DeMar DeRozan vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and DeMar DeRozan, 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 / Games against each other

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.

DeMar DeRozan played 16 years in the NBA, 6 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 10. DeMar DeRozan had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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
DeMar DeRozan	16	7	2009-10 to 2024-25
Karl-Anthony Towns	10	5	2015-16 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	DeMar DeRozan	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2009-10	2015-16
Team	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	77	21.6	8.6	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.3	3.3	6.6	.498	0.1	0.2	.250	1.9	2.5	.763
difference:	+5	+10.4	+9.7	+1.9	+5.7	+7.6	+1.3	+0.1	+1.5	-1.4	-0.7	+4.3	+7.5	+.044	+0.3	+0.9	+.091	+0.8	+0.9	+.048
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 DeMar DeRozan nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	DeMar DeRozan	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2010-11	2016-17
Team	Toronto Raptors	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	82	34.8	17.2	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.8	1.0	0.4	1.8	2.6	6.6	14.1	.467	0.1	0.6	.096	4.0	4.9	.813
difference:		+2.2	+7.9	+2.7	+5.8	+8.5	+0.9	+0.3	+0.9	-0.8	-0.3	+3.2	+3.9	+.075	+1.1	+2.8	+.271	+0.3	+0.3	+.019
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 DeMar DeRozan nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	DeMar DeRozan	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2011-12	2017-18
Team	Toronto Raptors	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	63	35.0	16.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	2.0	0.8	0.3	2.0	2.6	6.0	14.3	.422	0.4	1.5	.261	4.3	5.3	.810
difference:	+19	+0.6	+4.6	+2.3	+6.7	+9.0	+0.4		+1.1	-0.1	-0.9	+1.8		+.123	+1.1	+2.0	+.160	+0.1	+0.4	+.048
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		%
DeMar DeRozan	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
	DeMar DeRozan	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2012-13	2018-19
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	82	36.7	18.1	0.6	3.3	3.9	2.5	0.9	0.3	1.8	2.1	6.7	15.0	.445	0.4	1.5	.283	4.3	5.2	.831
difference:	+5	+3.6	+6.3	+2.8	+5.7	+8.5	+0.9		+1.3	-1.3	-1.7	+2.1	+2.1	+.073	+1.4	+3.1	+.117	+0.6	+0.6	+.005
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
* Neiher DeMar DeRozan nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	DeMar DeRozan	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2013-14	2019-20
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East 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		%
DeMar DeRozan	79	38.2	22.7	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.0	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.5	7.6	17.8	.429	0.8	2.7	.305	6.6	8.0	.824
difference:	+44	+4.3	+3.8	+2.1	+4.4	+6.5	+0.4	+0.2	+0.8	-0.9	-0.8	+1.4		+.079	+2.5	+5.2	+.107	+1.5	+1.5	+.028
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		%
DeMar DeRozan	7	40.3	23.9	0.4	3.7	4.1	3.6	1.1	0.3	2.6	3.3	6.4	16.7	.385	0.9	2.6	.333	10.1	11.3	.899
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	DeMar DeRozan	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2014-15	2020-21
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	60	35.0	20.1	0.7	3.9	4.6	3.5	1.2	0.2	2.3	2.0	6.8	16.5	.413	0.4	1.5	.284	6.0	7.2	.832
difference:	+10	+1.2	+4.7	+2.0	+4.0	+6.0	+1.0	+0.4	+0.9	-0.9	-1.7	+1.7	+1.0	+.073	+2.0	+4.8	+.103	+0.7	+1.0	+.027
