Chauncey Billups vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Chauncey Billups, 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

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.

Chauncey Billups played 17 years in the NBA, 7 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 10. Chauncey Billups had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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
Chauncey Billups	17	12	1997-98 to 2013-14
Karl-Anthony Towns	10	5	2015-16 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10


Rookie Season
	Chauncey Billups	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1997-98	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors	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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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	80	27.7	11.2	0.8	1.6	2.4	3.9	1.3	0.1	2.2	2.2	3.5	9.4	.374	1.3	4.1	.329	2.8	3.3	.850
difference:	+2	+4.3	+7.1	+2.0	+6.1	+8.1	+1.9	+0.6	+1.6		-0.8	+4.1	+4.7	+.168	+0.9	+3.0	+.012	+0.1	+0.1	+.039
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 Chauncey Billups nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Chauncey Billups	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1998-99	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Chauncey Billups	45	33.1	13.9	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.8	1.3	0.3	2.2	2.6	4.2	11.0	.386	1.9	5.2	.362	3.5	3.8	.913
difference:	+37	+3.9	+11.2	+3.1	+7.1	+10.2	+1.1	+0.6	+1.0	-0.4	-0.3	+5.6	+7.0	+.156	+0.7	+1.8	+.005	+0.8	+1.4	+.081
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 Chauncey Billups nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Chauncey Billups	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1999-00	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	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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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chauncey Billups	13	23.5	8.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.0	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.1	2.6	7.8	.337	0.5	3.2	.171	2.8	3.4	.841
difference:	+69	+12.1	+12.7	+2.3	+7.4	+9.7	+0.6		+1.2	-0.1	-1.4	+5.2	+6.5	+.208	+1.0	+0.3	+.250	+1.4	+1.5	+.017
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		%
Chauncey Billups	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


