Karl-Anthony Towns stat sheet: 15 key numbers after trade to the Knicks

Karl-Anthony Towns is one of the best shooters in the NBA – especially from distance.

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Karl-Anthony Towns comes home.

Two of the league’s best teams reportedly pulled off a blockbuster trade on Friday, with the Minnesota Timberwolves sending Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks in exchange for Donte DiVincenzo, Julius Randle and a first-round pick.

The Wolves are coming off their best season in 20 years and a trip to the Western Conference finals. The Knicks, who acquired Mikal Bridges this offseason, are considered one of the biggest threats to the Boston Celtics in the East.

Here are some numbers to know about the 28-year-old big man as he joins a team that plays less than an hour from where he grew up…

Career numbers

1. Towns is one of 10 players in NBA history to average at least 22 points and 10 rebounds per game over the course of their career (at least 500 total games).

2. He is the only player in NBA history to hit 55% or better on at least 2,000 2-point attempts and 38% or better on at least 1,000 3-point attempts.

3. He is also the only player to record 100 3-pointers, 100 blocks and 1,000 rebounds in a single season, and he has done so twice (2016-17 and 2017-18).

A special shooter

4. With 975 career 3-pointers, Towns ranks fourth all-time among players at least 7 feet tall. His 39.8% from 3-point range is the highest among the 32 sevens -foot players with at least 200 3-point attempts in their career.

5. Last season, Towns became only the sixth player to achieve a 50% or better shooting rate on at least 500 field goal attempts, a 40% or better shooting rate on at least 300 3-point attempts, and an 85% or better shooting rate on at least 250 free throw attempts achieved more.

6. His shooting percentage of 57.6% was the lowest of his career, but his effective field goal percentage of 57.6% on shots from outside the field was the worst mark of his career preferably signs of his career.

Crucial for offense, not so much for defense

7. The Wolves were at their best offensively last season (116.3 points scored per 100 possessions) with Towns staying on the floor.

8. They scored 118.7 points per 100 possessions in 641 minutes when all five starters were on the court, but just 104.5 per 100 in 363 minutes when the other four players were on the court without Towns.

9. The Wolves were better when both Towns and Rudy Gobert were on the field (plus-8.6 per 100 possessions) than when either was on the floor without the other. Gobert-only minutes were better (plus 7.4 per 100) than Towns-only minutes (plus 4.9), although the offense was better with only Towns on the field.

10. Opponents shot 60.6% at the rim when Towns was there to defend it last season. That was his best rim protection mark in the last four seasons, although his 4.1 shots at the rim per 36 minutes defended on the floor were the lowest of his career.

More helped, less helped

11. Towns averaged just 1.9 minutes of possession last season. That was fifth on the Wolves and the lowest rate of his career, with his 2.9 post-ups per game also a career low.

12. He was assisted on 73.5% of his field goals, also the highest total of his career.

13. Towns himself recorded assists on just 13.2% of his possessions, his lowest rate in the last five seasons and the fourth-lowest rate among 49 players with a usage rate of 25% or higher.

Playoff highs and lows

14. Towns has seen a fairly steep drop in shooting percentage from the regular season to the playoffs in each of the last two years, although his 58.1% rate in the 2024 playoffs was still well above the league average (56.6%). Only three of the nine Knicks who averaged at least 15 minutes in the playoffs had a better grade.

15. He has seen a sharp decline in usage rate from the regular season to the playoffs in two of the last three seasons, with a small increase (from 25.0% to 25.3%) in 2023.

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John Schuhmann is a senior statistical analyst for NBA.com. You can send him an email Herefind his archive here And Follow him on X.

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