Karl-Anthony Towns vs top defenses
Karl-Anthony Towns has averaged 17.9 points and 11.3 rebounds per game in 12 games against top-5 defenses, vs 19.8 points and 12.1 rebounds in 54 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).
- Vs top-5 defenses
- 17.9
- points per game · 12 games
- Vs everyone else
- 19.8
- points per game · 54 games
- Difference
- −1.9
- per game, top 5 minus everyone else
Career and by season
| Period | Opponents | Games | PTS | REB | AST | 3PM | STL | BLK | MIN | FG% | FT% | TS% | eFG% | PTS diff vs others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | Top 5 | 12 | 17.9 | 11.3 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 31.8 | 57.7% | 87.8% | 67.8% | 62.8% | −1.9 |
| Everyone else | 54 | 19.8 | 12.1 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 30.1 | 51.2% | 83.7% | 62.2% | 56.7% | ||
| 2026-27 | Top 5 | 2 | 24.5 | 15.0 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.9 | 61.8% | 80.0% | 67.7% | 66.2% | +5.9 |
| Everyone else | 5 | 18.6 | 13.4 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 31.0 | 51.6% | 77.3% | 63.1% | 59.4% | ||
| 2025-26 | Top 5 | 10 | 16.6 | 10.5 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 31.2 | 56.3% | 88.6% | 67.8% | 61.7% | −3.3 |
| Everyone else | 49 | 19.9 | 11.9 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 30.0 | 51.1% | 84.2% | 62.1% | 56.4% |
Every game against top-5 defenses
- Oct 27, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (prior season's final)27 pts, 20 reb, 3 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 33 min
- Oct 23, 2026at BOS · No. 4 defense (prior season's final)22 pts, 10 reb, 3 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 37 min
- Apr 9, 2026vs BOS · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 12 reb, 4 ast · 1 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 30 min
- Mar 29, 2026at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)15 pts, 18 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 34 min
- Mar 4, 2026vs OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)17 pts, 17 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 32 min
- Mar 1, 2026vs SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 14 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 28 min
- Feb 21, 2026vs HOU · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)25 pts, 7 reb, 1 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 34 min
- Feb 19, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)21 pts, 11 reb, 4 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 31 min
- Jan 17, 2026vs PHX · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)23 pts, 11 reb, 2 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 35 min
- Jan 5, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)6 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 22 min
- Dec 21, 2025vs MIA · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)2 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 29 min
- Dec 13, 2025at ORL · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)29 pts, 8 reb, 2 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 37 min
What counts: a team's defensive rating is 100 × the points its opponents scored ÷ possessions, with possessions = FGA + 0.44*FTA - OREB + TOV, mean of both teams. A game's rank uses only games played before that date. Until every team has 15 games, the prior season's final ranks are used (7 games here, 59 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 16 games where the opponent's rank could not be determined are left out of both columns. TS% = PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)); eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 × 3PM) ÷ FGA; both from totals for each row. Past results, not a projection.