Brandin Podziemski vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

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

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.

Brandin Podziemski played 3 years in the NBA, 7 less than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 10. Brandin Podziemski had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, 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.

Rookie Season
	Brandin Podziemski	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Golden State Warriors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Brandin Podziemski	74	26.6	9.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	3.7	0.8	0.2	1.2	1.6	3.7	8.1	.454	1.2	3.2	.385	0.7	1.1	.633
difference:	+8	+5.4	+9.1	+1.2	+3.5	+4.7	+1.7	+0.1	+1.5	-1.0	-1.4	+3.9	+6.0	+.088	+0.8	+2.1	+.044	+2.0	+2.3	+.178
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 Brandin Podziemski nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Brandin Podziemski	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2025-26	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	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		%
Brandin Podziemski	1	33.0	7.0	1.0	6.0	7.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	7.0	.429	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+81	+2.6	+14.3	+1.9	+3.4	+5.3	+0.4	+0.2	+1.4	-0.9	-1.5	+4.8	+7.3	+.116	+0.5	+0.5	+.171	+4.2	+4.9
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		%
Brandin Podziemski	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

Additional Years
* Karl-Anthony Towns played 7 seasons more than Brandin Podziemski 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 Brandin Podziemski, Karl-Anthony Towns got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game