Rebound production
13.8 REB / 36 places Karl-Anthony Towns at the 97th percentile among all qualified players, across positions. Look at who handles the box-out and which rebounds are contested before assigning the full credit.
Inspect the record ↓Players Karl-Anthony Towns
Karl-AnthonyTowns
#32 · Center· 7' 0"· 30 years
Inside the game of Karl-Anthony Towns.
PORTRAIT / NBA CENTER2026-27 · Regular season
2 games · NYKPoints / G20.5
Rebounds / G11.0
Assists / G2.0
Minutes / G30.4
Field goal68.2%
Three-point71.4%
Early returns 2 games are a starting point. These are recorded results, not a projection of player strength.
Recent official source check · 2026-27 regular-season appearances through 2026-10-23. Season totals include published final games.
01 / The film room
The game, in motion.
Game highlights / ESPN
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02 / The scouting file
Look closer.
The role. The questions. The person.
The statistical read
What changes when you look past points per game?
2321 recorded minutes
League percentiles: 412 players with at least 20 games, 300 minutes and 100 field-goal attempts in 2025-26. Higher means more of the named statistic. Per-36 rates describe production in the recorded role; they do not project starter minutes.
Scoring volume23.3 PTS / 36
90th percentile
Points per 36 minutes
Assist production3.5 AST / 36
53rd percentile
Assists per 36 minutes; does not measure every advantage created
Rebound production13.8 REB / 36
97th percentile
Rebounds per 36 minutes; role and available rebounds matter
Three-point appetite29.7% of FGA
22nd percentile
Percentage of field-goal attempts taken from three
Free-throw volume40.3 FTA / 100 FGA
89th percentile
Free-throw attempts per 100 field-goal attempts
Scoring efficiency61.9% TS
81st percentile
True shooting percentage, weighted by attempts
How to read this profile
Percentiles compare this season’s qualified NBA players across all positions. Rebounding reflects opportunity as well as skill; assists depend on touches and teammates; shot volume does not measure gravity. True shooting uses aggregate points and attempts, with a 0.44 free-throw multiplier. Per-36 rates use recorded minutes, which may be rounded in historical NBA game logs.
NBA source record ↗Scoring volume
23.3 PTS / 36 places Karl-Anthony Towns at the 90th percentile among all qualified players, across positions. The scoring rate deserves a closer look alongside shot difficulty and who creates the looks.
Inspect the record ↓How much should you trust the jumper?
36.8% from three on 307 attempts. Separate catch-and-shoot looks from pull-ups, and open attempts from contested ones, before projecting the percentage.
Inspect the record ↓Decisions under pressure
1.21 assists per turnover is a starting point. Rewatch possessions against traps and late-clock pressure; this ratio alone cannot tell you how difficult the passing job was.
Inspect the record ↓Possession detail · 2026-27
Where the shots actually came from.
22 attempts
2 of the last 2 recorded regular-season appearances have event logs that reconcile with the player’s box-score shooting totals. These zones describe that subset.
Rim: under 4 feet. Short twos: 4 to under 14 feet. Long twos: 14 feet and farther. NBA event labels determine three-pointers. 66.7% of made field goals carried an assist credit in these logs.
The roster around him
Who else occupies this part of the floor?
Current NYK teammates with an overlapping listed position. Their 2025-26 records put the available skill sets side by side; these are individual season numbers, not lineup results.
| Player | Position | MIN / G | AST / G | 3P% | 3PA | REB / G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OG Anunoby ↗ | F-G | 33.2 | 2.2 | 38.6% | 407 | 5.2 |
| Mikal Bridges ↗ | G-F | 32.9 | 3.7 | 37.1% | 420 | 3.8 |
| Andre Drummond ↗ | C | 19.6 | 1.3 | 35.6% | 90 | 8.4 |
| James Wiseman ↗ | C | 14.8 | 0.8 | — | 0 | 2.0 |
| Mohamed Diawara ↗ | F | 9.2 | 0.8 | 36.9% | 130 | 1.4 |
A comparison worth investigating
Similar box-score profiles.
2025-26 · Closest standardized profiles across the six measures above, with equal weight. Numerical resemblance says little about defensive assignments, shot difficulty or career ceiling.
Jonas Valanciunas ↗23.4 PTS / 36 · 3.2 AST / 366.7% of attempts from three
Chet Holmgren ↗21.3 PTS / 36 · 2.1 AST / 3631.2% of attempts from three
Victor Wembanyama ↗30.9 PTS / 36 · 3.8 AST / 3632.4% of attempts from three
The reporting file
Start with the people who were there.
