Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Loy Vaught Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Loy Vaught 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.

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.

Karl-Anthony Towns played 9 years in the NBA, 2 less than Loy Vaught, who played 11. Karl-Anthony Towns had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Loy Vaught had his rookie season in 1990-91. 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
Karl-Anthony Towns	9	4	2015-16 to 2023-24
Loy Vaught	11	5	1990-91 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Loy Vaught
Season	2015-16	1990-91
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Loy Vaught	73	16.1	5.5	1.7	3.1	4.8	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.4	4.9	.487	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.662

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loy Vaught	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Loy Vaught
Season	2016-17	1991-92
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
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
Loy Vaught	79	21.4	7.6	2.0	4.5	6.5	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.8	2.1	3.4	7.0	.492	0.1	0.1	.800	0.7	0.9	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loy Vaught	5	7.2	3.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.4	2.2	.636	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 3
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Loy Vaught
Season	2017-18	1992-93
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers 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		%
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
Loy Vaught	79	20.9	9.4	2.1	4.2	6.2	0.7	0.7	0.5	1.1	2.2	4.0	7.8	.508	0.0	0.1	.250	1.5	2.0	.748

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
Loy Vaught	3	16.7	5.3	1.3	4.7	6.0	0.0	1.3	0.3	1.0	2.3	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.800


Season 4
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Loy Vaught
Season	2018-19	1993-94
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Loy Vaught	75	28.2	11.7	2.9	5.8	8.7	1.0	1.0	0.3	1.3	2.9	5.0	9.3	.537	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.4	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loy Vaught	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Loy Vaught
Season	2019-20	1994-95
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Loy Vaught	80	37.1	17.5	3.3	6.4	9.7	1.7	1.3	0.4	2.1	3.0	7.6	14.8	.514	0.1	0.4	.212	2.2	3.1	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loy Vaught	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Loy Vaught
Season	2020-21	1995-96
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Loy Vaught	80	37.1	16.2	2.6	7.6	10.1	1.4	1.1	0.5	2.0	3.0	7.1	13.6	.525	0.1	0.2	.368	1.9	2.6	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loy Vaught	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Loy Vaught
Season	2021-22	1996-97
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers 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		%
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
Loy Vaught	82	34.6	14.9	2.7	7.3	10.0	1.3	1.0	0.3	1.7	2.9	6.6	13.2	.500	0.0	0.1	.167	1.6	2.3	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Loy Vaught	3	29.7	15.0	1.7	7.3	9.0	0.7	1.0	0.7	2.0	4.0	6.3	10.3	.613	0.3	1.0	.333	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 8
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Loy Vaught
Season	2022-23	1997-98
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Loy Vaught	10	26.5	7.5	1.6	4.9	6.5	0.7	0.4	0.2	1.3	3.3	3.6	8.4	.429	0.0	0.2	.000	0.3	0.8	.375

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Loy Vaught	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Loy Vaught
Season	2023-24	1998-99
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves TBD	Pistons Lost East 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		%
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
Loy Vaught	37	13.0	3.4	1.0	3.0	3.9	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.5	1.6	4.2	.381	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.4	.643

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	10	31.7	18.4	2.0	7.0	9.0	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.7	3.8	6.7	13.1	.511	2.1	4.4	.477	2.9	3.6	.806
Loy Vaught	2	7.5	2.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Loy Vaught
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loy Vaught	43	6.8	1.7	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.1	.360	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loy Vaught	2	8.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Loy Vaught
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards
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		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loy Vaught	51	10.8	3.3	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.5	1.6	3.3	.473	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loy Vaught	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Loy Vaught Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Loy Vaught 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11