DeAndre Jordan vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and DeAndre Jordan, 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.

DeAndre Jordan played 17 years in the NBA, 7 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 10. DeAndre Jordan had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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
	DeAndre Jordan	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2008-09	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	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		%
DeAndre Jordan	53	14.5	4.3	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.2	0.2	1.1	0.8	1.8	1.8	2.8	.633	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.1	.385
difference:	+29	+17.5	+14.0	+1.4	+4.6	+6.0	+1.8	+0.5	+0.6	-1.4	-1.2	+5.8	+11.3	+.091	+0.4	+1.1		+1.9	+1.3	+.426
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 DeAndre Jordan nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	DeAndre Jordan	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2010-11	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	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		%
DeAndre Jordan	80	25.6	7.1	2.6	4.6	7.2	0.5	0.5	1.8	1.3	3.2	2.9	4.3	.686	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.7	.452
difference:	+2	+10.0	+14.2	+0.3	+4.8	+5.1	+1.9	+0.3	+0.4	-0.6	-0.3	+4.9	+10.0	+.141	+1.5	+3.5		+3.0	+2.2	+.406
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		%
DeAndre Jordan	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
	DeAndre Jordan	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2011-12	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
DeAndre Jordan	66	27.2	7.4	3.1	5.2	8.3	0.3	0.5	2.0	1.1	2.9	3.1	4.9	.632	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.1	.525
difference:	+11	+5.9	+17.0	+0.3	+3.8	+4.1	+3.1	+0.4	+0.4	-2.0	-0.9	+5.7	+12.2	+.114	+1.8	+4.6		+3.8	+3.7	+.311
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		%
DeAndre Jordan	11	22.6	4.5	1.6	3.6	5.3	0.4	0.6	1.6	0.6	1.8	1.9	3.6	.525	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	2.2	.333
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	DeAndre Jordan	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
DeAndre Jordan	82	35.0	10.4	4.0	9.5	13.6	0.9	1.0	2.5	1.5	3.2	4.2	6.3	.676	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	4.6	.428
difference:	+32	+1.2	+14.4	+1.3	+1.6	+3.0	+3.6	+0.2	+1.4	-1.7	-0.5	+4.3	+11.2	+.190	+2.4	+6.3		+3.3	+1.6	+.431
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		%
DeAndre Jordan	13	34.0	9.6	3.3	9.2	12.5	0.8	0.9	2.5	1.8	3.5	3.5	4.8	.730	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	5.8	.434
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	DeAndre Jordan	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
DeAndre Jordan	82	34.4	11.5	4.8	10.1	15.0	0.7	1.0	2.2	1.3	3.0	4.6	6.5	.710	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	5.7	.397
difference:	+8	+0.9	+13.1	+2.2	+2.9	+5.2	+2.9		+1.1	-1.8	-0.6	+4.1	+9.9	+.181	+2.0	+4.9		+2.9	+0.6	+.425
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		%
DeAndre Jordan	14	34.4	13.1	3.5	9.9	13.4	1.1	1.1	2.4	1.2	3.0	4.1	5.8	.716	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	11.2	.427
difference:	+8	+2.6	+8.7	+1.7	+0.9	+2.6	+1.1	+0.4	+0.4	-3.3	-1.2	+2.4	+7.5	+.228	+1.7	+3.7		+2.4	+2.9	+.433
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
	DeAndre Jordan	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2015-16	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
DeAndre Jordan	77	33.7	12.7	3.5	10.3	13.8	1.2	0.7	2.3	1.4	2.7	4.6	6.6	.703	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	8.0	.430
difference:	+48	+0.7	+8.1	+1.8	+3.8	+5.7	+3.6		+1.7	-1.6	-1.1	+2.7	+8.2	+.208	+2.1	+5.7		+0.6	+3.3	+.444
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		%
DeAndre Jordan	6	33.0	11.7	5.0	11.3	16.3	1.8	1.2	2.7	1.2	2.8	4.0	6.3	.632	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	9.8	.373
difference:	+1	+3.0	+6.5	+3.8	+2.3	+6.1	+0.2	+0.6	+1.9	-2.4	-1.4	+2.4	+7.7	+.175	+1.2	+4.8		+0.5	+4.2	+.377
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
	DeAndre Jordan	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2016-17	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
DeAndre Jordan	81	31.7	12.7	3.7	10.1	13.8	1.2	0.6	1.7	1.4	2.6	5.1	7.1	.714	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	5.2	.482
difference:	+19	+1.0	+9.1	+2.2	+3.3	+5.5	+1.8	+0.1	+1.0	-1.5	-0.7	+2.6	+8.2	+.210	+2.2	+5.3		+1.6	+0.5	+.391
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		%
DeAndre Jordan	7	37.7	15.4	3.6	10.9	14.4	0.7	0.4	0.9	2.4	4.1	6.1	8.7	.705	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	8.0	.393
difference:	+9	+5.1	+3.7	+1.4	+4.1	+5.4	+1.9	+0.4	+0.7	-0.7	-0.7	+0.7	+5.8	+.239	+1.9	+5.1	+.361	+0.6	+3.7	+.462
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
	DeAndre Jordan	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2017-18	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
DeAndre Jordan	77	31.5	12.0	4.3	10.9	15.2	1.5	0.5	0.9	1.8	2.6	4.8	7.5	.645	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	4.1	.580
difference:	+5	+3.5	+12.4	+1.4	+1.1	+2.4	+1.6	+0.5	+0.2	-0.9	-0.9	+4.1	+9.4	+.119	+2.0	+4.7		+2.3	+1.6	+.249
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		%
DeAndre Jordan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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