Adrian Smith vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Adrian Smith, 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.

Adrian Smith played 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 9. Adrian Smith had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, 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
	Adrian Smith	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1961-62	2015-16
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Adrian Smith	80	18.3	7.2	-	-	1.9	2.1	-	-	-	1.3	2.5	6.2	.405	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.775
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		%
Adrian Smith	4	13.3	5.3	-	-	1.3	0.8	-	-	-	0.5	2.0	4.8	.421	-	-	-	1.3	1.3	1.000
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Adrian Smith	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1963-64	2017-18
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Adrian Smith	66	23.1	9.4	-	-	2.2	2.2	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	8.7	.406	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.782
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		%
Adrian Smith	7	9.4	3.0	-	-	1.3	0.6	-	-	-	1.1	1.1	3.7	.308	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.714
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
	Adrian Smith	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1964-65	2018-19
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Adrian Smith	80	34.3	15.1	-	-	2.8	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	5.8	12.7	.456	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.830
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		%
Adrian Smith	4	37.5	14.3	-	-	2.8	5.3	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	12.0	.375	-	-	-	5.3	5.5	.955
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Adrian Smith	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1965-66	2019-20
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Adrian Smith	80	37.3	18.4	-	-	3.6	3.2	-	-	-	3.5	6.6	16.4	.405	-	-	-	5.1	6.0	.850
Karl-Anthony Towns	35	33.9	26.5	2.7	8.1	10.8	4.4	0.9	1.2	3.1	3.3	9.0	17.8	.508	3.3	7.9	.412	5.1	6.5	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Smith	5	31.4	13.0	-	-	2.4	2.6	-	-	-	2.4	4.4	11.8	.373	-	-	-	4.2	4.4	.955
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Adrian Smith	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1967-68	2021-22
Team	Cincinnati Royals	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		%
Adrian Smith	82	33.9	15.6	-	-	2.3	3.3	-	-	-	3.2	5.9	12.6	.464	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	.829
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		%
Adrian Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Adrian Smith	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1969-70	2023-24
Team	Cincinnati Royals, San Francisco Warriors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Adrian Smith	77	14.1	5.9	-	-	1.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	5.4	.368	-	-	-	2.0	2.2	.894
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		%
Adrian Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	6	29.8	20.7	1.7	7.3	9.0	2.3	0.5	0.3	1.7	4.3	7.3	12.8	.571	2.3	4.3	.538	3.7	4.3	.846