Will Barton vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Will Barton, 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.

Will Barton played 11 years in the NBA, 2 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 9. Will Barton had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Will Barton	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Will Barton	73	12.2	4.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.8	0.8	1.6	4.2	.382	0.1	0.9	.138	0.7	0.9	.769
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		%
Will Barton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Will Barton	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets	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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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Barton	58	17.0	6.8	0.4	2.3	2.8	1.4	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.2	2.6	6.1	.425	0.4	1.5	.271	1.3	1.6	.787
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		%
Will Barton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Will Barton	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	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		%
Will Barton	82	28.7	14.4	0.7	5.1	5.8	2.5	0.9	0.5	1.7	1.8	5.2	12.0	.432	1.4	4.0	.345	2.6	3.3	.806
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		%
Will Barton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Will Barton	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2018-19	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Will Barton	43	27.7	11.5	0.7	3.9	4.6	2.9	0.4	0.5	1.5	1.9	4.3	10.7	.402	1.6	4.6	.342	1.3	1.7	.770
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		%
Will Barton	14	23.4	9.1	1.1	3.7	4.8	1.7	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.4	3.4	9.6	.348	1.1	3.9	.273	1.3	1.9	.692
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 9
	Will Barton	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2020-21	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Will Barton	56	31.0	12.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	3.2	0.9	0.4	1.7	1.7	4.6	10.9	.426	1.8	4.6	.381	1.7	2.2	.785
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		%
Will Barton	3	27.7	16.3	0.3	4.0	4.3	2.7	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.3	6.3	14.3	.442	2.3	7.0	.333	1.3	1.3	1.000
Karl-Anthony Towns	8	31.3	18.9	1.9	7.0	8.9	2.5	0.5	0.3	1.8	3.9	6.6	12.8	.520	2.4	4.4	.543	3.3	4.0	.813