Karl-Anthony Towns projections

Karl-Anthony Towns's rating today, where players like him usually go from here, and the players from the past who looked the most like him.

Ratings as of 2026-11-08. The typical path for each age comes from every season since 2005-06.

Karl-Anthony Towns New York · age 30

Overall
+2.5
Offense
+2.3
Defense
+0.2

Past seasons, and the next five

Seasons back
-20+2+4+6age 26age 28age 30Todayage 31age 33age 35−1.0 in 5 seasons

Grey: his rating at the end of each past season. A hollow dot is a season under 500 minutes, so that rating rests on less.

Line: the typical path. Band: where 80% of players this age ended up. Rating is points per 100 possessions compared with an average player.

Still a rotation player
age 3184%age 3272%age 3357%age 3445%age 3534%

Share of players this age who were still playing 500+ minutes that season.

Why Karl-Anthony Towns is rated +2.5

  • +2.5 means his teams score about 2.5 more points per 100 possessions with him than with an average player in his spot, after we account for who he plays with and against. That's the 32nd best of the 337 players we rate.
  • Most of it is offense: +2.4 there (15th of 337), +0.1 on defense (168th of 337).
  • It's built on 2,550 minutes from this season and last, and the recent games count more.
  • He's about where he started the season (+2.5).
  • He's playing about 32 minutes a game for New York, and last season he played like an interior big.

What if he plays better, or worse?

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Our rating: +2.5

New York wins
51
Playoffs
97%
Title
5%

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Players who looked like him at this age

Closest on offense, defense and playing style, within a year of his age. Their next five seasons:

  • Zach Randolph 2010-11 · age 29Then+2.6+1+2.9+2+1.2+3+2.4+4+4.3+5+1.3
  • Pau Gasol 2009-10 · age 29Then+1.5+1+3.0+2+2.8+3+1.3+40.0+5−0.3
  • Carlos Boozer 2010-11 · age 29Then+1.9+1+0.5+2−0.5+3−3.1+4−2.7+5out
  • Chris Bosh 2012-13 · age 29Then+1.7+1+3.9+2+2.2+3+0.5+4out+5out
  • David Lee 2012-13 · age 30Then+1.7+1+2.8+2−1.0+3−1.9+4+0.4+5out

Playing like him today

The current players closest to him in how they play and how good they are.

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How the forecast works, and how often it's right

How it works: every season-end rating since 2005-06, and what the same players did one to five seasons later. The typical change only counts players still in the league, so the line is a little rosier than reality for older players; the rotation-player row shows how many dropped out. Our ratings, built from play-by-play data. Not affiliated with the NBA.