0.7	2.2	4.3	7.7	15.8	.488	1.4	4.1	.351	4.6	5.4	.845


Season 11
	Aaron Gordon	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2024-25	2025-26
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	51	28.4	14.7	1.6	3.3	4.8	3.2	0.5	0.3	1.4	1.6	5.2	9.7	.531	1.5	3.4	.436	2.8	3.5	.810
difference:	+47	+5.4	+2.3	+1.7	+7.0	+8.7	+1.2	+0.3	+0.7	-2.1	-2.4	+0.4	+3.8	+.179	+0.3	+1.9	+.103	+3.0	+3.3	+.042
Karl-Anthony Towns	4	33.8	17.0	3.3	10.3	13.5	2.0	0.8	1.0	3.5	4.0	4.8	13.5	.352	1.8	5.3	.333	5.8	6.8	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Gordon	14	37.3	16.2	3.6	4.0	7.6	2.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.4	5.8	11.9	.485	1.6	4.1	.379	3.1	3.6	.860
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Aaron Gordon played 1 season more than Karl-Anthony Towns in the NBA.

In that period—his season 12 in 2026—Aaron Gordon didn't play in the postseason.

Aaron Gordon vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Aaron Gordon, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years