Nick Collison vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Nick Collison, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Nick Collison played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 9. Nick Collison had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, 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
Nick Collison	14	7	2004-05 to 2017-18
Karl-Anthony Towns	9	4	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nick Collison	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Nick Collison	82	17.0	5.6	1.9	2.7	4.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.8	3.1	2.3	4.3	.537	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.703
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		%
Nick Collison	11	19.7	8.4	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.5	3.6	3.4	5.5	.607	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.5	2.5	.630
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Nick Collison	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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		%
Nick Collison	66	21.9	7.5	2.2	3.4	5.6	1.1	0.3	0.5	1.2	3.2	3.1	6.0	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.699
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		%
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Nick Collison	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2006-07	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	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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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	82	29.0	9.6	2.8	5.3	8.1	1.0	0.6	0.8	1.5	3.5	3.9	7.8	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.4	.774
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		%
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Nick Collison	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2007-08	2018-19
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Nick Collison	78	28.5	9.8	3.3	6.1	9.4	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.5	3.2	4.1	8.2	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.1	.737
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		%
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Nick Collison	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	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		%
Nick Collison	71	25.8	8.2	2.5	4.3	6.9	0.9	0.7	0.7	1.0	3.4	3.4	6.0	.568	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.9	.721
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		%
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Nick Collison	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2009-10	2020-21
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Nick Collison	75	20.8	5.9	2.0	3.1	5.1	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.8	3.1	2.4	4.1	.589	0.0	0.1	.250	1.0	1.4	.692
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		%
Nick Collison	6	21.5	3.2	2.0	2.7	4.7	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.7	3.3	1.3	4.0	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	1.2	.429
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Nick Collison	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2010-11	2021-22
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Nick Collison	71	21.5	4.6	1.7	2.8	4.5	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.8	3.0	1.9	3.4	.566	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.753
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		%
Nick Collison	17	24.3	6.7	2.8	3.0	5.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	3.7	2.8	4.5	.632	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.4	.783
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
	Nick Collison	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Nick Collison	63	20.7	4.5	1.9	2.5	4.3	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.0	2.4	1.9	3.2	.597	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.710
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		%
Nick Collison	20	16.6	3.5	1.5	1.9	3.4	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.6	2.6	1.7	2.6	.647	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.429
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
	Nick Collison	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2012-13	2023-24
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Nick Collison	81	19.5	5.1	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.4	0.9	2.4	2.2	3.7	.595	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.769
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		%
Nick Collison	11	16.2	5.0	2.3	2.4	4.6	1.1	0.5	1.0	0.9	3.4	2.0	4.3	.468	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.1	.917
Karl-Anthony Towns	10	31.7	18.4	2.0	7.0	9.0	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.7	3.8	6.7	13.1	.511	2.1	4.4	.477	2.9	3.6	.806


Season 10
	Nick Collison	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	81	16.7	4.2	1.4	2.2	3.6	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.9	2.3	1.7	3.0	.556	0.0	0.2	.235	0.8	1.1	.710
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	17	10.8	1.9	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.6	0.7	1.7	.414	0.1	0.3	.400	0.4	0.6	.700
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Nick Collison	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	-
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		%
Nick Collison	66	16.7	4.1	1.4	2.4	3.8	1.4	0.5	0.4	0.7	2.4	1.6	3.8	.419	0.2	0.9	.267	0.7	1.0	.692
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Nick Collison	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	59	11.8	2.1	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.8	0.8	1.8	.459	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.697
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	9	8.8	1.0	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.6	0.9	0.0	0.1	1.9	0.4	0.7	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Nick Collison	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	-
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		%
Nick Collison	20	6.4	1.7	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.2	.609	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.625
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 14
	Nick Collison	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	-
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		%
Nick Collison	15	5.0	2.1	0.5	0.9	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.9	1.3	.684	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.9	.385
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Nick Collison vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Nick Collison, 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

Season 14