Cameron Johnson vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Cameron Johnson, 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.

Cameron Johnson played 6 years in the NBA, 4 less than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 10. Cameron Johnson had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Cameron Johnson	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2019-20	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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		%
Cameron Johnson	57	22.0	8.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.5	3.1	7.1	.435	1.9	4.8	.390	0.8	1.0	.807
difference:	+25	+10.0	+9.5	+1.9	+5.3	+7.2	+0.8	+0.1	+1.3	-1.6	-1.5	+4.5	+7.0	+.107	+1.5	+3.7	+.049	+1.9	+2.4	+.004
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 Cameron Johnson nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Cameron Johnson	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2021-22	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Cameron Johnson	66	26.2	12.5	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.5	0.9	0.2	0.7	1.7	4.2	9.2	.460	2.5	5.9	.425	1.5	1.7	.860
difference:	+16	+9.4	+8.8	+2.3	+5.9	+8.2	+0.9	+0.1	+1.2	-1.2	-1.8	+3.6	+5.1	+.085	+1.0	+2.4	+.004	+2.7	+3.2	+.002
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		%
Cameron Johnson	13	24.6	10.8	0.7	2.8	3.5	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.9	2.4	3.5	7.6	.465	1.7	4.5	.373	2.0	2.5	.813
difference:	+8	+9.4	+4.4	+2.3	+7.6	+9.9	+0.7		+0.9	-1.5	-0.4	+2.1	+4.4	+.002	+1.1	+2.3	+.100	+1.4	+2.1	+.074
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
	Cameron Johnson	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns, Brooklyn Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Cameron Johnson	42	28.6	15.5	0.8	3.6	4.4	1.9	1.2	0.3	0.9	2.0	5.3	11.3	.470	2.5	6.1	.404	2.4	2.9	.842
difference:	+35	+4.5	+8.9	+2.6	+5.4	+8.0	+1.5	+0.3	+1.3	-2.2	-1.8	+3.5	+5.8	+.048	+0.7	+1.5	+.004	+2.5	+2.9	+.006
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		%
Cameron Johnson	4	38.0	18.5	0.8	5.0	5.8	2.8	0.8	0.3	1.3	2.5	7.0	13.8	.509	3.0	7.0	.429	1.5	1.8	.857
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Karl-Anthony Towns played 4 seasons more than Cameron Johnson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 10, from 2022 to 2025—Karl-Anthony Towns played in 4 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Cameron Johnson, Karl-Anthony Towns got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Star Game