Jaxson Hayes vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Jaxson Hayes, 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.

Jaxson Hayes played 6 years in the NBA, 4 less than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 10. Jaxson Hayes had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Jaxson Hayes	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2019-20	2015-16
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Jaxson Hayes	64	16.9	7.4	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.9	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.5	2.7	4.0	.672	0.0	0.1	.250	1.9	3.0	.647
difference:	+18	+15.1	+10.9	+1.3	+5.2	+6.5	+1.1	+0.3	+0.8	-1.4	-0.5	+4.9	+10.1	+.130	+0.4	+1.0	+.091	+0.8	+0.4	+.164
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 Jaxson Hayes nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Jaxson Hayes	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2021-22	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jaxson Hayes	70	20.0	9.3	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.6	0.5	0.8	0.8	2.2	3.5	5.7	.616	0.3	0.8	.351	2.1	2.7	.766
difference:	+12	+15.6	+12.0	+1.3	+6.5	+7.8	+1.8	+0.3	+0.6	-1.1	-1.3	+4.3	+8.6	+.071	+1.2	+2.7	+.070	+2.1	+2.2	+.092
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		%
Jaxson Hayes	6	13.8	5.8	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.3	4.2	.560	0.0	0.5	.000	1.2	1.8	.636
difference:	+1	+20.2	+9.4	+2.3	+8.6	+10.9	+2.0	+0.4	+0.7	-1.7	-1.0	+3.3	+7.8	+.093	+0.6	+1.7	+.273	+2.2	+2.8	+.103
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
	Jaxson Hayes	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Jaxson Hayes	47	13.0	5.0	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.8	3.3	.551	0.1	0.6	.103	1.2	1.8	.699
difference:	+30	+20.1	+19.4	+2.6	+7.0	+9.6	+2.7	+0.5	+1.2	-2.4	-2.4	+7.0	+13.8	+.033	+1.7	+4.0	+.297	+3.7	+4.0	+.137
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 Jaxson Hayes nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Jaxson Hayes	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2023-24	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Jaxson Hayes	70	12.5	4.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.8	1.8	2.5	.720	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.2	.622
difference:	+35	+21.4	+22.2	+1.7	+6.1	+7.8	+3.9	+0.4	+0.8	-2.5	-1.5	+7.2	+15.3	+.212	+3.3	+7.8	+.412	+4.4	+5.3	+.174
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		%
Jaxson Hayes	4	6.0	0.3	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.8	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Karl-Anthony Towns played 4 seasons more than Jaxson Hayes in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 10, from 2022 to 2025—Karl-Anthony Towns played in 4 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Jaxson Hayes, Karl-Anthony Towns got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Star Game