Chuck Person vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Chuck Person, 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

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.

Chuck Person played 13 years in the NBA, 4 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 9. Chuck Person had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, 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
Chuck Person 13 8 1986-87 to 1999-00
Karl-Anthony Towns 9 4 2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Chuck Person Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1986-872015-16
Team Indiana PacersMinnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards Achievement Rookie of the YearAchievement Rookie of the Year
Achievement All-Rookie First TeamAchievement All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs Pacers Lost East Conf 1st RdDid 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 %
Chuck Person 82 36.0 18.8 2.0 6.2 8.3 3.6 1.1 0.2 2.6 3.8 7.7 16.6 .468 0.6 1.7 .355 2.7 3.6 .747
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 %
Chuck Person 4 39.8 27.0 1.5 6.8 8.3 5.0 1.3 0.5 3.8 3.5 9.5 18.5 .514 0.5 2.0 .250 7.5 9.8 .769
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------

Season 2

Chuck Person Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1987-882016-17
Team Indiana PacersMinnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 %
Chuck Person 79 35.5 17.0 2.2 4.6 6.8 3.9 0.9 0.1 2.7 3.4 7.3 15.8 .459 0.7 2.2 .333 1.7 2.5 .670
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 %
Chuck Person ------- --- ----------
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------

Season 3

Chuck Person Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1988-892017-18
Team Indiana PacersMinnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Third Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayTimberwolves 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 %
Chuck Person 80 37.7 21.6 1.8 4.7 6.5 3.6 1.0 0.2 3.9 3.5 8.9 18.2 .489 0.8 2.6 .307 3.0 3.8 .792
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 %
Chuck Person ------- --- ----------
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

Chuck Person Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1989-902018-19
Team Indiana PacersMinnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Pacers Lost East Conf 1st RdDid 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 %
Chuck Person 77 35.2 19.7 1.6 4.1 5.8 3.0 0.7 0.3 2.2 2.8 7.9 16.1 .487 1.2 3.3 .372 2.7 3.5 .781
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 %
Chuck Person 3 41.0 13.3 2.0 4.7 6.7 4.0 0.3 0.0 1.3 3.7 5.7 15.0 .378 0.3 3.3 .100 1.7 4.0 .417
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------

Season 5

Chuck Person Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1990-912019-20
Team Indiana PacersMinnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Pacers Lost East Conf 1st RdDid 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 %
Chuck Person 80 32.1 18.4 1.5 3.7 5.2 3.0 0.7 0.2 2.3 2.8 7.8 15.4 .504 0.9 2.5 .340 2.1 2.9 .721
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 %
Chuck Person 5 38.4 26.0 0.6 5.0 5.6 3.2 1.0 0.0 2.4 3.0 9.6 18.0 .533 3.4 6.2 .548 3.4 4.2 .810
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------

Season 6

Chuck Person Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1991-922020-21
Team Indiana PacersMinnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Pacers Lost East Conf 1st RdDid 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 %
Chuck Person 81 36.1 18.5 1.4 3.9 5.3 4.7 0.8 0.2 2.7 3.0 7.6 15.9 .480 1.6 4.4 .373 1.6 2.4 .675
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 %
Chuck Person 3 39.3 17.0 0.3 2.7 3.0 2.3 0.7 0.0 2.0 3.7 6.3 15.7 .404 1.7 5.0 .333 2.7 4.0 .667
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------

Season 7

Chuck Person Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1992-932021-22
Team Minnesota TimberwolvesMinnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Third Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayTimberwolves 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 %
Chuck Person 78 38.3 16.8 1.3 4.3 5.6 4.4 0.9 0.4 2.8 2.5 6.9 16.0 .433 1.5 4.3 .355 1.4 2.2 .649
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 %
Chuck Person ------- --- ----------
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

Chuck Person Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1993-942022-23
Team Minnesota TimberwolvesMinnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayTimberwolves 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 %
Chuck Person 77 26.4 11.6 0.7 2.6 3.3 2.4 0.6 0.2 1.6 2.1 4.6 10.9 .422 1.3 3.5 .368 1.1 1.4 .759
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 %
Chuck Person ------- --- ----------
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

Chuck Person Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1994-952023-24
Team San Antonio SpursMinnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Spurs Lost West Conf FinalsTimberwolves 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 %
Chuck Person 81 25.1 10.8 0.6 2.6 3.2 1.3 0.6 0.1 1.3 2.4 3.9 9.3 .423 2.1 5.5 .387 0.8 1.3 .647
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 %
Chuck Person 15 17.2 5.0 0.1 1.7 1.8 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.4 1.5 1.8 5.1 .351 0.9 3.0 .289 0.5 0.7 .727
Karl-Anthony Towns 11 32.4 18.8 2.0 7.3 9.3 2.8 0.7 0.3 1.8 3.9 6.8 13.2 .517 2.0 4.5 .440 3.2 3.8 .833

Season 10

Chuck Person Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1995-96-
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 %
Chuck Person 80 26.6 10.9 1.0 4.2 5.2 1.3 0.6 0.3 1.1 2.5 3.9 8.8 .437 2.4 5.8 .410 0.8 1.3 .644
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Chuck Person 10 28.4 12.1 0.5 3.5 4.0 1.6 0.2 0.3 1.1 3.2 4.1 7.7 .532 2.5 4.7 .532 1.4 1.7 .824
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------

Note: Chuck Person didn't play in 1996-97.

Season 11

Chuck Person Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1997-98-
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 %
Chuck Person 61 23.9 6.7 0.3 3.1 3.3 1.4 0.5 0.2 1.1 2.0 2.3 6.5 .359 1.6 4.5 .344 0.5 0.6 .757
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Chuck Person 9 21.9 5.8 0.0 3.0 3.0 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.7 1.7 2.0 5.9 .340 1.6 4.4 .350 0.2 0.2 1.000
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------

Season 12

Chuck Person Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1998-99-
Team Charlotte Hornets-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs 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 %
Chuck Person 50 19.8 6.1 0.3 2.3 2.6 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.8 2.2 5.8 .388 1.1 3.1 .350 0.5 0.6 .750
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Chuck Person ------- --- ----------
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------

Season 13

Chuck Person Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1999-00-
Team Seattle Supersonics-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Supersonics 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 %
Chuck Person 37 9.2 2.8 0.2 1.3 1.4 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.5 1.0 3.3 .301 0.6 2.6 .253 0.1 0.2 .500
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Chuck Person 2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 -
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------