Shandon Anderson vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Shandon Anderson, 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.

Shandon Anderson played 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 9. Shandon Anderson had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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
Shandon Anderson	10	6	1996-97 to 2005-06
Karl-Anthony Towns	9	4	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Shandon Anderson	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1996-97	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA 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		%
Shandon Anderson	65	16.4	5.9	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.1	1.1	1.7	2.3	4.9	.462	0.4	0.7	.511	1.0	1.5	.687
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		%
Shandon Anderson	18	16.4	4.6	1.1	1.6	2.7	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.7	1.6	1.6	3.7	.439	0.3	0.7	.417	1.1	1.6	.714
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Shandon Anderson	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1997-98	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA 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		%
Shandon Anderson	82	19.5	8.3	1.0	1.7	2.8	1.1	0.8	0.2	1.1	1.8	3.3	6.1	.538	0.1	0.4	.219	1.7	2.3	.735
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		%
Shandon Anderson	20	18.9	6.7	1.3	1.9	3.2	1.0	0.3	0.1	1.5	1.5	2.7	5.2	.515	0.2	0.6	.273	1.3	1.9	.676
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Shandon Anderson	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1998-99	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Shandon Anderson	50	21.4	8.5	1.0	1.7	2.6	1.1	0.8	0.2	1.3	1.8	3.2	7.3	.446	0.3	0.8	.341	1.8	2.5	.712
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		%
Shandon Anderson	11	27.0	9.5	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.2	0.5	0.3	1.3	3.1	3.4	7.0	.481	0.5	1.3	.429	2.2	3.1	.706
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
	Shandon Anderson	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1999-00	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Shandon Anderson	82	32.9	12.3	1.1	3.6	4.7	2.9	1.2	0.4	2.4	2.2	4.5	9.5	.473	1.0	2.7	.351	2.4	3.1	.767
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		%
Shandon Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Shandon Anderson	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2000-01	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	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		%
Shandon Anderson	82	29.2	8.7	0.9	3.2	4.1	2.3	1.0	0.5	1.6	2.5	3.2	7.2	.446	0.6	2.1	.271	1.7	2.3	.734
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		%
Shandon Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Shandon Anderson	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2001-02	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	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		%
Shandon Anderson	82	19.5	5.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.9	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.6	1.8	4.5	.399	0.5	1.7	.277	0.9	1.3	.692
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		%
Shandon Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Shandon Anderson	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2002-03	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	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		%
Shandon Anderson	82	21.1	8.4	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.1	0.9	0.2	1.4	2.2	3.0	6.5	.462	0.6	1.7	.371	1.7	2.3	.732
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		%
Shandon Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Shandon Anderson	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2003-04	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Shandon Anderson	80	24.7	7.9	0.7	2.1	2.8	1.5	0.9	0.2	1.5	2.3	3.0	7.1	.422	0.5	1.6	.281	1.5	2.0	.764
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		%
Shandon Anderson	4	29.0	4.3	1.3	1.0	2.3	2.8	1.0	0.3	2.0	4.8	1.8	6.8	.259	0.5	1.8	.286	0.3	0.5	.500
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
	Shandon Anderson	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2004-05	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks, Miami Heat	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Shandon Anderson	66	17.7	3.9	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.8	2.1	1.5	3.3	.452	0.1	0.4	.172	0.8	1.0	.818
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		%
Shandon Anderson	8	12.0	1.0	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.3	0.4	1.5	.250	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000
Karl-Anthony Towns	9	32.0	19.3	1.8	6.8	8.6	2.7	0.7	0.2	1.8	3.9	7.0	13.4	.521	2.3	4.4	.525	3.0	3.8	.794


Season 10
	Shandon Anderson	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shandon Anderson	48	13.3	2.6	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.5	1.6	1.1	2.6	.429	0.1	0.4	.263	0.3	0.4	.722
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shandon Anderson	13	6.9	1.0	0.2	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.3	1.0	.308	0.1	0.2	.333	0.3	0.5	.667
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Shandon Anderson vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Karl-Anthony Towns and Shandon Anderson, 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