Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Paul Walther Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Walther 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 9 years in the NBA, 3 more than Paul Walther, who played 6. Karl-Anthony Towns had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Paul Walther had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Paul Walther
Season	2015-16	1949-50
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Minneapolis Lakers, Indianapolis Olympians
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Olympians Lost West Div Finals

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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
Paul Walther	53	-	5.5	-	-	-	1.1	-	-	-	2.3	2.2	5.5	.393	-	-	-	1.2	2.1	.578
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Walther	6	-	5.5	-	-	-	1.3	-	-	-	2.8	2.0	6.8	.293	-	-	-	1.5	3.2	.474

Season 3
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Paul Walther
Season	2017-18	1951-52
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indianapolis Olympians
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Olympians Lost West Div Semis

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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
Paul Walther	55	34.6	12.2	-	-	4.5	2.5	-	-	-	3.1	4.0	10.0	.401	-	-	-	4.2	5.6	.750
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
Paul Walther	2	42.5	16.0	-	-	3.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.0	4.0	8.0	.500	-	-	-	8.0	9.0	.889

Season 4
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Paul Walther
Season	2018-19	1952-53
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indianapolis Olympians
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Olympians Lost West Div Semis

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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
Paul Walther	67	36.8	10.7	-	-	4.2	3.1	-	-	-	3.9	3.4	9.6	.352	-	-	-	3.9	5.3	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Walther	2	37.5	13.0	-	-	4.0	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	2.5	10.0	.250	-	-	-	8.0	8.5	.941

Season 7
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Paul Walther
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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
Paul Walther	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Paul Walther	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Paul Walther
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves TBD	-

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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
Paul Walther	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Paul Walther	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-