Lamar Odom vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Lamar Odom, 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 / Stats Rankings

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.

Lamar Odom played 14 years in the NBA, 3 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 11. Lamar Odom had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Lamar Odom	14	8	1999-00 to 2012-13
Karl-Anthony Towns	11	5	2015-16 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Lamar Odom	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1999-00	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Lamar Odom	76	36.4	16.6	2.1	5.7	7.8	4.2	1.2	1.3	3.4	3.8	5.9	13.5	.438	0.8	2.2	.360	4.0	5.5	.719
difference:	+6	+4.4	+1.7	+0.7	+2.0	+2.7	+2.2	+0.5	+0.4	-1.2	-0.8	+1.7	+0.6	+.104	+0.4	+1.1	+.019	+1.3	+2.1	+.092
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 Lamar Odom nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Lamar Odom	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2000-01	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	76	37.3	17.2	1.4	6.3	7.8	5.2	1.0	1.6	3.5	3.1	6.3	13.8	.460	1.1	3.3	.316	3.4	5.1	.679
difference:	+6	+0.3	+7.9	+2.2	+2.4	+4.5	+2.5	+0.3	+0.3	-0.9	-0.2	+3.5	+4.2	+.082	+0.1	+0.1	+.051	+0.9	+0.1	+.153
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lamar Odom nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Lamar Odom	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2001-02	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Lamar Odom	29	34.4	13.1	1.1	5.0	6.1	5.9	0.8	1.2	3.3	3.1	5.2	12.4	.419	0.6	2.9	.190	2.1	3.2	.656
difference:	+53	+1.2	+8.2	+1.8	+4.4	+6.2	+3.5		+0.2	-1.4	-0.4	+2.6	+1.9	+.126	+0.9	+0.6	+.231	+2.1	+1.7	+.202
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		%
Lamar Odom	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Lamar Odom	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2002-03	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	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		%
Lamar Odom	49	34.3	14.6	1.2	5.4	6.7	3.6	0.9	0.8	2.9	3.7	5.5	12.5	.439	0.9	2.6	.326	2.8	3.6	.777
difference:	+28	+1.2	+9.8	+2.2	+3.6	+5.7	+0.2		+0.8	-0.2	-0.1	+3.3	+4.6	+.079	+0.9	+2.0	+.074	+2.1	+2.2	+.059
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 Lamar Odom nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Lamar Odom	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2003-04	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	80	37.5	17.1	2.0	7.7	9.7	4.1	1.1	0.9	3.0	3.4	6.1	14.1	.430	0.8	2.6	.298	4.3	5.7	.742
difference:	+45	+3.6	+9.4	+0.7	+0.4	+1.1	+0.3	+0.2	+0.3	-0.1	-0.1	+2.9	+3.7	+.078	+2.5	+5.3	+.114	+0.8	+0.8	+.054
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	13	39.2	16.8	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.8	1.2	0.8	3.2	4.5	6.2	14.0	.445	0.6	2.0	.308	3.8	5.5	.681
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Lamar Odom	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2004-05	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	64	36.3	15.2	2.1	8.1	10.2	3.7	0.7	1.0	2.5	3.3	5.7	12.1	.473	0.6	1.8	.308	3.2	4.7	.695
difference:	+14	+2.5	+9.6	+0.6	+0.2	+0.4	+0.8	+0.1	+0.1	-0.7	-0.4	+2.8	+5.4	+.013	+1.8	+4.5	+.079	+2.1	+1.5	+.164
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Lamar Odom nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Lamar Odom	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2005-06	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Lamar Odom	80	40.3	14.8	2.3	7.0	9.2	5.5	0.9	0.8	2.7	3.2	5.6	11.6	.481	1.0	2.7	.372	2.7	3.9	.690
