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

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / 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.

Karl-Anthony Towns played 10 years in the NBA, 7 more than Mark Williams, who played 3. Karl-Anthony Towns had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Mark 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Karl-Anthony Towns 10 5 2015-16 to 2024-25
Mark Williams 3 0 2022-23 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Karl-Anthony Towns Mark Williams
Season 2015-162022-23
Team Minnesota TimberwolvesCharlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards Achievement Rookie of the Year-
Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+39+12.7+9.3+0.6+2.8+3.4+1.6+0.7-1.3-0.8+3.9+8.3+.095+0.4+1.1+1.1+1.1+.120
Mark Williams 43 19.3 9.0 2.2 4.9 7.1 0.4 0.7 1.0 0.9 2.2 3.7 5.8 .637 0.0 0.0 - 1.6 2.3 .691
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Karl-Anthony Towns nor Mark Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
Karl-Anthony Towns Mark Williams
Season 2016-172023-24
Team Minnesota TimberwolvesCharlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
difference:+63+10.3+12.4+0.4+3.0+2.6+1.5+0.1+0.2-1.7-0.3+4.6+10.1+.107+1.2+3.4+1.9+1.8+.113
Mark Williams 19 26.7 12.7 4.0 5.7 9.7 1.2 0.8 1.1 0.9 2.6 5.2 7.9 .649 0.0 0.0 - 2.4 3.4 .719
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Karl-Anthony Towns nor Mark Williams played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
Karl-Anthony Towns Mark Williams
Season 2017-182024-25
Team Minnesota TimberwolvesCharlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+38+9.0+6.0+0.1+2.2+2.1+0.1+0.1+0.2-0.3-1.1+1.7+4.1+.059+1.5+3.4+.421+1.2+1.2+.054
Mark Williams 44 26.6 15.3 3.0 7.2 10.2 2.5 0.7 1.2 1.6 2.4 6.1 10.2 .604 0.0 0.1 .000 3.0 3.7 .804
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Mark Williams DNP------ --- ----------

Additional Years

* Karl-Anthony Towns played 7 seasons more than Mark Williams in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 4 to 10, from 2019 to 2025—Karl-Anthony Towns played in 4 Playoffs.

In those 7 extra years over Mark Williams, Karl-Anthony Towns got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 2 All-NBA Third Team
Achievement 4 All-Star Game
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