Glenn Robinson vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Glenn Robinson, 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.

Glenn Robinson played 11 years in the NBA, 2 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 9. Glenn Robinson had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, 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
Glenn Robinson 11 4 1994-95 to 2004-05
Karl-Anthony Towns 9 4 2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Glenn Robinson Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1994-952015-16
Team Milwaukee BucksMinnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards -Achievement Rookie of the Year
Achievement All-Rookie First TeamAchievement All-Rookie First Team
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 %
Glenn Robinson 80 37.0 21.9 2.1 4.3 6.4 2.5 1.4 0.3 3.9 2.9 8.0 17.6 .451 1.1 3.4 .321 5.0 6.2 .796
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 %
Glenn Robinson ------- --- ----------
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------

Season 2

Glenn Robinson Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1995-962016-17
Team Milwaukee BucksMinnesota 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 %
Glenn Robinson 82 39.6 20.2 1.7 4.5 6.1 3.6 1.2 0.5 3.4 2.9 7.6 16.9 .454 1.1 3.2 .342 3.9 4.7 .812
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 %
Glenn Robinson ------- --- ----------
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------

Season 3

Glenn Robinson Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1996-972017-18
Team Milwaukee BucksMinnesota 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 %
Glenn Robinson 80 38.9 21.1 1.6 4.7 6.3 3.1 1.3 0.9 3.4 2.8 8.4 18.0 .465 0.8 2.3 .350 3.6 4.6 .791
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 %
Glenn Robinson ------- --- ----------
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

Glenn Robinson Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1997-982018-19
Team Milwaukee BucksMinnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
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 %
Glenn Robinson 56 41.0 23.4 1.5 4.0 5.5 2.8 1.2 0.6 3.6 2.9 9.5 20.3 .470 0.4 1.2 .385 3.8 4.8 .808
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 %
Glenn Robinson ------- --- ----------
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------

Season 5

Glenn Robinson Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1998-992019-20
Team Milwaukee BucksMinnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Bucks 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 %
Glenn Robinson 47 33.6 18.4 1.6 4.3 5.9 2.1 1.0 0.9 2.3 2.4 7.4 16.1 .459 0.7 1.7 .392 3.0 3.4 .870
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 %
Glenn Robinson 3 39.0 20.7 1.3 7.0 8.3 1.7 1.0 0.7 3.3 1.7 7.0 17.0 .412 1.3 2.7 .500 5.3 6.0 .889
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------

Season 6

Glenn Robinson Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 1999-002020-21
Team Milwaukee BucksMinnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Bucks 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 %
Glenn Robinson 81 35.9 20.9 1.3 4.7 6.0 2.4 1.0 0.5 2.8 2.6 8.5 18.0 .472 1.1 2.9 .363 2.8 3.5 .802
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 %
Glenn Robinson 5 34.8 15.4 0.0 4.2 4.2 2.6 1.6 0.8 3.0 3.6 6.4 15.8 .405 0.4 1.4 .286 2.2 2.6 .846
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------

Season 7

Glenn Robinson Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 2000-012021-22
Team Milwaukee BucksMinnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Third Team
Achievement All-Star GameAchievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Bucks Lost East Conf FinalsTimberwolves 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 %
Glenn Robinson 76 37.0 22.0 1.6 5.3 6.9 3.3 1.1 0.8 2.9 2.5 9.0 19.2 .468 0.7 2.4 .299 3.3 4.0 .820
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 %
Glenn Robinson 18 38.2 19.4 1.4 5.0 6.4 3.3 0.6 1.3 2.6 2.4 7.7 17.9 .429 1.3 3.4 .387 2.8 3.1 .893
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

Glenn Robinson Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 2001-022022-23
Team Milwaukee BucksMinnesota 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 %
Glenn Robinson 66 35.5 20.7 1.1 5.1 6.2 2.5 1.5 0.6 2.6 2.6 8.1 17.4 .467 0.9 2.7 .326 3.6 4.3 .837
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 %
Glenn Robinson ------- --- ----------
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

Glenn Robinson Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 2002-032023-24
Team Atlanta HawksMinnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayTimberwolves 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 %
Glenn Robinson 69 37.6 20.8 1.2 5.4 6.6 3.0 1.3 0.4 3.6 2.7 7.8 18.1 .432 1.3 3.8 .342 3.9 4.4 .876
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 %
Glenn Robinson ------- --- ----------
Karl-Anthony Towns 8 31.3 18.9 1.9 7.0 8.9 2.5 0.5 0.3 1.8 3.9 6.6 12.8 .520 2.4 4.4 .543 3.3 4.0 .813

Season 10

Glenn Robinson Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 2003-04-
Team Philadelphia 76ers-
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 %
Glenn Robinson 42 31.8 16.6 1.1 3.4 4.5 1.4 1.0 0.2 2.5 2.3 6.5 14.6 .448 0.8 2.4 .340 2.7 3.3 .832
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Glenn Robinson ------- --- ----------
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------

Season 11

Glenn Robinson Karl-Anthony Towns
Season 2004-05-
Team San Antonio Spurs-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA Champion-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Glenn Robinson 9 17.4 10.0 0.4 2.2 2.7 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.8 2.1 3.8 8.6 .442 0.2 0.7 .333 2.2 2.6 .870
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Glenn Robinson 13 8.8 3.8 0.2 1.5 1.6 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.5 1.2 3.5 .356 0.2 0.8 .300 1.2 1.3 .882
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------