Jrue Holiday vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Jrue Holiday, 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.

Jrue Holiday played 16 years in the NBA, 6 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 10. Jrue Holiday 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
Jrue Holiday	16	9	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
	Jrue Holiday	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2009-10	2015-16
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	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		%
Jrue Holiday	73	24.2	8.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	1.1	0.2	2.1	2.1	3.2	7.1	.442	0.8	2.2	.390	0.9	1.2	.756
difference:	+9	+7.8	+10.3	+2.0	+5.9	+7.9	+1.8	+0.4	+1.5	-0.1	-0.9	+4.4	+7.0	+.100	+0.4	+1.1	+.049	+1.8	+2.2	+.055
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 Jrue Holiday nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Jrue Holiday	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2010-11	2016-17
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jrue Holiday	82	35.4	14.0	0.8	3.2	4.0	6.5	1.5	0.4	2.7	2.5	5.4	12.2	.446	1.0	2.7	.365	2.1	2.5	.823
difference:		+1.6	+11.1	+2.8	+5.5	+8.3	+3.8	+0.8	+0.9	-0.1	-0.4	+4.4	+5.8	+.096	+0.2	+0.7	+.002	+2.2	+2.7	+.009
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		%
Jrue Holiday	5	37.6	14.2	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.6	2.0	0.4	2.2	2.0	4.8	11.6	.414	2.2	4.2	.524	2.4	3.0	.800
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jrue Holiday	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2011-12	2017-18
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jrue Holiday	65	33.8	13.5	0.9	2.4	3.3	4.5	1.6	0.3	2.1	2.1	5.5	12.8	.432	1.0	2.6	.380	1.4	1.8	.783
difference:	+17	+1.8	+7.8	+2.0	+7.0	+9.0	+2.1	+0.8	+1.1	-0.2	-1.4	+2.3	+1.5	+.113	+0.5	+0.9	+.041	+2.8	+3.1	+.075
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		%
Jrue Holiday	13	38.0	15.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.2	1.5	0.6	2.0	1.8	5.7	13.8	.413	1.5	3.8	.408	2.9	3.4	.864
difference:	+8	+4.0	+0.6	+1.7	+7.0	+8.7	+3.0	+1.1	+0.4	-0.4	-1.0	+0.1	+1.8	+.054	+0.9	+1.6	+.135	+0.5	+1.2	+.125
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
	Jrue Holiday	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2012-13	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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		%
Jrue Holiday	78	37.5	17.7	1.1	3.1	4.2	8.0	1.6	0.4	3.7	2.2	7.1	16.5	.431	1.2	3.2	.368	2.3	3.1	.752
difference:	+1	+4.4	+6.7	+2.3	+5.9	+8.2	+4.6	+0.7	+1.2	-0.6	-1.6	+1.7	+0.6	+.087	+0.6	+1.4	+.032	+2.6	+2.7	+.084
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 Jrue Holiday nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Jrue Holiday	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2013-14	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jrue Holiday	34	33.6	14.3	0.8	3.4	4.2	7.9	1.6	0.4	3.1	2.7	6.0	13.4	.447	0.9	2.3	.390	1.5	1.9	.810
difference:	+1	+0.3	+12.2	+1.9	+4.7	+6.6	+3.5	+0.7	+0.8		-0.6	+3.0	+4.4	+.061	+2.4	+5.6	+.022	+3.6	+4.6	+.014
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
* Neiher Jrue Holiday nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Jrue Holiday	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2014-15	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West 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		%
Jrue Holiday	40	32.6	14.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	6.9	1.6	0.6	2.3	2.8	6.0	13.4	.446	1.3	3.4	.378	1.6	1.9	.855
difference:	+10	+1.2	+10.0	+1.9	+5.3	+7.2	+2.4	+0.8	+0.5	-0.9	-0.9	+2.5	+4.1	+.040	+1.1	+2.9	+.009	+3.7	+4.3	+.004
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		%
Jrue Holiday	3	18.3	6.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	4.3	0.7	0.3	1.7	1.0	2.3	6.3	.368	0.3	1.3	.250	1.3	1.3	1.000
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jrue Holiday	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2015-16	2021-22
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jrue Holiday	65	28.2	16.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.0	1.4	0.3	2.6	2.3	6.3	14.4	.439	1.3	4.0	.336	2.8	3.3	.843
difference:	+9	+5.3	+7.8	+2.2	+4.6	+6.8	+2.4	+0.4	+0.8	-0.5	-1.3	+2.4	+2.0	+.090	+0.7	+0.9	+.074	+2.4	+3.0	+.021
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		%
Jrue Holiday	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jrue Holiday	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2016-17	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jrue Holiday	67	32.7	15.4	0.7	3.3	3.9	7.3	1.5	0.7	2.9	2.0	6.0	13.3	.454	1.5	4.2	.356	1.8	2.5	.708
difference:	+38	+0.3	+5.4	+1.0	+3.2	+4.2	+2.5	+0.8	+0.1	-0.1	-1.8	+1.3	+1.5	+.041	+0.6	+1.5	+.010	+2.3	+2.2	+.166
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		%
Jrue Holiday	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jrue Holiday	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2017-18	2023-24
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West 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		%
Jrue Holiday	81	36.1	19.0	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.0	1.5	0.8	2.6	2.5	7.6	15.4	.494	1.5	4.4	.337	2.3	2.9	.786
difference:	+19	+3.4	+2.8	+0.7	+3.1	+3.8	+3.0	+0.8	+0.1	-0.3	-0.8	+0.1	+0.1	+.010	+0.7	+0.9	+.079	+1.8	+1.8	+.087
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		%
Jrue Holiday	9	38.7	23.7	1.0	4.7	5.7	6.3	1.1	0.6	2.6	2.4	9.8	18.9	.518	1.8	5.6	.320	2.3	3.3	.700
difference:	+7	+6.1	+4.6	+1.2	+2.1	+3.3	+3.7	+0.3	+0.4	-0.9	-1.0	+3.0	+4.4	+.052	+0.1	+0.4	+.041	+1.4	+1.0	+.155
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
	Jrue Holiday	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2018-19	2024-25
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second 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		%
Jrue Holiday	67	35.9	21.2	1.1	3.9	5.0	7.7	1.6	0.8	3.1	2.2	8.2	17.3	.472	1.8	5.4	.325	3.1	4.0	.768
difference:	+5	+0.9	+3.2	+1.8	+5.9	+7.8	+4.6	+0.6	+0.1	-0.4	-1.3	+0.7	+0.4	+.054	+0.2	+0.7	+.095	+1.6	+1.7	+.061
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		%
Jrue Holiday	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


Additional Years
* Jrue Holiday played 6 seasons more than Karl-Anthony Towns in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 16, from 2020 to 2025—Jrue Holiday played in 5 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 6 extra years over Karl-Anthony Towns, Jrue Holiday got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 1 All-Star Game

Jrue Holiday vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Jrue Holiday, 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