Boris Diaw vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Boris Diaw, 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.

Boris Diaw played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 9. Boris Diaw had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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
Boris Diaw	14	10	2003-04 to 2016-17
Karl-Anthony Towns	9	4	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Boris Diaw	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2003-04	2015-16
Team	Atlanta Hawks	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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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	76	25.3	4.5	1.5	3.0	4.5	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.7	2.5	1.8	4.1	.447	0.1	0.3	.231	0.7	1.2	.602
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		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Boris Diaw	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2004-05	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	66	18.2	4.8	0.8	1.8	2.6	2.3	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.9	1.9	4.5	.422	0.1	0.8	.180	0.9	1.2	.740
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		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Boris Diaw	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2005-06	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	81	35.5	13.3	2.0	4.9	6.9	6.2	0.7	1.0	2.3	3.2	5.5	10.5	.526	0.1	0.4	.267	2.1	2.9	.731
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		%
Boris Diaw	20	39.8	18.7	2.0	4.7	6.7	5.2	0.9	1.1	2.8	3.2	7.6	14.5	.526	0.2	0.4	.429	3.4	4.4	.761
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
	Boris Diaw	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2006-07	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	73	31.1	9.7	1.2	3.1	4.3	4.8	0.4	0.5	2.1	2.4	4.2	7.8	.538	0.2	0.6	.333	1.1	1.6	.683
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		%
Boris Diaw	10	23.5	6.6	1.3	1.9	3.2	3.0	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.8	2.8	5.9	.475	0.0	0.6	.000	1.0	1.5	.667
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Boris Diaw	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	82	28.1	8.8	1.2	3.4	4.6	3.9	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.0	3.8	7.9	.477	0.2	0.5	.317	1.2	1.6	.744
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		%
Boris Diaw	5	35.6	14.6	1.4	4.2	5.6	4.6	0.6	0.8	2.2	4.4	7.0	12.8	.547	0.0	1.4	.000	0.6	1.2	.500
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Boris Diaw	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Bobcats	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	81	34.0	13.2	1.5	3.9	5.3	4.1	0.8	0.7	2.7	2.5	5.5	10.9	.507	0.9	2.2	.414	1.2	1.8	.687
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		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Boris Diaw	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2009-10	2021-22
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bobcats Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	82	35.4	11.3	1.6	3.6	5.2	4.0	0.7	0.7	2.2	2.7	4.5	9.4	.483	0.8	2.5	.320	1.4	1.8	.769
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		%
Boris Diaw	4	38.0	7.5	1.8	3.3	5.0	4.0	0.3	0.8	3.0	2.8	3.5	7.0	.500	0.3	2.3	.111	0.3	0.5	.500
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
	Boris Diaw	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	82	33.9	11.3	1.3	3.8	5.0	4.1	0.9	0.6	2.0	2.3	4.6	9.4	.492	1.0	2.8	.345	1.0	1.5	.683
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		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Boris Diaw	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	Charlotte Bobcats, San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	Timberwolves TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	57	25.0	6.4	1.2	3.7	4.9	3.6	0.6	0.4	2.0	2.2	2.7	6.2	.444	0.5	1.7	.313	0.4	0.6	.629
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		%
Boris Diaw	14	24.7	6.2	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.1	2.6	5.0	.514	0.6	1.3	.500	0.4	0.6	.750
Karl-Anthony Towns	10	31.7	18.4	2.0	7.0	9.0	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.7	3.8	6.7	13.1	.511	2.1	4.4	.477	2.9	3.6	.806


Season 10
	Boris Diaw	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2012-13	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	75	22.8	5.8	0.9	2.5	3.4	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.1	1.9	2.4	4.4	.539	0.4	1.0	.385	0.6	0.9	.723
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	16	17.1	4.1	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.8	1.8	1.5	3.4	.444	0.3	0.8	.385	0.8	0.9	.857
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Boris Diaw	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2013-14	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	79	25.0	9.1	0.9	3.2	4.1	2.8	0.6	0.4	1.5	1.8	3.8	7.3	.521	0.6	1.4	.402	0.9	1.2	.739
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	23	26.3	9.2	1.1	3.7	4.8	3.4	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.9	3.5	7.0	.500	0.8	2.0	.400	1.4	2.1	.688
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Boris Diaw	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2014-15	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	81	24.5	8.7	1.0	3.3	4.3	2.9	0.4	0.3	1.6	1.8	3.6	7.8	.460	0.7	2.1	.320	0.9	1.1	.774
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	7	28.3	11.6	1.9	4.3	6.1	3.6	0.7	0.4	1.3	3.4	4.9	10.1	.479	0.6	2.6	.222	1.3	1.9	.692
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Boris Diaw	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2015-16	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	76	18.2	6.4	0.8	2.3	3.1	2.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	5.0	.527	0.3	0.9	.362	0.7	1.0	.737
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	9	17.7	5.2	0.2	1.9	2.1	2.3	0.2	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.3	5.1	.457	0.2	0.7	.333	0.3	0.4	.750
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Boris Diaw	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	73	17.6	4.6	0.6	1.5	2.2	2.3	0.2	0.1	1.2	1.1	2.0	4.5	.446	0.3	1.1	.247	0.4	0.5	.743
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	11	18.5	5.7	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.0	0.6	0.4	1.3	1.1	2.2	4.4	.500	0.5	1.3	.429	0.8	0.9	.900
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Boris Diaw vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Boris Diaw, 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

Season 14