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

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam 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 9 years in the NBA, 5 more than Sam Williams, who played 4. Karl-Anthony Towns had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Sam Williams had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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	Sam Williams
Season	2015-16	1981-82
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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
Sam Williams	59	18.2	6.1	1.5	3.7	5.2	0.6	0.8	1.3	1.1	2.6	2.6	4.7	.556	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.551
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Sam Williams
Season	2017-18	1983-84
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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	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
Sam Williams	77	18.6	6.5	1.6	2.8	4.4	0.8	0.9	1.4	1.3	2.7	2.6	5.6	.473	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.8	.657
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
Sam Williams	4	13.8	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.5	1.3	1.8	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500

Season 4
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Sam Williams
Season	2018-19	1984-85
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf 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	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
Sam Williams	46	10.6	3.1	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.2	0.6	0.6	1.0	2.0	1.3	3.2	.392	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.0	.596
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Williams	5	5.2	1.0	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.4	0.2	1.2	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	2.0	.300

Season 7
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Sam Williams
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
Sam Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Sam Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Sam Williams
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
Sam Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Sam Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-