difference:	+6	+6.8	+9.8	+0.3	+0.2	+0.6	+1.9	+0.1	+0.3	-0.4	-0.4	+3.1	+4.8	+.048	+1.0	+2.2	+.038	+2.5	+2.4	+.132
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		%
Lamar Odom	7	44.9	19.1	2.1	8.9	11.0	4.9	0.4	1.1	3.3	3.3	7.0	14.1	.495	0.9	4.3	.200	4.3	6.4	.667
difference:	+1	+7.9	+2.7	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	+2.7	+0.3	+0.9	-1.2	-0.9	+0.5	+0.8	+.007	+0.8	+0.6	+.255	+2.9	+1.9	+.193
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
	Lamar Odom	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2006-07	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Lamar Odom	56	39.3	15.9	1.8	7.9	9.8	4.8	0.9	0.6	2.9	3.3	5.7	12.2	.468	1.0	3.3	.297	3.5	5.1	.700
difference:	+27	+6.3	+4.9	+0.1	+1.4	+1.7		+0.2		-0.1	-0.5	+1.6	+2.6	+.027	+1.1	+2.4	+.069	+0.6	+0.4	+.174
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		%
Lamar Odom	5	38.4	19.4	4.0	9.0	13.0	2.2	0.4	1.2	2.0	3.4	8.2	17.0	.482	0.6	2.2	.273	2.4	4.8	.500
difference:		+2.4	+1.2	+2.8		+2.8	+0.2	+0.2	+0.4	-1.6	-0.8	+1.8	+3.0	+.025	+0.6	+2.6	+.023	+1.8	+0.8	+.250
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
	Lamar Odom	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2007-08	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Lamar Odom	77	37.9	14.2	2.6	8.1	10.6	3.5	1.0	0.9	2.0	2.9	5.4	10.3	.525	0.4	1.5	.274	3.0	4.3	.698
difference:	+15	+5.2	+7.6	+1.1	+1.3	+2.3	+0.5	+0.3	+0.2	-0.9	-0.4	+2.3	+5.0	+.021	+1.8	+3.8	+.142	+1.1	+0.4	+.175
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		%
Lamar Odom	21	37.4	14.3	2.2	7.7	10.0	3.0	0.7	1.3	2.2	3.4	5.1	10.4	.491	0.1	0.5	.273	4.0	6.0	.661
difference:	+5	+4.8	+4.8		+0.9	+1.0	+0.4	+0.1	+1.1	-0.5		+1.7	+4.1	+.025	+1.8	+4.7	+.088	+0.3	+1.7	+.194
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
	Lamar Odom	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2008-09	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Lamar Odom	78	29.7	11.3	2.3	5.9	8.2	2.6	1.0	1.3	1.8	3.0	4.4	9.0	.492	0.4	1.3	.320	2.1	3.3	.623
difference:	+6	+5.3	+13.1	+0.6	+3.9	+4.6	+0.5		+0.6	-0.9	-0.5	+4.5	+7.9	+.034	+1.6	+3.4	+.100	+2.6	+2.4	+.206
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		%
Lamar Odom	23	32.0	12.3	2.8	6.3	9.1	1.8	0.7	1.3	1.7	3.3	4.7	9.0	.524	0.8	1.5	.514	2.1	3.5	.613
difference:	+5	+3.5	+9.1	+0.7	+3.2	+2.5	+0.5		+0.6	-0.5	-1.0	+3.0	+6.8	+.036	+0.6	+2.6	+.163	+2.5	+1.9	+.232
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


Season 11
	Lamar Odom	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2009-10	2025-26
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	82	31.5	10.8	2.2	7.5	9.8	3.3	0.9	0.7	1.8	2.8	4.2	9.0	.463	0.7	2.2	.319	1.7	2.5	.693
difference:	+59	+1.5	+11.3	+1.0	+1.4	+2.2		+0.1	+0.1	-0.7	-0.6	+3.0	+6.6	+.001	+1.2	+3.1	+.036	+4.1	+4.1	+.188
Karl-Anthony Towns	23	33.0	22.1	3.2	8.9	12.0	3.3	0.8	0.8	2.5	3.4	7.2	15.6	.464	1.9	5.3	.355	5.8	6.6	.881

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lamar Odom	23	29.0	9.7	2.6	6.0	8.6	2.0	0.7	0.9	1.2	3.7	4.0	8.4	.469	0.4	1.8	.244	1.3	2.2	.600
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Additional Years
* Lamar Odom played 3 seasons more than Karl-Anthony Towns in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 14, from 2011 to 2013—Lamar Odom played in two Playoffs. In those 3 extra years over Karl-Anthony Towns, Lamar Odom got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year

Lamar Odom vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Lamar Odom, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years