Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams and Karl-Anthony Towns, 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.

Karl-Anthony Towns played 11 years in the NBA, 8 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Karl-Anthony Towns had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Jalen Williams had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Jalen Williams
Season	2015-16	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
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
difference:	+7	+1.7	+4.2	+1.7	+4.3	+6.0	+1.3	+0.7	+1.2	-0.6	-0.5	+2.1	+3.5	+.021	+0.6	+1.6	+.015	+0.6	+0.9	+.001
Jalen Williams	75	30.3	14.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	2.5	5.5	10.6	.521	1.0	2.7	.356	2.1	2.5	.812
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Karl-Anthony Towns nor Jalen Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Jalen Williams
Season	2017-18	2024-25
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+13	+3.2	+0.3	+2.0	+4.9	+7.0	+2.7	+0.8	+0.7	-0.3	-1.2	+0.4	+2.6	+.061	+0.3	+1.4	+.056	+0.8	+0.6	+.069
Jalen Williams	69	32.4	21.6	0.9	4.5	5.3	5.1	1.6	0.7	2.2	2.3	8.2	16.9	.484	1.8	4.9	.365	3.4	4.3	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+18	+0.6	+6.2	+2.0	+5.9	+7.9	+2.6	+1.0	+0.6	-0.6	-0.6	+2.1	+5.2	+.018	+0.9	+2.8	+.031	+1.0	+1.0	+.050
Jalen Williams	23	34.6	21.4	1.0	4.5	5.5	4.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.7	17.2	.449	1.5	5.0	.304	4.4	5.6	.789

Additional Years
* Karl-Anthony Towns played 8 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 11, from 2019 to 2026—Karl-Anthony Towns played in 4 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Jalen Williams, Karl-Anthony Towns got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game