Jannero Pargo vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Jannero Pargo, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Jannero Pargo played 11 years in the NBA, 2 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 9. Jannero Pargo had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jannero Pargo	11	7	2002-03 to 2014-15
Karl-Anthony Towns	9	4	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jannero Pargo	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2002-03	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 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		%
Jannero Pargo	34	10.1	2.5	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.3	1.1	2.7	.398	0.2	0.7	.292	0.1	0.1	1.000
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		%
Jannero Pargo	11	11.7	2.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.7	0.1	0.6	2.0	0.7	2.2	.333	0.4	1.4	.267	0.3	0.4	.750
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jannero Pargo	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2003-04	2016-17
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jannero Pargo	31	15.5	6.7	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.3	0.4	0.2	1.5	1.6	2.6	6.4	.407	0.7	2.0	.355	0.7	0.9	.852
Karl-Anthony Towns	82	37.0	25.1	3.6	8.7	12.3	2.7	0.7	1.3	2.6	2.9	9.8	18.0	.542	1.2	3.4	.367	4.3	5.2	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jannero Pargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jannero Pargo	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jannero Pargo	32	14.2	6.4	0.4	1.1	1.5	2.4	0.5	0.0	1.4	1.7	2.6	6.7	.385	0.7	2.1	.348	0.5	0.7	.739
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		%
Jannero Pargo	5	15.0	10.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.0	0.6	0.0	1.6	2.8	3.6	10.2	.353	2.6	6.4	.406	0.6	1.0	.600
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
	Jannero Pargo	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2005-06	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jannero Pargo	57	11.3	4.8	0.1	0.9	1.1	1.6	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.0	1.9	5.1	.373	0.7	1.8	.379	0.3	0.4	.810
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		%
Jannero Pargo	5	3.8	3.4	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	1.0	2.4	.417	0.6	1.0	.600	0.8	1.0	.800
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jannero Pargo	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jannero Pargo	82	20.9	9.2	0.2	2.0	2.2	2.5	0.6	0.0	1.5	1.5	3.5	8.4	.409	1.0	2.5	.388	1.3	1.5	.852
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		%
Jannero Pargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jannero Pargo	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2007-08	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf 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		%
Jannero Pargo	80	18.7	8.1	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.4	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.5	3.2	8.2	.390	0.8	2.3	.349	0.9	1.0	.877
Karl-Anthony Towns	50	33.8	24.8	2.7	7.9	10.6	4.5	0.8	1.1	3.2	3.7	8.5	17.5	.486	2.4	6.3	.387	5.3	6.2	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jannero Pargo	12	22.1	10.2	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.3	1.0	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.8	9.7	.388	1.3	3.6	.349	1.4	2.0	.708
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jannero Pargo didn't play in 2008-09.


Season 7
	Jannero Pargo	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2009-10	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jannero Pargo	63	13.2	5.5	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.4	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.1	2.1	6.0	.346	0.6	2.2	.275	0.7	0.7	.933
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		%
Jannero Pargo	2	4.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	.200	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-
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

Note: Jannero Pargo didn't play in 2010-11.


Season 8
	Jannero Pargo	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jannero Pargo	50	13.4	5.6	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.9	0.4	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.1	5.1	.415	1.1	2.8	.384	0.4	0.4	.950
Karl-Anthony Towns	29	33.0	20.8	1.7	6.5	8.1	4.8	0.7	0.6	3.0	3.8	7.3	14.8	.495	2.1	5.7	.366	4.1	4.7	.874

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jannero Pargo	5	9.2	3.2	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.6	1.0	1.2	4.2	.286	0.8	2.4	.333	0.0	0.0	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	5	36.0	18.2	1.2	9.0	10.2	2.0	0.6	0.8	3.6	4.2	6.4	14.0	.457	1.2	4.8	.250	4.2	5.6	.750


Season 9
	Jannero Pargo	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2012-13	2023-24
Team	Washington Wizards, Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Bobcats	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		%
Jannero Pargo	32	15.8	6.5	0.3	0.8	1.1	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.3	2.4	6.6	.368	1.2	3.6	.336	0.4	0.4	.923
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		%
Jannero Pargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	10	31.7	18.4	2.0	7.0	9.0	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.7	3.8	6.7	13.1	.511	2.1	4.4	.477	2.9	3.6	.806


Season 10
	Jannero Pargo	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bobcats Lost East 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		%
Jannero Pargo	29	8.3	4.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.9	0.6	1.8	4.1	.441	0.8	2.1	.400	0.3	0.4	.727
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jannero Pargo	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jannero Pargo	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Jannero Pargo	9	8.1	4.6	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.9	1.7	3.9	.429	1.0	2.4	.409	0.2	0.2	1.000
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jannero Pargo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jannero Pargo vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Jannero Pargo, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11