Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Trae Young: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Trae Young and Karl-Anthony Towns 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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Trae Young and Karl-Anthony Towns have two of the highest career scoring averages in league history and here we compare all their scoring stats.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Trae Young has better scoring averages both in the regular season and Playoffs while Karl-Anthony Towns 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 8 NBA regular seasons played, Trae Young averages 2.2 points more than Karl-Anthony Towns in his 11 seasons (25.2 points against 23.0). On the other hand Karl-Anthony Towns scored a total of 3,065 points more than Trae Young (15,374 vs. 12,309).

Points Per Game

Seasons
Karl-Anthony Towns 23.0
11
Trae Young 25.2
+2.2
8

Total Points

Seasons
Karl-Anthony Towns 15,374
+3,065
11
Trae Young 12,309
8

Points in the Playoffs

Similar to what happens in the regular season, in the NBA postseason Trae Young has a better career point average than Karl-Anthony Towns (+6.6 points per game) while Karl-Anthony Towns scored more points (+276).

Points Per Game

Playoffs
Karl-Anthony Towns 19.8
5
Trae Young 26.4
+6.6
3

Total Points

Playoffs
Karl-Anthony Towns 989
+276
5
Trae Young 713
3

Points by Thresholds

Regular Season

60+ Point Games

Karl-Anthony Towns 2
+2
Trae Young 0

50+ Point Games

Karl-Anthony Towns 3
+1
Trae Young 2

40+ Point Games

Karl-Anthony Towns 18
Trae Young 34
+16

30+ Point Games

Karl-Anthony Towns 127
Trae Young 164
+37

20+ Point Games

Karl-Anthony Towns 446
+101
Trae Young 345

10+ Point Games

Karl-Anthony Towns 646
+179
Trae Young 467

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Karl-Anthony Towns 667
+179
Trae Young 488

0 Point Games (games without points)

Karl-Anthony Towns 0
Trae Young 0

Playoffs

40+ Point Games

Karl-Anthony Towns 0
Trae Young 1
+1

30+ Point Games

Karl-Anthony Towns 3
Trae Young 12
+9

20+ Point Games

Karl-Anthony Towns 27
+6
Trae Young 21

10+ Point Games

Karl-Anthony Towns 47
+22
Trae Young 25

1+ Point Games (games with points)

Karl-Anthony Towns 50
+23
Trae Young 27

0 Point Games (games without points)

Karl-Anthony Towns 0
Trae Young 0

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

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Regular Season

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Karl-Anthony Towns 23.0 8.4 16.1 52.2 1.7 4.4 39.8 4.5 5.3 83.9 11 667
difference:+2.2+0.4+2.4+9.0+0.9+3.1+4.7+2.1+2.3+3.4+3+179
Trae Young 25.2 8.0 18.5 43.2 2.6 7.5 35.1 6.6 7.6 87.3 8 488

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Karl-Anthony Towns 15,374 5,622 10,771 52.2 1,159 2,909 39.8 2,971 3,540 83.9 11 667
difference:+3,065+1,731+1,766+9.0+123+745+4.7+274+178+3.4+3+179
Trae Young 12,309 3,891 9,005 43.2 1,282 3,654 35.1 3,245 3,718 87.3 8 488

Playoffs

Stats Per Game

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
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
difference:+6.6+1.7+6.9+7.4+1.1+4.4+5.3+2.2+2.5+2.1+2+23
Trae Young 26.4 8.6 21.4 40.2 2.6 8.7 29.7 6.6 7.8 85.2 3 27

Total Stats

Pts FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A% Yrs Gms
Karl-Anthony Towns 989 346 727 47.6 75 214 35.0 222 267 83.1 5 50
difference:+276+114+150+7.4+5+22+5.3+43+57+2.1+2+23
Trae Young 713 232 577 40.2 70 236 29.7 179 210 85.2 3 27

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

Regular Season

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Karl-Anthony Towns 18.3
201682
Trae Young 19.1
+0.8
201981

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Karl-Anthony Towns 25.1
201782
Trae Young 29.6
+4.5
202060

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Karl-Anthony Towns 21.3
201882
Trae Young 25.3
+4.0
202163

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Karl-Anthony Towns 24.4
201977
Trae Young 28.4
+4.0
202276

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Karl-Anthony Towns 26.5
+0.3
202035
Trae Young 26.2
202373

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Karl-Anthony Towns 24.8
202150
Trae Young 25.7
+0.9
202454

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
Karl-Anthony Towns 24.6
+0.4
202274
Trae Young 24.2
202576

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
Karl-Anthony Towns 20.8
+3.0
202329
Trae Young 17.8
20265

Karl-Anthony Towns' additional seasons:

* Karl-Anthony Towns played 3 seasons more than Trae Young in the NBA.

In those years—his seasons 9 to 11, from 2024 to 2026—he averaged 23.1 points in a total of 156 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 24.4 ppg and his lowest 21.8.

Playoffs

Rookie Season

Points per gameYearGames
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20160
Trae Young -
DNP
20190

Season 2

Points per gameYearGames
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20170
Trae Young -
DNP
20200

Season 3

Points per gameYearGames
Karl-Anthony Towns 15.2
20185
Trae Young 28.8
+13.6
202116

Season 4

Points per gameYearGames
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20190
Trae Young 15.4
+15.4
20225

Season 5

Points per gameYearGames
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20200
Trae Young 29.2
+29.2
20236

Season 6

Points per gameYearGames
Karl-Anthony Towns -
DNP
20210
Trae Young -
DNP
20240

Season 7

Points per gameYearGames
Karl-Anthony Towns 21.8
+21.8
20226
Trae Young -
DNP
20250

Season 8

Points per gameYearGames
Karl-Anthony Towns 18.2
+18.2
20235
Trae Young -
DNP *
20260
* season in progress

Karl-Anthony Towns' additional Playoffs:

* During his 3 additional NBA seasons, Karl-Anthony Towns played in two Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 20.3 points in a total of 34 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 21.4 ppg and his lowest 19.1.

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