Domantas Sabonis vs. Karl-Anthony Towns: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Karl-Anthony Towns and Domantas Sabonis to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

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Karl-Anthony Towns has one of the highest career point averages in NBA history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by Domantas Sabonis.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Karl-Anthony Towns has better scoring stats than Domantas Sabonis in averages and totals, both in the regular season and Playoffs. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

On this page we compare:

Who has better scoring stats? Career Numbers
Games of 30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc
Shooting Stats
Points Year by Year

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 10 NBA regular seasons played, Karl-Anthony Towns averages 7 points more than Domantas Sabonis in his 9 seasons (23.1 points against 16.1), and he also scored a total of 4,479 points more (14,880 vs. 10,401).

Points Per Game

Seasons
Domantas Sabonis 16.1
9
Karl-Anthony Towns 23.1
+7.0
10

Total Points

Seasons
Domantas Sabonis 10,401
9
Karl-Anthony Towns 14,880
+4,479
10

Points in the Playoffs

Similar to what happens in the regular season, in the NBA postseason Karl-Anthony Towns has a better career point average than Domantas Sabonis (+7.8 points per game) and he also scored more points (+749).

Points Per Game

Playoffs
Domantas Sabonis 12.0
4
Karl-Anthony Towns 19.8
+7.8
5

Total Points

Playoffs
Domantas Sabonis 240
4
Karl-Anthony Towns 989
+749
5

Points by Thresholds

Regular Season

60+ Point Games

Domantas Sabonis 0
Karl-Anthony Towns 2
+2

50+ Point Games

Domantas Sabonis 0
Karl-Anthony Towns 3
+3

40+ Point Games

Domantas Sabonis 1
Karl-Anthony Towns 18
+17

30+ Point Games

Domantas Sabonis 28
Karl-Anthony Towns 123
+95

20+ Point Games

Domantas Sabonis 207
Karl-Anthony Towns 433
+226

10+ Point Games

Domantas Sabonis 512
Karl-Anthony Towns 626
+114

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Domantas Sabonis 638
Karl-Anthony Towns 645
+7

0 Point Games (games without points)

Domantas Sabonis 8
+8
Karl-Anthony Towns 0

Playoffs

30+ Point Games

Domantas Sabonis 0
Karl-Anthony Towns 3
+3

20+ Point Games

Domantas Sabonis 4
Karl-Anthony Towns 27
+23

10+ Point Games

Domantas Sabonis 12
Karl-Anthony Towns 47
+35

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Domantas Sabonis 19
Karl-Anthony Towns 50
+31

0 Point Games (games without points)

Domantas Sabonis 1
+1
Karl-Anthony Towns 0

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

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Regular Season

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Domantas Sabonis 16.1 6.3 11.2 56.0 0.5 1.4 34.7 3.0 4.1 72.9 9 646
difference:+7.0+2.2+5.0+3.6+1.2+2.9+5.3+1.4+1.2+10.8+1+1
Karl-Anthony Towns 23.1 8.5 16.2 52.4 1.7 4.3 40.0 4.4 5.3 83.7 10 645

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Domantas Sabonis 10,401 4,068 7,266 56.0 310 893 34.7 1,955 2,680 72.9 9 646
difference:+4,479+1,392+3,158+3.6+807+1,897+5.3+888+715+10.8+1+1
Karl-Anthony Towns 14,880 5,460 10,424 52.4 1,117 2,790 40.0 2,843 3,395 83.7 10 645

Playoffs

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Domantas Sabonis 12.0 4.9 9.7 50.3 0.2 0.9 17.6 2.2 3.2 67.2 4 20
difference:+7.8+2.0+4.8+2.7+1.3+3.4+17.4+2.2+2.1+15.9+1+30
Karl-Anthony Towns 19.8 6.9 14.5 47.6 1.5 4.3 35.0 4.4 5.3 83.1 5 50

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Domantas Sabonis 240 97 193 50.3 3 17 17.6 43 64 67.2 4 20
difference:+749+249+534+2.7+72+197+17.4+179+203+15.9+1+30
Karl-Anthony Towns 989 346 727 47.6 75 214 35.0 222 267 83.1 5 50

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

Regular Season

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Domantas Sabonis 5.9
201781
Karl-Anthony Towns 18.3
+12.4
201682

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Domantas Sabonis 11.6
201874
Karl-Anthony Towns 25.1
+13.5
201782

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Domantas Sabonis 14.1
201974
Karl-Anthony Towns 21.3
+7.2
201882

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Domantas Sabonis 18.5
202062
Karl-Anthony Towns 24.4
+5.9
201977

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Domantas Sabonis 20.3
202162
Karl-Anthony Towns 26.5
+6.2
202035

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Domantas Sabonis 18.9
202262
Karl-Anthony Towns 24.8
+5.9
202150

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
Domantas Sabonis 19.1
202379
Karl-Anthony Towns 24.6
+5.5
202274

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
Domantas Sabonis 19.4
202482
Karl-Anthony Towns 20.8
+1.4
202329

Season 9

Points per gameYearGames
Domantas Sabonis 19.1
202570
Karl-Anthony Towns 21.8
+2.7
202462

Karl-Anthony Towns' additional seasons:

* Karl-Anthony Towns played 1 season more than Domantas Sabonis in the NBA.

In that year—his season 10 in 2025—he averaged 24.4 points in a total of 72 regular season games.

Playoffs

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Domantas Sabonis 2.0
+2.0
20172
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20160

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Domantas Sabonis 12.4
+12.4
20187
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20170

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Domantas Sabonis 8.5
20194
Karl-Anthony Towns 15.2
+6.7
20185

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Domantas Sabonis -
DNP
20200
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20190

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Domantas Sabonis -
DNP
20210
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20200

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Domantas Sabonis -
DNP
20220
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20210

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
Domantas Sabonis 16.4
20237
Karl-Anthony Towns 21.8
+5.4
20226

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
Domantas Sabonis -
DNP
20240
Karl-Anthony Towns 18.2
+18.2
20235

Season 9

Points per gameYearGames
Domantas Sabonis -
DNP
20250
Karl-Anthony Towns 19.1
+19.1
202416

Karl-Anthony Towns' additional Playoffs:

* In his additional NBA year, Karl-Anthony Towns played in the Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 21.4 points in a total of 18 games.

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