Read Towns’s official biography and the reporting below for the path to the NBA. A reviewed account of upbringing, scouting disagreements and development is not yet in this file.
Official biography ↗Player reporting ↓03 / The numbers
A season in motion.
2026-27 regular season · 2 games
Game by game
Per game Rolling 5-game average
Choose a game to see the line. Use the arrow keys to move through the chart.
| Sample | GP | PTS | REB | AST | TS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Available games | 2 | 20.5 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 77.7% |
| Last 10 | 2 | 20.5 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 77.7% |
| Last 5 | 2 | 20.5 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 77.7% |
| Starts | 2 | 20.5 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 77.7% |
The shooting profile
Every point has a source.
2026-27 · Percentages and attempt volume.
77.7%True shooting
79.5%Effective FG
66.7%
Two-point15 attempts71.4%
Three-point7 attempts60.0%
Free throws10 attemptsShare of points41 total points
Two-pointers 48.8%Three-pointers 36.6%Free throws 14.6%
04 / The reading room
Beyond the stat line.
Read the Game
Oct 20, 2026 · Regular season
NYK vs PHI ↗
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 10 points in the fourth quarter. Towns finished with 19 points and 12 rebounds, shooting 66.7% from the field. Four turnovers and 57.1% at the line left the Knicks with missed opportunities.
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05 / The long view
The career, chapter by chapter.
Points per game · Regular season · Team stints are shown separately where supplied.
| Season | Team | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | NYK | 2 | 30.4 | 20.5 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 68.2% | 71.4% | 60.0% |
| 2025-26 | NYK | 75 | 30.9 | 20.1 | 11.9 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 50.1% | 36.8% | 85.8% |
| 2024-25 | NY | 72 | 35.0 | 24.4 | 12.8 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 52.6% | 42.0% | 82.9% |
| 2023-24 | MIN | 62 | 32.7 | 21.8 | 8.3 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 50.4% | 41.6% | 87.3% |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 29 | 33.0 | 20.8 | 8.1 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 49.5% | 36.6% | 87.4% |
| 2021-22 | MIN | 74 | 33.4 | 24.6 | 9.8 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 52.9% | 41.0% | 82.2% |
| 2020-21 | MIN | 50 | 33.8 | 24.8 | 10.6 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 48.6% | 38.7% | 85.9% |
| 2019-20 | MIN | 35 | 33.9 | 26.5 | 10.8 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 50.8% | 41.2% | 79.6% |
| 2018-19 | MIN | 77 | 33.1 | 24.4 | 12.4 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 51.8% | 40.0% | 83.6% |
| 2017-18 | MIN | 82 | 35.6 | 21.3 | 12.3 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 54.5% | 42.1% | 85.8% |
| 2016-17 | MIN | 82 | 37.0 | 25.1 | 12.3 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 54.2% | 36.7% | 83.2% |
| 2015-16 | MIN | 82 | 32.0 | 18.3 | 10.5 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 54.2% | 34.1% | 81.1% |
1xNBA Cup All-Tournament Team2026
3xAll-NBA 3rd Team2025 · 2022 · 2018
1xRookie of the Year2016
1xAll-Rookie 1st Team2016
06 / Every appearance
The game log.
5 games
| Competition | Game | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Contribution | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23 | Regular season | NYK vs BOS ↗ | 37.2 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69.2% | 66.7% | 66.7% | +2.3Box only · provisional |
| Oct 20 | Regular season | NYK vs PHI ↗ | 23.6 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 66.7% | 75.0% | 57.1% | +7.9Box only · provisional |
| Oct 12 | Preseason | NYK vs MIN ↗ | 21.7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% | 25.0% | 100.0% | +1.4Box only · provisional |
| Oct 8 | Preseason | NYK vs WAS ↗ | 18.8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28.6% | 33.3% | 75.0% | -1.6Box only · provisional |
| Oct 5 | Preseason | NYK vs PHI ↗ | 14.8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0% | 33.3% | — | -4.2Box only · provisional |
No games match these filters.
Shooting percentages use recorded attempts; no attempts is unavailable. Game contribution is not player strength or points caused.
Individual performance breakdowns +
Regular season
Oct 23, 2026 · NYK vs BOS
Starter · 37.2 minutes
Impact+2.3
- PTS
- 22
- REB
- 10
- AST
- 3
- STL
- 0
- BLK
- 0
- TO
- 4
Karl-Anthony Towns led NYK with 22 points, shooting 69.2% from the field. He shot 66.7% from three on 3 attempts. He added 10 rebounds and 3 assists, with 4 turnovers.
