Rod Strickland vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Rod Strickland, 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.

Rod Strickland played 17 years in the NBA, 8 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 9. Rod Strickland had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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
Rod Strickland	17	11	1988-89 to 2004-05
Karl-Anthony Towns	9	4	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rod Strickland	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1988-89	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Rod Strickland	81	16.8	8.9	0.6	1.3	2.0	3.9	1.2	0.0	1.8	1.8	3.3	7.0	.467	0.2	0.7	.322	2.1	2.9	.745
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		%
Rod Strickland	9	12.3	6.0	0.7	0.8	1.4	2.8	0.4	0.1	1.4	2.3	2.4	5.4	.449	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.0	1.9	.529
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Rod Strickland	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1989-90	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Rod Strickland	82	26.1	10.6	1.1	2.1	3.2	5.7	1.5	0.2	2.1	2.0	4.2	9.2	.454	0.1	0.4	.267	2.1	3.4	.626
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		%
Rod Strickland	10	38.4	12.3	2.2	3.1	5.3	11.2	1.4	0.0	3.4	3.0	5.4	12.7	.425	0.0	0.7	.000	1.5	2.7	.556
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Rod Strickland	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1990-91	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Rod Strickland	58	35.8	13.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	8.0	2.0	0.2	2.7	2.2	5.4	11.2	.482	0.2	0.6	.333	2.8	3.6	.763
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		%
Rod Strickland	4	42.0	18.8	1.3	4.0	5.3	8.8	2.3	0.0	3.3	3.5	7.3	16.8	.433	0.0	1.5	.000	4.3	5.3	.810
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
	Rod Strickland	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1991-92	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Rod Strickland	57	36.0	13.8	1.6	3.0	4.6	8.6	2.1	0.3	2.8	2.1	5.3	11.6	.455	0.1	0.3	.333	3.2	4.6	.687
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		%
Rod Strickland	2	40.0	15.5	0.0	3.5	3.5	9.5	1.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	6.5	11.0	.591	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	4.0	.625
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Rod Strickland	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1992-93	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Rod Strickland	78	31.7	13.7	1.5	2.8	4.3	7.2	1.7	0.3	2.6	2.0	5.1	10.5	.485	0.1	0.4	.133	3.5	4.9	.717
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		%
Rod Strickland	4	39.0	13.5	2.3	4.3	6.5	9.3	1.3	0.5	1.8	2.5	5.5	13.0	.423	0.0	0.3	.000	2.5	3.0	.833
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Rod Strickland	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1993-94	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Rod Strickland	82	35.2	17.2	1.5	3.0	4.5	9.0	1.8	0.3	3.1	2.1	6.4	13.3	.483	0.0	0.1	.200	4.3	5.7	.749
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		%
Rod Strickland	4	38.5	23.5	0.8	3.3	4.0	9.8	1.0	0.5	2.5	3.3	9.0	18.0	.500	0.0	0.3	.000	5.5	6.8	.815
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Rod Strickland	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1994-95	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Rod Strickland	64	35.4	18.9	1.1	3.8	5.0	8.8	1.9	0.1	3.3	1.8	6.9	14.8	.466	0.7	1.9	.374	4.4	5.9	.745
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		%
Rod Strickland	3	42.0	23.3	0.3	3.7	4.0	12.3	1.0	0.7	3.3	3.7	9.0	21.7	.415	0.7	1.7	.400	4.7	6.0	.778
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
	Rod Strickland	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1995-96	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Rod Strickland	67	37.7	18.7	1.3	3.1	4.4	9.6	1.4	0.2	3.8	2.0	7.0	15.3	.460	0.6	1.7	.342	4.1	6.3	.652
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		%
Rod Strickland	5	40.4	20.6	2.4	3.8	6.2	8.4	1.0	0.0	2.4	2.8	7.4	16.8	.440	1.2	2.4	.500	4.6	7.2	.639
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
	Rod Strickland	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1996-97	2023-24
Team	Washington Bullets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets 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		%
Rod Strickland	82	36.5	17.2	1.2	2.9	4.1	8.9	1.7	0.2	3.3	2.0	6.3	13.5	.466	0.2	0.9	.169	4.5	6.1	.738
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		%
Rod Strickland	3	41.3	19.7	1.7	4.3	6.0	8.3	1.0	0.0	3.7	2.7	7.3	17.3	.423	0.3	0.7	.500	4.7	6.3	.737
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
	Rod Strickland	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
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		%
Rod Strickland	76	39.7	17.8	1.5	3.9	5.3	10.5	1.7	0.3	3.5	2.4	6.4	14.9	.434	0.2	0.6	.250	4.7	6.5	.726
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Rod Strickland	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
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		%
Rod Strickland	44	37.1	15.7	1.3	3.5	4.8	9.9	1.7	0.1	3.2	2.1	5.7	13.7	.416	0.3	1.0	.286	4.0	5.4	.746
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Rod Strickland	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
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		%
Rod Strickland	69	31.7	12.6	1.1	2.7	3.8	7.5	1.4	0.3	2.7	2.1	4.7	11.0	.429	0.0	0.3	.048	3.1	4.4	.702
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Rod Strickland	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Washington Wizards, Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Rod Strickland	54	25.4	9.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.6	1.0	0.1	2.0	1.4	3.4	7.9	.424	0.1	0.3	.235	2.4	3.2	.751
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Strickland	2	10.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Rod Strickland	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
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		%
Rod Strickland	76	30.2	10.4	0.6	2.4	3.1	6.1	1.1	0.1	2.1	1.5	4.2	9.4	.443	0.1	0.3	.308	2.0	2.6	.766
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 15
	Rod Strickland	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Rod Strickland	47	20.3	6.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	4.6	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.2	2.6	5.9	.432	0.0	0.2	.091	1.7	2.3	.738
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rod Strickland	6	12.3	4.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.3	0.8	1.8	3.5	.524	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Rod Strickland	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors	-
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		%
Rod Strickland	61	19.6	6.3	0.6	2.0	2.5	4.0	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.2	2.5	5.8	.425	0.2	0.6	.278	1.2	1.6	.735
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 17
	Rod Strickland	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Rod Strickland	16	12.3	1.8	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.4	0.2	0.1	1.0	0.9	0.6	2.7	.209	0.1	0.1	.500	0.6	0.6	.900
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Rod Strickland vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Rod Strickland, 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

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17