Mookie Blaylock vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Mookie Blaylock, 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

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.

Mookie Blaylock played 13 years in the NBA, 4 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 9. Mookie Blaylock had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Mookie Blaylock	13	8	1989-90 to 2001-02
Karl-Anthony Towns	9	4	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Rookie Season
	Mookie Blaylock	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1989-90	2015-16
Team	New Jersey Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	50	25.3	10.1	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.2	1.6	0.3	2.2	2.2	4.2	11.4	.371	0.4	1.6	.225	1.3	1.6	.778
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Mookie Blaylock	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1990-91	2016-17
Team	New Jersey Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	72	35.9	14.1	0.9	2.5	3.5	6.1	2.3	0.6	2.9	2.5	6.0	14.4	.416	0.2	1.3	.154	1.9	2.4	.790
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Mookie Blaylock	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1991-92	2017-18
Team	New Jersey Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	72	35.4	13.8	1.4	2.3	3.7	6.8	2.4	0.6	2.1	2.5	6.0	13.8	.432	0.2	0.8	.222	1.8	2.5	.712
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	4	37.0	9.5	1.3	2.8	4.0	7.8	3.8	0.5	1.8	4.0	4.3	13.8	.309	0.3	1.5	.167	0.8	1.0	.750
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1992-93	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	80	35.3	13.4	1.1	2.4	3.5	8.4	2.5	0.3	2.3	2.0	5.2	12.1	.429	1.5	3.9	.375	1.5	2.1	.728
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	3	33.0	9.0	0.7	3.7	4.3	4.3	1.0	1.3	3.7	3.0	3.0	8.3	.360	1.3	4.0	.333	1.7	2.0	.833
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Mookie Blaylock	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1993-94	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	81	36.0	13.8	1.4	3.8	5.2	9.7	2.6	0.5	2.4	1.8	5.5	13.3	.411	1.4	4.2	.334	1.4	2.0	.730
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	11	37.7	13.0	1.5	3.5	5.0	8.9	2.2	0.5	2.9	2.0	4.4	12.8	.340	2.0	5.8	.344	2.3	2.7	.833
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Mookie Blaylock	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1994-95	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	80	38.4	17.2	1.5	3.5	4.9	7.7	2.5	0.3	3.0	2.1	6.4	15.0	.425	2.5	6.9	.359	2.0	2.7	.729
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	3	40.3	18.0	2.3	2.0	4.3	5.7	1.3	0.0	3.0	2.0	6.0	16.3	.367	3.7	9.3	.393	2.3	3.7	.636
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Mookie Blaylock	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1995-96	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	81	35.7	15.7	1.4	2.7	4.1	5.9	2.6	0.2	2.3	1.9	5.6	13.9	.405	2.9	7.7	.371	1.6	2.1	.747
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	10	42.6	17.1	1.3	3.0	4.3	6.4	2.2	0.8	2.9	1.5	6.1	14.5	.421	3.3	8.4	.393	1.6	2.4	.667
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1996-97	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	78	39.2	17.4	1.5	3.8	5.3	5.9	2.7	0.3	2.4	1.8	6.4	14.9	.432	2.8	7.7	.366	1.7	2.2	.753
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	10	44.2	16.4	1.2	5.8	7.0	6.5	2.1	0.2	3.5	1.5	6.1	15.4	.396	2.8	8.5	.329	1.4	2.1	.667
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
	Mookie Blaylock	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1997-98	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	70	38.6	13.2	1.2	3.7	4.9	6.7	2.6	0.3	2.5	1.7	5.3	13.4	.392	1.3	4.8	.269	1.4	1.9	.709
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		%
Mookie Blaylock	4	38.3	14.8	1.5	3.5	5.0	8.3	2.3	0.3	2.3	2.0	5.5	13.3	.415	2.0	6.8	.296	1.8	3.0	.583
Karl-Anthony Towns	5	28.8	19.4	1.6	6.8	8.4	2.6	0.4	0.0	1.6	4.4	6.8	12.4	.548	2.2	4.2	.524	3.6	4.4	.818

Season 10
	Mookie Blaylock	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	48	36.7	13.3	0.9	3.7	4.7	5.8	2.1	0.2	2.4	1.3	5.1	13.6	.379	1.6	5.2	.307	1.4	1.9	.758
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	9	39.6	12.6	0.7	3.3	4.0	4.0	2.0	0.2	3.3	1.2	4.9	15.0	.326	2.0	5.7	.353	0.8	1.7	.467
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Mookie Blaylock	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	73	33.7	11.3	0.8	2.9	3.7	6.7	2.0	0.3	2.0	1.7	4.5	11.5	.391	1.4	4.1	.336	0.9	1.3	.705
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Mookie Blaylock	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	69	34.1	11.0	1.0	2.9	3.9	6.7	2.4	0.3	1.9	1.9	4.6	11.6	.396	1.1	3.3	.324	0.8	1.1	.697
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Mookie Blaylock	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Mookie Blaylock	35	17.1	3.4	0.2	1.3	1.5	3.3	0.7	0.1	1.1	0.6	1.4	4.2	.342	0.4	1.2	.357	0.1	0.2	.500
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mookie Blaylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mookie Blaylock vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Mookie Blaylock, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13