Box-score read
Shooting & impact breakdown
Shooting
- FG
- 69.2% 13 attempts
- 3PT
- 66.7% 3 attempts
- FT
- 66.7% 3 attempts
- Plus/minus
- +2
- True shooting
- 76.8%
How this score adds up
- Offensive box value
- +15.93
- Defensive box value
- -1.65
- Minutes baseline
- -12.02
- Game impact
- +2.26
Offense credits scoring, assists and offensive rebounds, with deductions for misses and turnovers. Defense uses defensive rebounds, steals, blocks and fouls. The baseline adjusts for minutes at this game's average box value. Tracking and hustle inputs are unavailable.
Box only · provisional · Calculated Oct 24, 2026 · 13:10 UTC. Game contribution is not player strength or points caused.
Regular season
Oct 20, 2026 · NYK vs PHI
Starter · 23.6 minutes
Impact+7.9
- PTS
- 19
- REB
- 12
- AST
- 1
- STL
- 1
- BLK
- 2
- TO
- 4
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 10 points in the fourth quarter. Towns finished with 19 points and 12 rebounds, shooting 66.7% from the field. Four turnovers and 57.1% at the line left the Knicks with missed opportunities.
Player analysis
Shooting & impact breakdown
Shooting
- FG
- 66.7% 9 attempts
- 3PT
- 75% 4 attempts
- FT
- 57.1% 7 attempts
- Plus/minus
- +0
- True shooting
- 78.6%
How this score adds up
- Offensive box value
- +11.59
- Defensive box value
- +3.80
- Minutes baseline
- -7.52
- Game impact
- +7.87
Offense credits scoring, assists and offensive rebounds, with deductions for misses and turnovers. Defense uses defensive rebounds, steals, blocks and fouls. The baseline adjusts for minutes at this game's average box value. Tracking and hustle inputs are unavailable.
Box only · provisional · Calculated Oct 24, 2026 · 13:10 UTC. Game contribution is not player strength or points caused.
Preseason
Oct 12, 2026 · NYK vs MIN
Starter · 21.7 minutes
Impact+1.4
- PTS
- 11
- REB
- 2
- AST
- 4
- STL
- 1
- BLK
- 0
- TO
- 3
A player write-up is not available for these statistics yet.
Shooting & impact breakdown
Shooting
- FG
- 50% 6 attempts
- 3PT
- 25% 4 attempts
- FT
- 100% 4 attempts
- Plus/minus
- -2
- True shooting
- 70.9%
How this score adds up
A matching component breakdown is not published for this rating. Missing components are not zero.
Box only · provisional · Calculated Oct 13, 2026 · 09:52 UTC. Game contribution is not player strength or points caused.
Preseason
Oct 8, 2026 · NYK vs WAS
Starter · 18.8 minutes
Impact-1.6
- PTS
- 8
- REB
- 7
- AST
- 3
- STL
- 1
- BLK
- 0
- TO
- 3
A player write-up is not available for these statistics yet.
Shooting & impact breakdown
Shooting
- FG
- 28.6% 7 attempts
- 3PT
- 33.3% 3 attempts
- FT
- 75% 4 attempts
- Plus/minus
- -2
- True shooting
- 45.7%
How this score adds up
A matching component breakdown is not published for this rating. Missing components are not zero.
Box only · provisional · Calculated Oct 13, 2026 · 09:52 UTC. Game contribution is not player strength or points caused.
Preseason
Oct 5, 2026 · NYK vs PHI
Starter · 14.8 minutes
Impact-4.2
- PTS
- 5
- REB
- 5
- AST
- 2
- STL
- 0
- BLK
- 0
- TO
- 2
A player write-up is not available for these statistics yet.
Shooting & impact breakdown
Shooting
- FG
- 50% 4 attempts
- 3PT
- 33.3% 3 attempts
- FT
- — 0 attempts
- Plus/minus
- -10
- True shooting
- 62.5%
How this score adds up
A matching component breakdown is not published for this rating. Missing components are not zero.
Box only · provisional · Calculated Oct 13, 2026 · 09:32 UTC. Game contribution is not player strength or points caused.
07 / The player file
How Towns got here.
At a glance.
- Height
- 7' 0"
- Weight
- 248 lbs
- Age now
- 30 years
- Born
- 1995-11-15
- Hometown
- Edison, NJ
- College
- Kentucky
- Draft
- 2015: Rd 1, Pk 1 (MIN)
- Experience
- 12th Season
Traded from MIN on 10/02/24
Biography source · ESPN ↗The contract
$57.08M
2026-27 reported base salary
2026-27
$57.08M
2027-28
$61.02MPlayer option
Reported base salary. Guarantees and trade restrictions are unverified.
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