Al Horford vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Al Horford, 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.

Al Horford played 19 years in the NBA, 9 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 10. Al Horford had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, 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
Al Horford	19	16	2007-08 to 2025-26
Karl-Anthony Towns	10	5	2015-16 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Al Horford	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2007-08	2015-16
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Al Horford	81	31.4	10.1	3.1	6.6	9.7	1.5	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.3	4.1	8.2	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.731
difference:	+1	+0.6	+8.2	+0.3	+1.1	+0.8	+0.5		+0.8	-0.5	-0.3	+3.5	+5.9	+.043	+0.4	+1.0	+.341	+0.8	+0.8	+.080
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		%
Al Horford	7	39.6	12.6	3.1	7.3	10.4	3.6	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.7	4.9	10.3	.472	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.741
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Al Horford	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2008-09	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Al Horford	67	33.5	11.5	2.2	7.1	9.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	1.5	2.8	4.7	8.9	.525	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.1	.727
difference:	+15	+3.5	+13.6	+1.4	+1.6	+3.0	+0.3	+0.1	+0.1	-1.1	-0.1	+5.1	+9.1	+.017	+1.2	+3.4		+2.1	+2.1	+.105
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		%
Al Horford	9	28.0	6.9	1.3	4.4	5.8	2.0	0.7	0.7	0.4	2.9	2.8	6.6	.424	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.0	.667
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Al Horford	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2009-10	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Al Horford	81	35.1	14.2	2.9	7.0	9.9	2.3	0.7	1.1	1.5	2.8	5.8	10.5	.551	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.3	.789
difference:	+1	+0.5	+7.1		+2.4	+2.4	+0.1	+0.1	+0.3	-0.4	-0.7	+2.0	+3.8	+.006	+1.5	+3.5		+1.6	+1.6	+.069
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		%
Al Horford	11	35.3	14.6	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.8	0.7	1.7	1.4	3.2	6.1	11.6	.523	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.4	2.8	.839
difference:	+6	+1.3	+0.6	+0.5	+3.9	+4.4	+0.4	+0.3	+0.7	-1.0	-0.4	+0.5	+0.4	+.056	+0.5	+2.1	+.727	+1.0	+1.8	+.100
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
	Al Horford	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2010-11	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Al Horford	77	35.1	15.3	2.4	7.0	9.3	3.5	0.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	6.7	12.0	.557	0.0	0.1	.500	1.9	2.4	.798
difference:		+2.0	+9.1	+1.0	+2.0	+3.1	+0.1	+0.1	+0.6	-1.6	-1.3	+2.1	+5.1	+.039	+1.8	+4.5	+.100	+3.0	+3.4	+.038
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		%
Al Horford	12	39.0	11.3	2.1	7.5	9.6	3.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.8	4.8	11.4	.423	0.0	0.2	.000	1.7	2.2	.769
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Al Horford	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2011-12	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Al Horford	11	31.6	12.4	2.4	4.6	7.0	2.2	0.9	1.3	1.5	1.9	5.2	9.4	.553	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.733
difference:	+24	+2.3	+14.1	+0.3	+3.5	+3.8	+2.2		+0.1	-1.6	-1.4	+3.8	+8.4	+.045	+3.3	+7.8	+.412	+3.1	+3.8	+.063
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		%
Al Horford	3	36.0	15.3	1.7	6.7	8.3	2.7	1.3	1.3	4.0	3.7	6.7	11.3	.588	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Al Horford	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2012-13	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Al Horford	74	37.2	17.4	2.6	7.6	10.2	3.2	1.1	1.1	2.0	2.2	7.8	14.3	.543	0.0	0.1	.500	1.8	2.8	.644
difference:	+24	+3.4	+7.4	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+1.3	+0.3		-1.2	-1.5	+0.7	+3.2	+.057	+2.4	+6.2	+.113	+3.5	+3.4	+.215
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		%
Al Horford	6	36.3	16.7	2.0	6.8	8.8	3.0	1.0	0.8	1.5	2.8	6.8	13.8	.494	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.5	.667
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Al Horford	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	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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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Al Horford	29	33.0	18.6	2.3	6.1	8.4	2.6	0.9	1.5	2.2	1.9	8.2	14.5	.567	0.1	0.4	.364	2.0	2.9	.682
difference:	+45	+0.5	+6.0	+0.3	+1.1	+1.4	+1.0	+0.1	+0.4	-0.9	-1.7	+0.5	+1.9	+.038	+1.9	+4.5	+.046	+3.2	+3.4	+.140
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		%
Al Horford	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Al Horford	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Al Horford	76	30.5	15.2	1.7	5.4	7.2	3.2	0.9	1.3	1.3	1.6	6.8	12.7	.538	0.1	0.5	.306	1.4	1.9	.759
difference:	+47	+2.5	+5.6		+1.1	+0.9	+1.6	+0.2	+0.7	-1.7	-2.2	+0.5	+2.1	+.043	+2.0	+5.2	+.060	+2.7	+2.8	+.115
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		%
Al Horford	16	32.6	14.4	2.5	6.1	8.6	3.7	0.8	1.4	1.6	2.1	6.7	13.2	.507	0.1	0.6	.222	0.9	1.3	.750
difference:	+11	+3.4	+3.8	+1.3	+2.9	+1.6	+1.7	+0.2	+0.6	-2.0	-2.1	+0.3	+0.8	+.050	+1.1	+4.2	+.028	+3.3	+4.3
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
	Al Horford	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Al Horford	82	32.1	15.2	1.8	5.5	7.3	3.2	0.8	1.5	1.3	2.0	6.5	12.8	.505	1.1	3.1	.344	1.3	1.6	.798
difference:	+20	+0.6	+6.6	+0.3	+1.3	+1.0	+0.2	+0.1	+0.8	-1.6	-1.3	+1.2	+2.5	+.001	+1.1	+2.2	+.072	+2.8	+3.1	+.075
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		%
Al Horford	10	32.7	13.4	1.3	5.2	6.5	3.1	1.2	2.4	1.7	2.5	5.4	11.6	.466	1.1	2.8	.393	1.5	1.6	.938
difference:	+6	+0.1	+5.7	+0.9	+1.6	+2.5	+0.5	+0.4	+2.2		-0.9	+1.4	+2.9		+0.8	+2.4	+.032	+2.2	+2.7	+.083
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
	Al Horford	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2016-17	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Al Horford	68	32.3	14.0	1.4	5.4	6.8	5.0	0.8	1.3	1.7	2.0	5.6	11.8	.473	1.3	3.6	.355	1.6	2.0	.800
difference:	+4	+2.7	+10.4	+1.5	+4.4	+6.0	+1.9	+0.2	+0.6	-1.0	-1.5	+3.3	+5.1	+.053	+0.7	+1.1	+.065	+3.1	+3.7	+.029
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		%
Al Horford	18	33.9	15.1	1.7	4.8	6.6	5.4	0.8	0.8	1.8	1.8	6.2	10.6	.584	1.5	2.9	.519	1.2	1.6	.759
difference:		+1.6	+6.3	+0.4	+4.7	+5.0	+4.1	+0.1	+0.1	-0.4	-2.5	+1.5	+5.2	+.096	+0.1	+1.2	+.168	+3.4	+3.8	+.086
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


Additional Years
* Al Horford played 9 seasons more than Karl-Anthony Towns in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 19, from 2018 to 2026—Al Horford played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 9 extra years over Karl-Anthony Towns, Al Horford got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game

Al Horford vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Al Horford, 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

Additional Years