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		%
DeMar DeRozan	4	39.8	20.3	1.3	5.0	6.3	5.8	1.5	0.0	2.5	3.0	8.0	20.0	.400	0.8	2.0	.375	3.5	4.3	.824
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	DeMar DeRozan	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2015-16	2021-22
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	78	35.9	23.5	0.8	3.7	4.5	4.0	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.1	7.9	17.7	.446	0.6	1.8	.338	7.1	8.4	.850
difference:	+4	+2.4	+1.1	+1.8	+3.5	+5.3	+0.4		+0.8	-0.9	-1.5	+0.8	+1.3	+.083	+1.4	+3.1	+.072	+1.9	+2.1	+.028
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		%
DeMar DeRozan	20	37.3	20.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	2.7	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.6	7.9	19.9	.394	0.2	1.3	.154	5.0	6.2	.813
difference:	+14	+0.3	+0.9	+1.1	+5.5	+6.6	+0.5	+0.4	+1.8	-2.2	-1.6	+1.4	+6.6	+.094	+1.5	+2.4	+.301	+2.2	+2.1	+.047
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
	DeMar DeRozan	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2016-17	2022-23
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	74	35.4	27.3	0.9	4.3	5.2	3.9	1.1	0.2	2.4	1.8	9.7	20.9	.467	0.4	1.7	.266	7.4	8.7	.842
difference:	+45	+2.4	+6.5	+0.8	+2.2	+2.9	+0.9	+0.4	+0.4	-0.6	-2.0	+2.4	+6.1	+.028	+1.7	+4.0	+.100	+3.3	+4.0	+.032
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		%
DeMar DeRozan	10	37.3	22.4	0.4	4.5	4.9	3.4	1.4	0.0	2.5	2.6	7.6	17.5	.434	0.1	1.5	.067	7.1	8.0	.888
difference:	+5	+1.3	+4.2	+0.8	+4.5	+5.3	+1.4	+0.8	+0.8	-1.1	-1.6	+1.2	+3.5	+.023	+1.1	+3.3	+.183	+2.9	+2.4	+.138
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
	DeMar DeRozan	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2017-18	2023-24
Team	Toronto Raptors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	80	33.9	23.0	0.7	3.2	3.9	5.2	1.1	0.3	2.2	1.9	8.1	17.7	.456	1.1	3.6	.310	5.8	7.0	.825
difference:	+18	+1.2	+1.2	+0.8	+3.6	+4.4	+2.2	+0.4	+0.4	-0.7	-1.4	+0.4	+2.4	+.048	+1.1	+1.7	+.106	+1.7	+2.3	+.048
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		%
DeMar DeRozan	10	35.4	22.7	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.0	0.5	0.6	2.3	2.4	8.7	19.9	.437	1.0	3.5	.286	4.3	5.3	.811
difference:	+6	+2.8	+3.6	+1.6	+3.8	+5.4	+1.4	+0.3	+0.4	-0.6	-1.0	+1.9	+5.4	+.029	+0.9	+1.7	+.075	+0.6	+1.0	+.044
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
	DeMar DeRozan	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2018-19	2024-25
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
DeMar DeRozan	77	34.9	21.2	0.7	5.3	6.0	6.2	1.1	0.5	2.6	2.3	8.2	17.1	.481	0.1	0.6	.156	4.8	5.7	.830
difference:	+5	+0.1	+3.2	+2.2	+4.5	+6.8	+3.1	+0.1	+0.2	-0.1	-1.2	+0.7	+0.2	+.045	+1.9	+4.1	+.264	+0.1		+.001
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		%
DeMar DeRozan	7	35.9	22.0	1.4	5.3	6.7	4.6	1.1	0.1	1.7	2.3	8.3	17.0	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	5.4	6.3	.864
difference:	+11	+0.4	+0.6	+0.7	+4.2	+4.9	+3.3	+0.4	+0.6	-0.5	-2.0	+0.6	+1.2	+.001	+1.4	+4.0	+.351	+0.8	+0.9	+.019
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
* DeMar DeRozan played 6 seasons more than Karl-Anthony Towns in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 16, from 2020 to 2025—DeMar DeRozan played in one postseason. In those 6 extra years over Karl-Anthony Towns, DeMar DeRozan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game

DeMar DeRozan vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and DeMar DeRozan, 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