Season 4
	Chauncey Billups	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2000-01	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Chauncey Billups	77	23.2	9.3	0.4	1.6	2.1	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.3	3.2	7.6	.422	0.9	2.5	.376	1.9	2.2	.842
difference:		+9.9	+15.1	+3.0	+7.4	+10.3		+0.2	+1.5	-1.7	-1.5	+5.6	+9.5	+.096	+0.9	+2.1	+.024	+3.0	+3.6	+.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		%
Chauncey Billups	3	9.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.7	0.3	2.0	.167	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Chauncey Billups	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2001-02	2019-20
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Chauncey Billups	82	28.7	12.5	0.4	2.3	2.8	5.5	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.1	4.2	10.0	.423	1.5	3.8	.394	2.5	2.9	.885
difference:	+47	+5.2	+14.0	+2.3	+5.8	+8.0	+1.1	+0.1	+1.0	-1.4	-1.2	+4.8	+7.8	+.085	+1.8	+4.1	+.018	+2.6	+3.6	+.089
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		%
Chauncey Billups	3	44.7	22.0	0.3	4.7	5.0	5.7	1.0	0.3	3.0	4.7	7.7	17.0	.451	2.0	5.0	.400	4.7	6.7	.700
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Chauncey Billups	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2002-03	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Chauncey Billups	74	31.4	16.2	0.5	3.2	3.7	3.9	0.9	0.2	1.8	1.8	4.9	11.8	.421	2.0	5.1	.392	4.3	4.9	.878
difference:	+24	+2.4	+8.6	+2.2	+4.7	+6.9	+0.6	+0.1	+0.9	-1.4	-1.9	+3.6	+5.7	+.065	+0.4	+1.2	+.005	+1.0	+1.3	+.019
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		%
Chauncey Billups	14	34.6	18.0	0.3	3.1	3.4	4.7	0.6	0.1	2.4	2.7	5.1	13.6	.374	1.9	6.0	.310	6.0	6.4	.933
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Chauncey Billups	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2003-04	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Chauncey Billups	78	35.4	16.9	0.4	3.1	3.5	5.7	1.1	0.1	2.4	2.3	5.0	12.8	.394	1.7	4.3	.388	5.2	5.9	.878
difference:	+4	+1.9	+7.7	+2.2	+4.1	+6.3	+2.1	+0.1	+1.0	-0.7	-1.3	+3.7	+3.6	+.135	+0.3	+0.6	+.022		+0.4	+.056
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		%
Chauncey Billups	23	38.4	16.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	5.9	1.3	0.1	2.6	2.5	4.8	12.4	.385	1.6	4.7	.346	5.3	5.9	.890
difference:	+17	+1.4	+5.4	+1.2	+6.6	+7.8	+3.7	+0.6	+1.9	-1.9	-1.7	+1.7	+0.9	+.103	+0.1	+1.0	+.109	+1.9	+2.4	+.030
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
	Chauncey Billups	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA 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		%
Chauncey Billups	80	35.8	16.5	0.6	2.8	3.4	5.8	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	5.1	11.4	.442	2.1	4.8	.426	4.3	4.8	.898
difference:	+51	+2.8	+4.3	+1.1	+3.7	+4.7	+1.0	+0.3	+0.5	-0.7	-1.4	+2.2	+3.4	+.053		+0.9	+.060	+0.2	+0.1	+.024
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		%
Chauncey Billups	25	39.5	18.7	0.9	3.4	4.3	6.5	1.0	0.2	2.0	2.8	5.8	13.6	.428	1.8	5.0	.349	5.3	6.0	.893
difference:	+20	+3.5	+0.5	+0.3	+5.6	+5.9	+4.5	+0.4	+0.6	-1.6	-1.4	+0.6	+0.4	+.029	+0.6	+0.2	+.099	+1.1	+0.4	+.143
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
	Chauncey Billups	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2005-06	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Chauncey Billups	81	36.1	18.5	0.5	2.6	3.1	8.6	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.0	5.2	12.5	.418	2.3	5.2	.433	5.7	6.4	.894
difference:	+19	+3.4	+3.3	+1.0	+4.2	+5.2	+5.6	+0.2	+0.6	-0.8	-1.3	+2.5	+2.8	+.086	+0.1	+0.1	+.017	+1.6	+1.7	+.021
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		%
Chauncey Billups	18	39.2	17.9	0.4	3.0	3.4	6.5	1.2	0.1	2.4	2.4	5.2	12.7	.406	1.8	5.2	.340	5.8	6.4	.905
difference:	+2	+6.6	+1.2	+1.8	+3.8	+5.6	+3.9	+0.4	+0.1	-0.7	-1.0	+1.6	+1.8	+.060	+0.1		+.021	+2.1	+2.1	+.050
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
	Chauncey Billups	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2006-07	2024-25
Team	Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Chauncey Billups	70	36.2	17.0	0.3	3.1	3.4	7.2	1.2	0.2	2.0	2.3	5.0	11.6	.427	1.6	4.5	.345	5.5	6.2	.883
difference:	+2	+1.2	+7.4	+2.6	+6.7	+9.4	+4.1	+0.2	+0.5	-0.7	-1.2	+3.9	+5.3	+.099	+0.4	+0.2	+.075	+0.8	+0.5	+.054
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		%
Chauncey Billups	16	40.6	18.6	0.4	2.9	3.3	5.7	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.4	5.3	12.1	.435	2.2	5.6	.389	5.9	7.1	.832
difference:	+2	+5.1	+2.8	+1.7	+6.6	+8.3	+4.4	+0.5	+0.6	-0.7	-1.9	+2.4	+3.7	+.053	+0.8	+1.5	+.038	+1.3	+1.7	+.013
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
* Chauncey Billups played 7 seasons more than Karl-Anthony Towns in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 17, from 2008 to 2014—Chauncey Billups played in 5 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Karl-Anthony Towns, Chauncey Billups got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Star Game

Chauncey Billups vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Chauncey Billups, 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