Malik Beasley vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Malik Beasley, 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.

Malik Beasley played 9 years in the NBA, 1 less than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 10. Malik Beasley had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, 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
	Malik Beasley	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2016-17	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	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		%
Malik Beasley	22	7.5	3.8	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.5	3.3	.452	0.4	1.3	.321	0.4	0.5	.800
difference:	+60	+24.5	+14.5	+2.6	+7.2	+9.7	+1.5	+0.4	+1.7	-1.8	-2.5	+6.1	+10.8	+.090		+0.2	+.020	+2.3	+2.9	+.011
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 Malik Beasley nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Malik Beasley	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2018-19	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Malik Beasley	81	23.2	11.3	0.4	2.0	2.5	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.4	4.3	9.1	.474	2.0	5.0	.402	0.7	0.8	.848
difference:	+1	+12.4	+10.0	+2.5	+7.4	+9.8	+1.2	+0.1	+1.3	-1.2	-2.1	+3.5	+5.2	+.071	+0.5	+1.5	+.019	+3.5	+4.1	+.010
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		%
Malik Beasley	14	20.1	8.1	0.8	2.6	3.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.6	6.6	.387	1.4	3.4	.404	1.6	2.2	.710
difference:	+9	+13.9	+7.1	+2.2	+7.8	+10.0	+1.2	+0.2	+0.9	-1.9	-1.4	+3.0	+5.4	+.080	+0.8	+1.2	+.131	+1.8	+2.4	+.029
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
	Malik Beasley	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2019-20	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Malik Beasley	55	22.0	11.2	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.4	4.1	9.7	.425	1.9	5.0	.388	1.0	1.2	.818
difference:	+22	+11.1	+13.2	+3.1	+6.6	+9.7	+2.0	+0.2	+1.5	-2.1	-2.4	+4.7	+7.4	+.093	+0.1	+0.4	+.012	+3.9	+4.6	+.018
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 Malik Beasley nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 7
	Malik Beasley	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2022-23	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Malik Beasley	81	25.8	12.7	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.5	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.3	4.6	11.6	.395	2.9	8.1	.357	0.6	0.8	.769
difference:	+7	+7.7	+11.9	+2.2	+4.1	+6.3	+2.1	+0.2	+1.0	-2.0	-2.3	+4.1	+4.8	+.134	+0.9	+3.2	+.053	+4.6	+5.5	+.053
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		%
Malik Beasley	11	8.3	3.0	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.9	3.1	.294	0.6	2.4	.269	0.5	0.5	1.000
difference:	+5	+28.7	+18.8	+1.5	+8.5	+10.1	+2.0	+0.6	+2.0	-4.3	-3.7	+5.6	+10.2	+.194	+1.1	+1.3	+.186	+6.7	+7.8	+.140
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 9
	Malik Beasley	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2024-25	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Malik Beasley	82	27.8	16.3	0.6	2.0	2.6	1.7	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.5	5.6	13.1	.430	3.9	9.3	.416	1.2	1.7	.679
difference:	+20	+4.9	+5.5	+0.9	+4.8	+5.7	+1.3	+0.2	+0.6	-1.9	-1.8	+2.1	+2.2	+.074	+1.7	+4.0		+2.9	+3.0	+.194
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		%
Malik Beasley	6	27.2	14.0	0.2	2.3	2.5	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.2	1.7	4.7	12.5	.373	3.3	9.8	.339	1.3	1.3	1.000
difference:	+10	+5.4	+5.1	+2.0	+4.5	+6.5	+1.4	+0.3		-0.5	-1.7	+2.1	+2.0	+.093	+1.4	+4.6	+.022	+2.4	+3.0	+.145
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

Additional Years
* Karl-Anthony Towns played 1 season more than Malik Beasley in the NBA. In that period—his season 10 in 2025—Karl-Anthony Towns played in the Playoffs. In that extra year over Malik Beasley, Karl-Anthony Towns got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game