Robert Horry vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Robert Horry, 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.

Robert Horry played 16 years in the NBA, 5 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 11. Robert Horry had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, 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
	Robert Horry	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1992-93	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Robert Horry	79	29.5	10.1	1.4	3.5	5.0	2.4	1.0	1.1	2.0	2.7	4.1	8.6	.474	0.2	0.6	.255	1.8	2.5	.715
difference:	+3	+2.5	+8.2	+1.4	+4.2	+5.5	+0.4	+0.3	+0.6	-0.2	-0.3	+3.5	+5.5	+.068	+0.2	+0.5	+.086	+0.9	+0.9	+.096
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		%
Robert Horry	12	31.2	10.3	1.2	4.0	5.2	3.2	1.5	1.3	2.3	2.5	3.9	8.4	.465	0.8	2.5	.300	1.7	2.3	.741
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Robert Horry	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1993-94	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	81	29.3	9.9	1.6	3.9	5.4	2.9	1.5	0.9	1.7	2.3	4.0	8.7	.459	0.5	1.7	.324	1.4	1.9	.732
difference:	+1	+7.7	+15.2	+2.0	+4.8	+6.9	+0.2	+0.8	+0.4	-0.9	-0.6	+5.8	+9.3	+.083	+0.7	+1.7	+.043	+2.9	+3.3	+.100
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		%
Robert Horry	23	33.8	11.7	1.8	4.3	6.1	3.6	1.5	0.9	1.2	3.0	4.3	9.8	.434	1.5	3.9	.382	1.7	2.2	.765
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Robert Horry	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1994-95	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Robert Horry	64	32.4	10.2	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.4	1.5	1.2	1.9	2.5	3.8	8.4	.447	1.3	3.5	.379	1.3	1.8	.761
difference:	+18	+3.2	+11.1	+1.6	+5.6	+7.2	+1.0	+0.7	+0.2		-1.0	+4.0	+5.9	+.098	+0.2		+.042	+2.9	+3.1	+.097
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		%
Robert Horry	22	38.2	13.1	1.8	5.2	7.0	3.5	1.5	1.2	1.1	3.1	4.2	9.5	.445	2.0	5.0	.400	2.6	3.5	.744
difference:	+17	+4.2	+2.1	+1.2	+5.2	+6.4	+1.3	+1.1	+0.2	-1.3	-0.3	+1.4	+2.5	+.022	+1.4	+2.8	+.127	+0.8	+1.1	+.005
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
	Robert Horry	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1995-96	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Robert Horry	71	37.1	12.0	1.4	4.4	5.8	4.0	1.6	1.5	2.3	2.8	4.2	10.3	.410	2.0	5.5	.366	1.6	2.0	.776
difference:	+6	+4.0	+12.4	+2.0	+4.6	+6.6	+0.6	+0.7	+0.1	-0.8	-1.0	+4.6	+6.8	+.108	+0.2	+0.9	+.034	+3.3	+3.8	+.060
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		%
Robert Horry	8	38.5	13.1	1.9	5.3	7.1	3.0	2.6	1.6	1.9	3.6	4.6	11.4	.407	2.6	6.6	.396	1.3	2.9	.435
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Robert Horry	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1998-99	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Robert Horry	38	19.6	4.9	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.5	0.9	1.0	1.3	2.7	1.8	3.8	.459	0.5	1.2	.444	0.9	1.2	.739
difference:	+36	+13.9	+19.7	+1.1	+4.7	+5.8	+2.1	+0.1	+0.1	-1.8	-0.9	+6.9	+12.6	+.070	+1.5	+3.7	+.034	+4.3	+5.1	+.083
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		%
Robert Horry	8	22.1	5.0	1.3	3.3	4.5	1.4	0.8	0.8	0.9	3.6	1.5	3.3	.462	0.6	1.5	.417	1.4	1.8	.786
difference:	+2	+14.9	+16.8	+0.5	+5.7	+6.3	+0.8	+0.1	+1.2	-3.6	-0.6	+5.0	+10.0	+.026	+1.1	+2.2	+.038	+5.8	+6.5	+.074
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
	Robert Horry	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1999-00	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	76	22.2	5.7	1.8	3.0	4.8	1.6	1.1	1.1	1.0	2.5	2.1	4.8	.438	0.4	1.2	.309	1.2	1.5	.788
difference:	+47	+10.8	+15.1	+0.1	+3.5	+3.3	+3.2	+0.4	+0.5	-2.0	-1.3	+5.2	+10.0	+.057	+1.7	+4.5	+.057	+2.9	+3.2	+.086
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		%
Robert Horry	23	27.0	7.6	1.7	3.7	5.3	2.5	0.9	0.8	1.3	3.8	2.6	6.3	.407	0.7	2.6	.288	1.7	2.5	.702
difference:	+18	+9.0	+10.6	+0.5	+5.3	+4.9	+0.5	+0.3		-2.3	-0.4	+3.8	+7.7	+.050	+0.5	+2.2	+.038	+2.5	+3.1	+.048
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
	Robert Horry	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Robert Horry	79	20.1	5.2	1.2	2.6	3.7	1.6	0.7	0.7	1.0	2.7	1.9	4.8	.387	0.7	2.0	.346	0.7	1.1	.711
difference:	+17	+12.6	+16.6	+0.3	+4.2	+4.6	+1.4			-1.9	-0.6	+5.8	+10.5	+.117	+1.5	+3.3	+.070	+3.4	+3.6	+.162
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		%
Robert Horry	16	23.9	5.9	1.9	3.3	5.2	1.9	1.4	1.0	1.1	3.1	2.0	5.4	.368	1.1	2.9	.362	0.8	1.4	.591
difference:		+8.7	+13.2	+0.3	+3.5	+3.8	+0.7	+0.6	+0.8	-0.6	-0.3	+4.8	+9.1	+.098	+0.8	+2.3	+.001	+2.9	+2.9	+.264
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

Season 10
	Robert Horry	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2001-02	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	81	26.4	6.8	1.6	4.3	5.9	2.9	1.0	1.1	1.1	2.6	2.3	5.7	.398	0.9	2.5	.374	1.3	1.7	.783
difference:	+9	+8.6	+17.6	+1.3	+5.5	+6.9	+0.2		+0.4	-1.6	-0.9	+6.6	+11.2	+.128	+1.1	+2.2	+.046	+3.4	+4.0	+.046
Karl-Anthony Towns	72	35.0	24.4	2.9	9.8	12.8	3.1	1.0	0.7	2.7	3.5	8.9	16.9	.526	2.0	4.7	.420	4.7	5.7	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Robert Horry	19	37.1	9.3	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.2	1.7	0.8	1.6	3.5	3.2	7.2	.449	1.3	3.3	.387	1.6	2.0	.789
difference:	+1	+1.6	+12.1	+0.2	+3.3	+3.5	+1.9	+1.0	+0.1	-0.6	-0.8	+4.5	+8.6	+.039	+0.1	+0.8	+.036	+3.0	+3.4	+.056
Karl-Anthony Towns	18	35.5	21.4	2.1	9.5	11.6	1.3	0.7	0.7	2.2	4.3	7.7	15.8	.488	1.4	4.1	.351	4.6	5.4	.845