Rudy Gobert vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert, 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.

Rudy Gobert played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 11. Rudy Gobert had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, 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
	Rudy Gobert	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2013-14	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Rudy Gobert	45	9.6	2.3	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.3	0.8	1.6	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.492
difference:	+37	+22.4	+16.0	+1.7	+5.4	+7.1	+1.8	+0.5	+0.8	-1.5	-1.7	+6.8	+12.5	+.056	+0.4	+1.1		+2.0	+2.0	+.319
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
* Neiher Rudy Gobert nor Karl-Anthony Towns played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Rudy Gobert	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2015-16	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Rudy Gobert	61	31.7	9.1	3.4	7.5	11.0	1.5	0.7	2.2	1.9	2.7	3.2	5.8	.559	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	4.6	.569
difference:	+21	+3.9	+12.2	+0.5	+1.9	+1.3	+0.9	+0.1	+0.8		-0.8	+4.6	+8.5	+.014	+1.5	+3.5		+1.6	+0.3	+.289
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		%
Rudy Gobert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rudy Gobert	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2016-17	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Rudy Gobert	81	33.9	14.0	3.9	8.9	12.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.0	5.1	7.7	.661	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	5.9	.653
difference:	+4	+0.8	+10.4	+0.5	+0.1	+0.4	+2.2	+0.3	+1.0	-1.3	-0.8	+3.7	+9.4	+.143	+1.8	+4.6		+1.1	+0.1	+.183
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		%
Rudy Gobert	9	27.3	11.6	2.4	7.4	9.9	1.2	1.0	1.3	1.0	3.3	4.4	7.0	.635	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	5.6	.480
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Rudy Gobert	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2017-18	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	56	32.4	13.5	2.9	7.8	10.7	1.4	0.8	2.3	1.9	2.7	4.9	7.9	.622	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.3	.682
difference:	+21	+1.5	+13.0	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+3.0	+0.1	+1.1	-1.2	-0.6	+4.1	+9.9	+.114	+3.3	+7.9		+1.5	+1.2	+.114
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		%
Rudy Gobert	11	34.8	13.2	3.9	6.8	10.7	1.0	0.9	2.3	1.9	3.1	5.0	7.6	.655	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	5.3	.603
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Rudy Gobert	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2018-19	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	81	31.8	15.9	3.8	9.0	12.9	2.0	0.8	2.3	1.6	2.9	5.9	8.8	.669	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.4	.636
difference:	+31	+2.0	+8.9	+1.1	+1.1	+2.3	+2.5		+1.2	-1.6	-0.8	+2.6	+8.7	+.183	+2.4	+6.3		+1.2	+0.2	+.223
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		%
Rudy Gobert	5	30.4	11.2	4.6	5.6	10.2	1.4	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.2	3.8	6.4	.594	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.6	.783
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Rudy Gobert	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2019-20	2021-22
Team	Utah Jazz	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Rudy Gobert	68	34.3	15.1	3.4	10.1	13.5	1.5	0.8	2.0	1.9	3.2	5.7	8.2	.693	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.9	.630
difference:	+6	+0.8	+9.5	+0.8	+2.9	+3.7	+2.1	+0.2	+0.9	-1.2	-0.4	+3.0	+8.2	+.164	+2.0	+4.9		+1.5	+0.4	+.192
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		%
Rudy Gobert	7	38.6	16.9	3.4	8.0	11.4	1.1	0.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	6.9	10.6	.649	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	6.0	.524
difference:	+1	+1.6	+4.9	+1.6	+1.0	+0.6	+1.1	+0.1	+0.6	-3.2	-0.5	+0.4	+2.7	+.161	+1.7	+3.7		+4.1	+2.3	+.336
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
	Rudy Gobert	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2020-21	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Rudy Gobert	71	30.8	14.3	3.4	10.1	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	1.7	2.3	5.5	8.2	.675	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	5.3	.623
difference:	+42	+2.2	+6.5	+1.7	+3.6	+5.4	+3.5	+0.1	+2.1	-1.3	-1.5	+1.8	+6.6	+.180	+2.1	+5.6	+.366	+0.8	+0.6	+.251
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		%
Rudy Gobert	11	34.2	14.7	3.9	8.4	12.3	0.8	0.5	2.1	1.5	4.2	5.5	7.4	.741	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	6.0	.636
difference:	+6	+1.8	+3.5	+2.7	+0.6	+2.1	+1.2	+0.1	+1.3	-2.1		+0.9	+6.6	+.284	+1.2	+4.7	+.250	+0.4	+0.4	+.114
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
	Rudy Gobert	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2021-22	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Rudy Gobert	66	32.1	15.6	3.7	11.0	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	1.8	2.7	5.5	7.7	.713	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.7	.690
difference:	+4	+0.6	+6.2	+2.2	+4.2	+6.4	+1.9		+1.4	-1.1	-0.6	+2.2	+7.6	+.209	+2.2	+5.2	+.416	+0.5	+2.0	+.183
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		%
Rudy Gobert	6	32.8	12.0	3.5	9.7	13.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.3	3.2	3.5	5.5	.636	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	7.3	.682
difference:	+10	+0.2	+7.1	+1.3	+2.9	+4.2	+2.1	+0.6	+0.8	-0.4	-0.2	+3.3	+9.0	+.170	+1.9	+5.2		+1.3	+3.0	+.173
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
	Rudy Gobert	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2022-23	2024-25
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Rudy Gobert	70	30.7	13.4	3.3	8.3	11.6	1.2	0.8	1.4	1.7	3.0	5.1	7.8	.659	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.9	.644
difference:	+2	+4.3	+11.0	+0.4	+1.5	+1.2	+1.9	+0.2	+0.7	-1.0	-0.5	+3.8	+9.1	+.133	+2.0	+4.7		+1.6	+0.8	+.185
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		%
Rudy Gobert	5	35.4	15.0	3.6	8.6	12.2	2.0	0.4	1.0	1.6	4.8	5.8	9.2	.630	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.4	.630
difference:	+13	+0.1	+6.4	+1.5	+0.9	+0.6	+0.7	+0.3	+0.3	-0.6	-0.5	+1.9	+6.6	+.142	+1.4	+4.1		+1.2		+.215
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

Season 11
	Rudy Gobert	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2023-24	2025-26
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	76	34.1	14.0	3.8	9.2	12.9	1.3	0.7	2.1	1.6	3.1	5.3	8.1	.661	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	5.1	.638
difference:	+52	+0.9	+8.4	+0.7	+0.4	+1.0	+1.9	+0.1	+1.3	-0.8	-0.3	+2.0	+7.3	+.187	+1.9	+5.2		+2.6	+1.6	+.244
Karl-Anthony Towns	24	33.2	22.4	3.1	8.8	11.9	3.2	0.8	0.8	2.4	3.4	7.3	15.4	.474	1.9	5.2	.360	5.9	6.7	.882
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	15	34.1	12.1	2.7	7.1	9.8	1.6	0.9	1.0	1.5	3.7	4.3	6.9	.615	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	5.3	.671
Karl-Anthony Towns	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Rudy Gobert played 2 seasons more than Karl-Anthony Towns in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 13, from 2025 to 2026—Rudy Gobert played in one postseason. In those 2 extra years over Karl-Anthony Towns, Rudy Gobert got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team