Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Tyler Zeller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyler Zeller and Karl-Anthony Towns, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Karl-Anthony Towns played 9 years in the NBA, 1 more than Tyler Zeller, who played 8. Karl-Anthony Towns had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Tyler Zeller had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
Karl-Anthony Towns 9 4 2015-16 to 2023-24
Tyler Zeller 8 4 2012-13 to 2019-20

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Karl-Anthony Towns Tyler Zeller
Season 2015-162012-13
Team Minnesota TimberwolvesCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards Achievement Rookie of the Year-
Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
-Achievement All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 %
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
Tyler Zeller 77 26.4 7.9 2.1 3.6 5.7 1.2 0.5 0.9 1.2 3.3 3.2 7.3 .438 0.0 0.1 .000 1.6 2.0 .764
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------
Tyler Zeller ------- --- ----------

Season 2
Karl-Anthony Towns Tyler Zeller
Season 2016-172013-14
Team Minnesota TimberwolvesCleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 %
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
Tyler Zeller 70 15.0 5.7 1.5 2.6 4.0 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.9 2.0 2.2 4.1 .538 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.7 .719
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------
Tyler Zeller ------- --- ----------

Season 3
Karl-Anthony Towns Tyler Zeller
Season 2017-182014-15
Team Minnesota TimberwolvesBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st RdCeltics 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 %
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
Tyler Zeller 82 21.1 10.2 1.8 3.9 5.7 1.4 0.2 0.6 0.9 2.5 4.1 7.5 .549 0.0 0.0 - 1.9 2.3 .823
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Tyler Zeller 4 22.5 8.5 0.5 4.0 4.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 1.0 1.3 3.8 7.3 .517 0.0 0.0 - 1.0 1.3 .800

Season 4
Karl-Anthony Towns Tyler Zeller
Season 2018-192015-16
Team Minnesota TimberwolvesBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics 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 %
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
Tyler Zeller 60 11.8 6.1 1.0 1.9 3.0 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.6 2.3 4.8 .476 0.0 0.0 - 1.5 1.8 .815
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------
Tyler Zeller 3 12.7 6.0 1.3 3.7 5.0 0.7 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.3 2.3 5.0 .467 0.0 0.0 - 1.3 2.0 .667

Season 5
Karl-Anthony Towns Tyler Zeller
Season 2019-202016-17
Team Minnesota TimberwolvesBoston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayCeltics Lost East Conf Finals
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Tyler Zeller 51 10.3 3.5 0.8 1.6 2.4 0.8 0.1 0.4 0.4 1.2 1.5 3.1 .494 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.8 .564
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------
Tyler Zeller 11 7.1 2.9 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.2 2.3 .520 0.0 0.0 - 0.5 0.7 .750

Season 6
Karl-Anthony Towns Tyler Zeller
Season 2020-212017-18
Team Minnesota TimberwolvesBrooklyn Nets, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayBucks 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 %
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
Tyler Zeller 66 16.8 6.7 1.7 3.0 4.6 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.7 1.9 2.8 5.1 .560 0.2 0.4 .357 0.9 1.2 .722
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Karl-Anthony Towns ------- --- ----------
Tyler Zeller 7 9.4 1.6 0.3 1.7 2.0 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.1 1.6 0.6 0.7 .800 0.0 0.0 - 0.4 0.6 .750

Season 7
Karl-Anthony Towns Tyler Zeller
Season 2021-222018-19
Team Minnesota TimberwolvesAtlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Third Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st RdDid 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 %
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
Tyler Zeller 6 15.5 7.7 1.8 2.2 4.0 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.7 3.3 2.7 5.0 .533 0.0 0.2 .000 2.3 3.0 .778
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Tyler Zeller ------- --- ----------

Season 8
Karl-Anthony Towns Tyler Zeller
Season 2022-232019-20
Team Minnesota TimberwolvesSan Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st RdDid 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 %
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
Tyler Zeller 2 2.0 1.0 1.5 0.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.0 .250 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
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
Tyler Zeller ------- --- ----------

Season 9
Karl-Anthony Towns Tyler Zeller
Season 2023-24-
Team Minnesota Timberwolves-
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs 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 %
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
Tyler Zeller ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Karl-Anthony Towns 11 32.4 18.8 2.0 7.3 9.3 2.8 0.7 0.3 1.8 3.9 6.8 13.2 .517 2.0 4.5 .440 3.2 3.8 .833
Tyler Zeller ------- --- ----------
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