Mike Dunleavy Jr. vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Mike Dunleavy Jr., 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.

Mike Dunleavy Jr. played 15 years in the NBA, 6 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 9. Mike Dunleavy Jr. 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
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	15	5	2002-03 to 2016-17
Karl-Anthony Towns	9	4	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mike Dunleavy Jr.	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2002-03	2015-16
Team	Golden State Warriors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	82	15.9	5.7	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.5	2.0	5.1	.403	0.6	1.8	.347	1.0	1.2	.780
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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mike Dunleavy Jr.	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2003-04	2016-17
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	75	31.1	11.7	1.2	4.7	5.9	2.9	0.9	0.2	1.9	2.3	4.3	9.6	.449	1.3	3.4	.370	1.8	2.5	.741
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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mike Dunleavy Jr.	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	Golden State Warriors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	79	32.5	13.4	1.2	4.3	5.5	2.6	1.0	0.3	1.7	2.5	5.2	11.5	.451	1.4	3.5	.388	1.7	2.2	.779
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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mike Dunleavy Jr.	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2005-06	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	81	31.8	11.5	1.0	4.0	4.9	2.9	0.7	0.4	1.5	2.5	4.1	10.1	.406	0.9	3.2	.285	2.4	3.1	.778
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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Mike Dunleavy Jr.	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors, Indiana Pacers	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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	82	31.5	12.8	1.0	4.2	5.3	2.8	1.0	0.3	1.8	2.5	4.7	10.4	.452	0.9	2.7	.313	2.6	3.3	.784
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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Mike Dunleavy Jr.	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2007-08	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers	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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	82	36.0	19.1	0.7	4.5	5.2	3.5	1.0	0.4	2.3	2.5	6.5	13.6	.476	2.0	4.7	.424	4.1	4.9	.834
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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Mike Dunleavy Jr.	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Indiana Pacers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	18	27.5	15.1	0.8	3.0	3.8	2.4	0.7	0.5	2.1	2.0	5.2	12.9	.401	1.8	5.0	.356	2.9	3.6	.815
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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mike Dunleavy Jr.	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	67	22.2	9.9	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.1	1.6	3.4	8.3	.410	1.1	3.5	.318	2.0	2.4	.842
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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mike Dunleavy Jr.	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2010-11	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	61	27.6	11.2	0.5	4.1	4.5	1.7	0.7	0.5	1.1	1.8	3.9	8.5	.462	1.7	4.2	.402	1.6	2.0	.800
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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	5	14.4	5.0	0.0	1.2	1.2	1.6	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.6	1.4	4.0	.350	0.6	2.0	.300	1.6	2.4	.667
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
	Mike Dunleavy Jr.	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	55	26.3	12.3	0.5	3.2	3.7	2.1	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.6	4.3	9.2	.474	1.5	3.8	.399	2.1	2.6	.811
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Mike Dunleavy Jr.	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	75	25.9	10.5	0.4	3.5	3.9	1.9	0.5	0.5	1.2	1.8	3.7	8.3	.442	1.7	4.0	.428	1.4	1.7	.820
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	4	22.8	12.3	0.8	3.3	4.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.3	4.3	7.5	.567	1.8	4.0	.438	2.0	2.3	.889
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Mike Dunleavy Jr.	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	82	31.5	11.3	0.6	3.6	4.2	2.3	0.8	0.6	1.3	2.0	4.1	9.4	.430	1.5	4.0	.380	1.7	2.0	.854
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	5	32.6	13.2	1.0	2.6	3.6	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.0	1.4	5.0	10.6	.472	2.4	5.2	.462	0.8	1.2	.667
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Mike Dunleavy Jr.	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	63	29.2	9.4	0.4	3.5	3.9	1.8	0.6	0.3	1.0	2.0	3.3	7.6	.435	1.7	4.2	.407	1.1	1.4	.805
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	12	32.4	10.9	0.6	3.4	4.0	2.6	0.8	0.4	1.3	2.6	3.6	7.3	.489	2.3	4.7	.482	1.5	1.6	.947
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Mike Dunleavy Jr.	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	31	22.7	7.2	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.5	6.1	.410	1.3	3.2	.394	0.9	1.2	.784
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 15
	Mike Dunleavy Jr.	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	53	15.9	5.2	0.3	1.8	2.2	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.2	.423	1.0	2.5	.396	0.7	0.8	.800
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mike Dunleavy Jr.	6	8.8	2.0	0.2	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	1.2	.429	0.3	0.8	.400	0.7	0.7	1.000
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mike Dunleavy Jr. vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Mike Dunleavy Jr., 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15