Khris Middleton vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Khris Middleton, 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.

Khris Middleton played 13 years in the NBA, 3 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 10. Khris Middleton had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Karl-Anthony Towns had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
	Khris Middleton	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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		%
Khris Middleton	27	17.6	6.1	0.1	1.7	1.9	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.4	2.0	2.3	5.2	.440	0.5	1.7	.311	1.0	1.2	.844
difference:	+55	+14.4	+12.2	+2.7	+6.0	+8.6	+1.0	+0.1	+1.6	-1.8	-1.0	+5.3	+8.9	+.102	+0.1	+0.6	+.030	+1.7	+2.2	+.033
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Khris Middleton nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Khris Middleton	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Khris Middleton	79	30.1	13.4	0.6	3.8	4.4	2.3	1.5	0.1	1.4	2.3	5.1	11.0	.467	1.4	3.4	.407	1.7	2.0	.859
difference:	+3	+5.5	+7.9	+2.3	+5.6	+7.9	+0.1	+0.7	+1.3	-0.5	-1.2	+2.7	+3.3	+.078	+0.1	+0.1	+.014	+2.5	+2.9	+.001
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	6	38.7	15.8	1.2	2.5	3.7	2.0	2.3	0.5	1.7	2.3	5.8	15.3	.380	1.8	5.7	.324	2.3	2.5	.933
difference:	+1	+4.7	+0.6	+1.8	+7.9	+9.7	+0.2	+1.9	+0.5	-0.7	-0.5	+0.2	+3.3	+.087	+1.2	+3.5	+.051	+1.1	+2.1	+.194
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

Season 4
	Khris Middleton	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	79	36.1	18.2	0.6	3.3	3.8	4.2	1.7	0.2	2.3	2.6	6.4	14.5	.444	1.8	4.6	.396	3.5	3.9	.888
difference:	+2	+3.0	+6.2	+2.8	+5.7	+8.6	+0.8	+0.8	+1.4	-0.8	-1.2	+2.4	+2.6	+.074			+.004	+1.4	+1.9	+.052
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Khris Middleton nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 7
	Khris Middleton	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2018-19	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	77	31.1	18.3	0.6	5.3	6.0	4.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.2	6.6	14.9	.441	2.3	6.2	.378	2.8	3.4	.837
difference:	+3	+2.4	+6.3	+2.0	+1.9	+3.8	+0.7		+1.0	-0.8	-1.4	+2.1	+1.5	+.088	+0.3	+1.3	+.032	+2.4	+2.9	+.015
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	15	34.3	16.9	0.6	5.7	6.3	4.4	0.6	0.0	1.9	2.9	5.6	13.4	.418	2.7	6.1	.435	3.1	3.5	.885
difference:	+9	+2.7	+4.9	+1.2	+3.3	+4.5	+2.2	+0.1	+2.0	-2.6	-1.3	+0.9	+0.1	+.070	+1.0	+2.4	+.020	+4.1	+4.8	+.025
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

Season 8
	Khris Middleton	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	62	29.9	20.9	0.7	5.5	6.2	4.3	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.3	7.6	15.3	.497	2.4	5.7	.415	3.4	3.7	.916
difference:	+33	+3.1	+0.1	+1.0	+1.0	+1.9	+0.5	+0.2	+0.5	-0.8	-1.5	+0.3	+0.5	+.002	+0.3		+.049	+0.7	+1.0	+.042
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	10	35.5	20.3	0.5	6.4	6.9	6.0	1.1	0.2	3.4	4.1	7.1	18.0	.394	2.3	6.5	.354	3.8	4.6	.826
difference:	+5	+0.5	+2.1	+0.7	+2.6	+3.3	+4.0	+0.5	+0.6	-0.2	-0.1	+0.7	+4.0	+.063	+1.1	+1.7	+.104	+0.4	+1.0	+.076
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

Season 9
	Khris Middleton	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2020-21	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	68	33.4	20.4	0.8	5.2	6.0	5.4	1.1	0.1	2.6	2.4	7.5	15.8	.476	2.2	5.4	.414	3.1	3.5	.898
difference:	+6	+0.7	+1.4	+0.7	+1.6	+2.3	+2.4	+0.4	+0.6	-0.3	-0.9	+0.2	+0.5	+.028		+0.1	+.002	+1.0	+1.2	+.025
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	23	40.1	23.6	1.1	6.5	7.6	5.1	1.5	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.6	19.7	.438	2.6	7.6	.343	3.7	4.2	.887
difference:	+7	+7.5	+4.5	+1.1	+0.3	+1.4	+2.5	+0.7		-1.5	-0.9	+1.8	+5.2	+.028	+0.7	+2.4	+.018		+0.1	+.032
Karl-Anthony Towns	16	32.6	19.1	2.2	6.8	9.0	2.6	0.8	0.2	1.7	3.4	6.8	14.5	.466	1.9	5.2	.361	3.7	4.3	.855

Season 10
	Khris Middleton	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2021-22	2024-25
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	66	32.4	20.1	0.6	4.8	5.4	5.4	1.2	0.3	2.9	2.4	6.8	15.5	.443	2.5	6.6	.373	3.9	4.4	.890
difference:	+6	+2.6	+4.3	+2.3	+5.0	+7.4	+2.3	+0.2	+0.4	-0.2	-1.1	+2.1	+1.4	+.083	+0.5	+1.9	+.047	+0.8	+1.3	+.061
Karl-Anthony Towns	72	35.0	24.4	2.9	9.8	12.8	3.1	1.0	0.7	2.7	3.5	8.9	16.9	.526	2.0	4.7	.420	4.7	5.7	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Khris Middleton	2	36.0	14.5	0.5	4.5	5.0	7.0	1.5	0.0	5.5	3.0	5.0	12.0	.417	3.0	7.0	.429	1.5	1.5	1.000
difference:	+16	+0.5	+6.9	+1.6	+5.0	+6.6	+5.7	+0.8	+0.7	-3.3	-1.3	+2.7	+3.8	+.071	+1.6	+2.9	+.078	+3.1	+3.9	+.155
Karl-Anthony Towns	18	35.5	21.4	2.1	9.5	11.6	1.3	0.7	0.7	2.2	4.3	7.7	15.8	.488	1.4	4.1	.351	4.6	5.4	.845