Kelly Olynyk vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Kelly Olynyk, 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.

Kelly Olynyk played 11 years in the NBA, 2 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 9. Kelly Olynyk had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, 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
Kelly Olynyk	11	5	2013-14 to 2023-24
Karl-Anthony Towns	9	4	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kelly Olynyk	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2013-14	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
Kelly Olynyk	70	20.0	8.7	2.0	3.2	5.2	1.6	0.5	0.4	1.5	3.2	3.3	7.2	.466	0.6	1.6	.351	1.4	1.7	.811
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		%
Kelly Olynyk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kelly Olynyk	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2014-15	2016-17
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Kelly Olynyk	64	22.2	10.3	1.4	3.3	4.7	1.7	1.0	0.6	1.5	3.3	3.9	8.3	.475	1.0	2.7	.349	1.5	2.1	.684
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		%
Kelly Olynyk	4	13.3	4.5	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	3.0	1.8	3.3	.538	0.8	1.5	.500	0.3	0.5	.500
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kelly Olynyk	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2015-16	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Kelly Olynyk	69	20.2	10.0	1.0	3.0	4.1	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.1	2.4	3.7	8.1	.455	1.2	3.0	.405	1.4	1.9	.750
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		%
Kelly Olynyk	4	8.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.8	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.3	0.3	2.3	.111	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Kelly Olynyk	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2016-17	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Kelly Olynyk	75	20.5	9.0	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.0	0.6	0.4	1.3	2.8	3.5	6.8	.512	0.9	2.6	.354	1.2	1.6	.732
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		%
Kelly Olynyk	18	19.2	9.2	0.8	2.4	3.2	1.9	0.7	0.8	1.2	2.6	3.6	6.9	.512	0.8	2.6	.319	1.2	1.7	.733
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kelly Olynyk	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2017-18	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Kelly Olynyk	76	23.4	11.5	1.2	4.5	5.7	2.7	0.8	0.5	1.9	2.9	4.2	8.4	.497	1.4	3.7	.379	1.8	2.3	.770
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		%
Kelly Olynyk	5	29.2	12.8	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.8	1.4	1.2	1.6	3.8	4.2	8.8	.477	1.6	3.8	.421	2.8	4.0	.700
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Kelly Olynyk	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2018-19	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	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		%
Kelly Olynyk	79	22.9	10.0	0.9	3.8	4.7	1.8	0.7	0.5	1.4	2.3	3.3	7.1	.463	1.4	4.0	.354	1.9	2.3	.822
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		%
Kelly Olynyk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Kelly Olynyk	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2019-20	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Kelly Olynyk	67	19.4	8.2	0.7	3.9	4.6	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.1	2.6	2.7	5.9	.462	1.4	3.5	.406	1.3	1.5	.860
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		%
Kelly Olynyk	17	15.2	7.6	0.8	3.9	4.6	1.1	0.2	0.5	0.8	2.1	2.6	5.6	.474	1.0	2.9	.347	1.4	1.6	.821
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 8
	Kelly Olynyk	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2020-21	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat, Houston Rockets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kelly Olynyk	70	28.5	13.5	1.2	5.7	7.0	2.9	1.1	0.6	1.8	3.0	4.8	10.0	.484	1.8	5.3	.342	2.1	2.5	.829
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		%
Kelly Olynyk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kelly Olynyk	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2021-22	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Kelly Olynyk	40	19.1	9.1	1.4	3.1	4.4	2.8	0.8	0.5	1.5	2.5	3.2	7.2	.448	1.0	3.0	.336	1.7	2.2	.775
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		%
Kelly Olynyk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 10
	Kelly Olynyk	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
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		%
Kelly Olynyk	68	28.6	12.5	1.2	5.0	6.2	3.7	0.9	0.5	2.5	3.4	4.1	8.2	.499	1.4	3.5	.394	2.9	3.4	.853
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Kelly Olynyk	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Utah Jazz, Toronto Raptors	-
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		%
Kelly Olynyk	78	22.6	9.8	1.4	3.9	5.3	4.4	0.9	0.4	1.9	2.9	3.5	6.4	.555	0.8	2.0	.387	1.9	2.3	.833
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Kelly Olynyk vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Kelly Olynyk, 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