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

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Aaron McKie, 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.

Aaron McKie played 13 years in the NBA, 4 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 9. Aaron McKie had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, 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 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
Aaron McKie	13	10	1994-95 to 2006-07
Karl-Anthony Towns	9	4	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Aaron McKie	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1994-95	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	45	18.4	6.5	0.8	2.1	2.9	2.0	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.2	2.6	5.8	.444	0.2	0.6	.393	1.1	1.6	.685
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	3	11.3	5.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.7	4.7	.571	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Aaron McKie	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1995-96	2016-17
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	81	27.9	10.7	1.1	2.7	3.8	2.5	1.1	0.3	1.7	2.5	4.2	8.9	.467	0.5	1.4	.325	1.9	2.5	.764
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	5	26.8	6.2	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.8	2.6	2.2	6.0	.367	0.4	1.6	.250	1.4	1.8	.778
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Aaron McKie	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1996-97	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	83	19.6	5.2	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.9	0.9	0.3	1.1	1.6	1.8	4.4	.411	0.5	1.2	.398	1.1	1.3	.836
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 McKie	5	19.2	3.0	0.2	1.8	2.0	2.0	1.2	0.4	0.6	2.4	1.4	4.0	.350	0.2	1.0	.200	0.0	0.0	-
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 McKie	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1997-98	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons, Philadelphia 76ers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	81	22.4	4.1	0.7	2.1	2.9	2.2	1.2	0.2	0.9	2.0	1.7	4.7	.365	0.1	0.8	.190	0.5	0.7	.764
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Aaron McKie	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1998-99	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	50	19.2	4.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	2.0	1.3	0.1	1.1	1.8	1.9	4.7	.401	0.1	0.6	.194	0.9	1.2	.710
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 McKie	6	16.3	3.3	0.7	1.8	2.5	1.8	0.7	0.0	0.2	2.8	1.2	3.8	.304	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.2	.857
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Aaron McKie	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1999-00	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	82	23.8	8.0	0.6	2.4	3.0	2.9	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.4	3.0	7.2	.411	0.5	1.5	.364	1.5	1.8	.829
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	10	33.2	13.8	0.4	3.2	3.6	4.6	0.4	0.2	1.6	2.6	5.0	10.3	.485	1.2	3.5	.343	2.6	3.1	.839
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Aaron McKie	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2000-01	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Sixth Man of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	76	31.5	11.6	0.4	3.7	4.1	5.0	1.4	0.1	2.7	2.3	4.4	9.4	.473	0.7	2.2	.312	2.0	2.6	.768
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 McKie	23	38.7	14.6	1.0	4.1	5.2	5.3	1.5	0.1	2.0	2.9	5.4	13.1	.415	1.2	2.8	.422	2.6	3.3	.787
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 McKie	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2001-02	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	48	30.6	12.2	0.5	3.5	4.0	3.7	1.2	0.3	1.9	1.5	4.6	10.2	.449	1.1	2.7	.398	2.0	2.5	.787
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 McKie	5	29.4	10.6	0.4	3.2	3.6	2.4	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.4	4.0	9.2	.435	1.2	3.2	.375	1.4	2.0	.700
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 McKie	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2002-03	2023-24
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Timberwolves TBD

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	80	29.7	9.0	0.8	3.6	4.4	3.5	1.6	0.1	1.4	2.2	3.6	8.3	.429	0.5	1.4	.330	1.4	1.7	.836
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 McKie	12	26.5	7.8	0.4	3.2	3.6	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.6	3.2	5.9	.535	0.4	0.8	.556	1.0	1.2	.857
Karl-Anthony Towns	9	32.0	19.3	1.8	6.8	8.6	2.7	0.7	0.2	1.8	3.9	7.0	13.4	.521	2.3	4.4	.525	3.0	3.8	.794


Season 10
	Aaron McKie	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	75	28.2	9.2	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.6	1.1	0.3	1.4	1.9	3.5	7.7	.459	1.0	2.3	.436	1.1	1.5	.757
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Aaron McKie	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	68	16.4	2.2	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.7	0.9	2.1	.430	0.3	0.9	.323	0.1	0.2	.625
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	5	16.8	1.4	0.2	2.2	2.4	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.2	1.8	0.6	1.4	.429	0.2	0.6	.333	0.0	0.0	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Aaron McKie	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	14	8.6	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.9	.250	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.1	.500
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	1	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Aaron McKie	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	10	13.1	2.2	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.4	1.1	1.7	.647	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron McKie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Aaron McKie, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13