Jrue Holiday vs. Karl-Anthony Towns: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Karl-Anthony Towns and Jrue Holiday 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 Jrue Holiday.

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 averages both in the regular season and Playoffs while Jrue Holiday scored more total points in both stages. 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 7.3 points more than Jrue Holiday in his 16 seasons (23.1 points against 15.8). On the other hand Jrue Holiday scored a total of 1,542 points more than Karl-Anthony Towns (16,422 vs. 14,880).

Points Per Game

Seasons
Jrue Holiday 15.8
16
Karl-Anthony Towns 23.1
+7.3
10

Total Points

Seasons
Jrue Holiday 16,422
+1,542
16
Karl-Anthony Towns 14,880
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 Jrue Holiday (+3.8 points per game) while Jrue Holiday scored more points (+563).

Points Per Game

Playoffs
Jrue Holiday 16.0
9
Karl-Anthony Towns 19.8
+3.8
5

Total Points

Playoffs
Jrue Holiday 1,552
+563
9
Karl-Anthony Towns 989
5

Points by Thresholds

Regular Season

60+ Point Games

Jrue Holiday 0
Karl-Anthony Towns 2
+2

50+ Point Games

Jrue Holiday 1
Karl-Anthony Towns 3
+2

40+ Point Games

Jrue Holiday 3
Karl-Anthony Towns 18
+15

30+ Point Games

Jrue Holiday 41
Karl-Anthony Towns 123
+82

20+ Point Games

Jrue Holiday 314
Karl-Anthony Towns 433
+119

10+ Point Games

Jrue Holiday 821
+195
Karl-Anthony Towns 626

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Jrue Holiday 1,029
+384
Karl-Anthony Towns 645

0 Point Games (games without points)

Jrue Holiday 8
+8
Karl-Anthony Towns 0

Playoffs

40+ Point Games

Jrue Holiday 1
+1
Karl-Anthony Towns 0

30+ Point Games

Jrue Holiday 3
Karl-Anthony Towns 3

20+ Point Games

Jrue Holiday 26
Karl-Anthony Towns 27
+1

10+ Point Games

Jrue Holiday 83
+36
Karl-Anthony Towns 47

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Jrue Holiday 97
+47
Karl-Anthony Towns 50

0 Point Games (games without points)

Jrue Holiday 0
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
Jrue Holiday 15.8 6.2 13.4 46.2 1.5 4.1 37.0 1.9 2.4 78.8 16 1,037
difference:+7.3+2.3+2.8+6.2+0.2+0.2+3.0+2.5+2.9+4.9+6+392
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
Jrue Holiday 16,422 6,434 13,928 46.2 1,574 4,259 37.0 1,980 2,513 78.8 16 1,037
difference:+1,542+974+3,504+6.2+457+1,469+3.0+863+882+4.9+6+392
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
Jrue Holiday 16.0 6.2 14.3 43.2 1.8 5.2 34.4 1.9 2.4 78.9 9 97
difference:+3.8+0.7+0.2+4.4+0.3+0.9+0.6+2.5+2.9+4.2+4+47
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
Jrue Holiday 1,552 600 1,388 43.2 172 500 34.4 180 228 78.9 9 97
difference:+563+254+661+4.4+97+286+0.6+42+39+4.2+4+47
Karl-Anthony Towns 989 346 727 47.6 75 214 35.0 222 267 83.1 5 50

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

NBA Champion = NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday 8.0
201073
Karl-Anthony Towns 18.3
+10.3
201682

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday 14.0
201182
Karl-Anthony Towns 25.1
+11.1
201782

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday 13.5
201265
Karl-Anthony Towns 21.3
+7.8
201882

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday 17.7
201378
Karl-Anthony Towns 24.4
+6.7
201977

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday 14.3
201434
Karl-Anthony Towns 26.5
+12.2
202035

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday 14.8
201540
Karl-Anthony Towns 24.8
+10.0
202150

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday 16.8
201665
Karl-Anthony Towns 24.6
+7.8
202274

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday 15.4
201767
Karl-Anthony Towns 20.8
+5.4
202329

Season 9

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday 19.0
201881
Karl-Anthony Towns 21.8
+2.8
202462

Season 10

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday 21.2
201967
Karl-Anthony Towns 24.4
+3.2
202572

Jrue Holiday's additional seasons:

* Jrue Holiday played 6 seasons more than Karl-Anthony Towns in the NBA.

In those years—his seasons 11 to 16, from 2020 to 2025—he averaged 16.3 points in a total of 385 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 19.3 ppg and his lowest 11.1.

Playoffs

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday -
DNP
20100
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20160

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday 14.2
+14.2
20115
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20170

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday 15.8
+0.6
201213
Karl-Anthony Towns 15.2
20185

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday -
DNP
20130
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20190

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday -
DNP
20140
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20200

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday 6.3
+6.3
20153
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20210

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday -
DNP
20160
Karl-Anthony Towns 21.8
+21.8
20226

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday -
DNP
20170
Karl-Anthony Towns 18.2
+18.2
20235

Season 9

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday 23.7
+4.6
20189
Karl-Anthony Towns 19.1
202416

Season 10

Points per gameYearGames
Jrue Holiday -
DNP
20190
Karl-Anthony Towns 21.4
+21.4
202518

Jrue Holiday's additional Playoffs:

* During his 6 additional NBA seasons, Jrue Holiday played in 5 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those postseasons he averaged 15.6 points in a total of 67 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 19.1 ppg and his lowest 9.5.

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