Luguentz Dort vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Luguentz Dort, 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.

Luguentz Dort played 7 years in the NBA, 4 less than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 11. Luguentz Dort had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Luguentz Dort	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2019-20	2015-16
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Luguentz Dort	36	22.8	6.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.8	0.9	0.1	0.6	2.7	2.4	6.1	.394	0.8	2.8	.297	1.2	1.5	.792
difference:	+46	+9.2	+11.5	+2.1	+6.1	+8.2	+1.2	+0.2	+1.6	-1.6	-0.3	+5.2	+8.0	+.148	+0.4	+1.7	+.044	+1.5	+1.9	+.019
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	6	29.2	12.5	0.8	2.8	3.7	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.5	4.2	4.5	12.7	.355	2.2	8.3	.260	1.3	2.5	.533
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Luguentz Dort	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2021-22	2017-18
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	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		%
Luguentz Dort	51	32.6	17.2	0.7	3.4	4.2	1.7	0.9	0.4	1.7	2.9	5.7	14.2	.404	2.5	7.7	.332	3.2	3.7	.843
difference:	+31	+3.0	+4.1	+2.2	+6.0	+8.1	+0.7	+0.1	+1.0	-0.2	-0.6	+2.1	+0.1	+.141	+1.0	+4.2	+.089	+1.0	+1.2	+.015
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		%
Luguentz Dort	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
	Luguentz Dort	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	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		%
Luguentz Dort	74	30.7	13.7	1.7	2.9	4.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.2	3.3	4.6	11.8	.388	1.8	5.5	.330	2.7	3.5	.772
difference:	+3	+2.4	+10.7	+1.7	+6.1	+7.8	+1.3	+0.1	+1.3	-1.9	-0.5	+4.2	+5.3	+.130		+0.9	+.070	+2.2	+2.3	+.064
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 Luguentz Dort nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 6
	Luguentz Dort	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2024-25	2020-21
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Luguentz Dort	71	29.2	10.1	1.3	2.9	4.1	1.6	1.1	0.5	0.7	2.9	3.6	8.4	.435	2.4	5.8	.412	0.5	0.6	.717
difference:	+21	+4.6	+14.7	+1.4	+5.0	+6.5	+2.9	+0.3	+0.6	-2.5	-0.8	+4.9	+9.1	+.051		+0.5	+.025	+4.8	+5.6	+.142
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luguentz Dort	23	29.0	7.9	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.9	1.3	0.4	0.9	3.3	2.6	7.1	.366	2.1	6.1	.343	0.6	1.0	.636
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Luguentz Dort	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2025-26	2021-22
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Luguentz Dort	9	30.3	7.8	1.6	2.9	4.4	1.4	0.9	0.2	0.7	2.8	2.6	7.4	.343	1.3	4.9	.273	1.3	1.4	.923
difference:	+65	+3.2	+16.8	+1.0	+4.3	+5.4	+2.2	+0.1	+0.9	-2.4	-0.8	+6.1	+9.0	+.186	+0.7		+.137	+3.9	+4.9	+.101
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		%
Luguentz Dort	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Karl-Anthony Towns played 4 seasons more than Luguentz Dort in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 11, from 2023 to 2026—Karl-Anthony Towns played in 3 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Luguentz Dort, Karl-Anthony Towns got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Star Game