Othella Harrington vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Othella Harrington, 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.

Othella Harrington played 12 years in the NBA, 3 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 9. Othella Harrington had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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
Othella Harrington	12	6	1996-97 to 2007-08
Karl-Anthony Towns	9	4	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Othella Harrington	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1996-97	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Othella Harrington	57	15.1	4.8	1.3	2.2	3.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.6	.549	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.605
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		%
Othella Harrington	7	2.1	1.3	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.700
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Othella Harrington	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1997-98	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Othella Harrington	58	15.6	6.0	1.3	2.3	3.6	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.9	2.2	4.6	.485	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.1	.754
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		%
Othella Harrington	3	7.3	5.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	1.7	.800
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Othella Harrington	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1998-99	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Othella Harrington	41	22.0	9.8	1.8	4.2	6.0	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.5	2.5	3.8	7.4	.513	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.0	.721
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		%
Othella Harrington	4	10.5	5.5	1.3	2.3	3.5	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.5	2.3	3.5	.643	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.667
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
	Othella Harrington	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1999-00	2018-19
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies	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		%
Othella Harrington	82	32.6	13.1	2.4	4.5	6.9	1.2	0.4	0.7	2.6	3.5	5.1	10.1	.506	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.6	.792
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		%
Othella Harrington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Othella Harrington	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2000-01	2019-20
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies, New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Othella Harrington	74	24.5	9.0	1.9	3.4	5.2	0.8	0.5	0.6	2.0	3.2	3.3	6.9	.487	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.0	.763
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		%
Othella Harrington	5	15.4	3.6	1.4	1.6	3.0	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.6	3.2	1.4	2.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.800
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Othella Harrington	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2001-02	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	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		%
Othella Harrington	77	20.3	7.7	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	1.2	3.2	3.1	5.8	.527	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.2	.709
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		%
Othella Harrington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Othella Harrington	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2002-03	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	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		%
Othella Harrington	74	25.0	7.7	2.2	4.2	6.4	0.8	0.2	0.3	1.2	3.1	3.0	6.0	.508	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.0	.820
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		%
Othella Harrington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Othella Harrington	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2003-04	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
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		%
Othella Harrington	56	15.6	4.6	1.0	2.1	3.2	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.2	2.4	1.8	3.6	.495	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.744
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		%
Othella Harrington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Othella Harrington	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2004-05	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Othella Harrington	70	18.2	8.0	1.5	2.7	4.2	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.2	2.7	3.1	6.1	.512	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.718
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		%
Othella Harrington	6	17.5	8.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.5	0.2	0.0	1.3	3.2	3.5	7.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.8	.545
Karl-Anthony Towns	7	30.3	19.7	1.4	7.0	8.4	2.4	0.4	0.3	1.9	4.0	6.9	12.0	.571	2.6	4.4	.581	3.4	4.0	.857


Season 10
	Othella Harrington	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Othella Harrington	72	11.4	4.8	0.8	1.4	2.1	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.8	1.8	1.9	3.8	.495	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.7	.626
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Othella Harrington	3	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Othella Harrington	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	-
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		%
Othella Harrington	26	8.5	2.6	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.9	1.0	2.2	.446	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.8	.773
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Othella Harrington	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	-
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		%
Othella Harrington	22	7.5	2.1	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.5	1.5	0.8	1.9	.429	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.625
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Othella Harrington vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Othella Harrington, 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