Stacey King vs. Karl-Anthony Towns Season by Season Comparison

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

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.

Stacey King played 8 years in the NBA, 1 less than Karl-Anthony Towns, who played 9. Stacey King had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Stacey King	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1989-90	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Stacey King	82	21.7	8.9	2.1	2.6	4.7	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.5	2.6	3.3	6.5	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.727
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		%
Stacey King	16	17.6	6.9	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.6	0.4	0.5	1.1	2.0	2.3	5.7	.407	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	2.9	.766
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Stacey King	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1990-91	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Stacey King	76	15.8	5.5	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.8	2.1	4.4	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.0	.704
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		%
Stacey King	11	7.8	2.1	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.8	1.4	0.7	2.5	.296	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	1.0	.636
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Stacey King	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1991-92	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Stacey King	79	16.1	7.0	1.1	1.5	2.6	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.6	2.7	5.4	.506	0.0	0.1	.400	1.5	2.0	.753
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		%
Stacey King	14	7.9	3.8	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.3	2.9	.450	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.1	1.6	.652
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
	Stacey King	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1992-93	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Stacey King	76	13.9	5.4	1.4	1.3	2.7	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.9	1.7	2.1	4.5	.471	0.0	0.1	.333	1.1	1.6	.705
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		%
Stacey King	19	12.1	4.1	1.1	1.1	2.1	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.7	2.0	1.4	3.5	.394	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.6	.806
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Stacey King	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	1995-96	2021-22
Team	Miami Heat	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Stacey King	15	10.4	2.5	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.1	0.5	0.1	1.2	2.6	1.1	2.4	.472	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
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		%
Stacey King	1	12.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
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 9
	Stacey King	Karl-Anthony Towns
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Stacey King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Stacey King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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