Bennedict Mathurin vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Bennedict Mathurin, 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 / 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.

Bennedict Mathurin played 3 years in the NBA, 7 less than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 10. Bennedict Mathurin had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, 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
Bennedict Mathurin 3 1 2022-23 to 2024-25
Karl-Anthony Towns 10 5 2015-16 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Bennedict Mathurin Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 2022-232015-16
Team Indiana PacersMinnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards -Achievement Rookie of the Year
Achievement All-Rookie First TeamAchievement All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Bennedict Mathurin 78 28.5 16.7 1.1 3.0 4.1 1.5 0.6 0.2 1.9 2.1 5.3 12.2 .434 1.3 4.0 .323 4.8 5.8 .828
difference:+4+3.5+1.6+1.7+4.7+6.4+0.5+0.1+1.5-0.3-0.9+2.3+1.9+.108+0.9+2.9+.018+2.1+2.4+.017
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 Bennedict Mathurin nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2

Bennedict Mathurin Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 2023-242016-17
Team Indiana PacersMinnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Bennedict Mathurin 59 26.1 14.5 1.0 2.9 4.0 2.0 0.6 0.2 1.6 2.0 5.0 11.2 .446 1.4 3.6 .374 3.1 3.8 .821
difference:+23+10.9+10.6+2.6+5.8+8.3+0.7+0.1+1.1-1.0-0.9+4.8+6.8+.096+0.2+0.2+.007+1.2+1.4+.011
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 Bennedict Mathurin nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3

Bennedict Mathurin Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 2024-252017-18
Team Indiana PacersMinnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Third Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Pacers Lost NBA FinalsTimberwolves 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 TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Bennedict Mathurin 72 29.8 16.1 1.2 4.1 5.3 1.9 0.7 0.3 1.9 2.3 5.4 11.8 .458 1.4 4.0 .340 3.8 4.6 .831
difference:+10+5.8+5.2+1.7+5.3+7.0+0.5+0.1+1.1-1.2+2.4+2.5+.087+0.1+0.5+.081+0.4+0.3+.027
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 TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Bennedict Mathurin 22 17.5 11.0 1.2 2.1 3.3 0.9 0.4 0.3 1.2 1.9 3.1 6.7 .459 0.8 2.7 .300 4.0 4.7 .864
difference:+17+16.5+4.2+1.8+8.3+10.1+1.3+0.7-1.2-0.9+2.5+5.3+.008+0.2+0.5+.027+0.6+0.1+.125
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

Additional Years

* Karl-Anthony Towns played 7 seasons more than Bennedict Mathurin in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 4 to 10, from 2019 to 2025—Karl-Anthony Towns played in 4 Playoffs.

In those 7 extra years over Bennedict Mathurin, Karl-Anthony Towns got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 2 All-NBA Third Team
Achievement 4 All-Star Game