Kendrick Perkins vs. Karl-Anthony Towns: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Karl-Anthony Towns and Kendrick Perkins 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.

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 Kendrick Perkins.

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 Kendrick Perkins 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.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points by Thresholds

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

= NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	2.2		2004	10
Karl-Anthony Towns	18.3	+16.1	2016	82

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	2.5		2005	60
Karl-Anthony Towns	25.1	+22.6	2017	82

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	5.2		2006	68
Karl-Anthony Towns	21.3	+16.1	2018	82

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	4.5		2007	72
Karl-Anthony Towns	24.4	+19.9	2019	77

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	6.9		2008	78
Karl-Anthony Towns	26.5	+19.6	2020	35

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	8.5		2009	76
Karl-Anthony Towns	24.8	+16.3	2021	50

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	10.1		2010	78
Karl-Anthony Towns	24.6	+14.5	2022	74

Season 8	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	6.0		2011	29
Karl-Anthony Towns	20.8	+14.8	2023	29

Season 9	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	5.1		2012	65
Karl-Anthony Towns	21.8	+16.7	2024	62

Season 10	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	4.2		2013	78
Karl-Anthony Towns	24.4	+20.2	2025	72

Kendrick Perkins' additional seasons:

* Kendrick Perkins played 4 seasons more than Karl-Anthony Towns in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 11 to 14, from 2014 to 2018—he averaged 3.3 points in a total of 168 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 3.6 ppg and his lowest 2.5.

Playoffs

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	-	DNP	2004	0
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	DNP	2016	0

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	1.5	+1.5	2005	6
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	DNP	2017	0

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	-	DNP	2006	0
Karl-Anthony Towns	15.2	+15.2	2018	5

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	-	DNP	2007	0
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	DNP	2019	0

Season 5	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	6.6	+6.6	2008	25
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	DNP	2020	0

Season 6	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	11.9	+11.9	2009	14
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	DNP	2021	0

Season 7	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	5.7		2010	23
Karl-Anthony Towns	21.8	+16.1	2022	6

Season 8	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	4.5		2011	17
Karl-Anthony Towns	18.2	+13.7	2023	5

Season 9	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	4.7		2012	20
Karl-Anthony Towns	19.1	+14.4	2024	16

Season 10	Points per game		Year	Games
Kendrick Perkins	2.2		2013	11
Karl-Anthony Towns	21.4	+19.2	2025	18

Kendrick Perkins' additional Playoffs:

* During his 4 additional NBA seasons, Kendrick Perkins played in two Playoffs. In those postseasons he averaged 2.6 points in a total of 27 games. His highest playoff average during that period was 3.2 ppg and his lowest 1.3.