Karl-Anthony Towns
Dominican-American basketball player
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| March 25 2025 | Towns recorded his first triple-double as a Knick with 26 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists in a 128–113 win over the Dallas Mavericks. |
| February 12 2025 | Scored 44 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a 149–148 overtime win over the Atlanta Hawks. Recorded 40 points in consecutive games for the first time in his career. |
| January 25 2025 | Towns was named an Eastern Conference starter for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game. |
| 2024 | Towns received the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion Award from the NBA, recognizing his advocacy for voting rights and his role as producer of the documentary 'Forgiving Johnny'. |
| 2024 | In Game 4 of the first round of the playoffs, Towns scored 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, leading the Timberwolves to a 122–116 victory over the Phoenix Suns, marking the franchise's first playoff series win in 20 years. |
| 2024 | Towns led the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Western Conference finals, marking the team's first appearance in 20 years. |
| 2024 | In the Western Conference Finals, Towns recorded 28 points and 12 rebounds, but the Timberwolves lost to the Dallas Mavericks in five games, with a final close-out loss of 124–103 in Game 5. |
| December 2024 | Towns was named Eastern Conference Player of the Month for December, helping lead the Knicks to a 12–2 record while averaging 23.2 points, 14.6 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks per game. |
| December 19 2024 | In his first game back at Target Center after a nine-year tenure with the Timberwolves, Towns recorded 32 points, 20 rebounds, and six assists in a 133–107 victory. |
| November 13 2024 | Towns scored a season-high 46 points on 60% shooting from the field and grabbed 10 rebounds in a 124–123 loss against the Chicago Bulls. |
| October 29 2024 | Towns posted 44 points and 13 rebounds in a 116–107 win over the Miami Heat, marking the most points in a game by a Knicks center since Patrick Ewing in 1995. |
| October 2 2024 | Karl-Anthony Towns was traded to the New York Knicks as part of a three-team trade with the Charlotte Hornets. |
| March 7 2024 | Towns was diagnosed with a torn left meniscus, sidelining him indefinitely. |
| February 2024 | During the 2024 All-Star Game, Towns scored 50 points, marking him as the fourth player in NBA history to score 50 or more points in the event. |
| February 1 2024 | Towns was named to his fourth All-Star Game as a Western Conference reserve. |
| January 22 2024 | In a game against the Charlotte Hornets, Towns scored a career-high and Timberwolves franchise-record 62 points, contributing to a 128–125 loss, with 44 points scored in the first half. |
| 2023 | During the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, Towns averaged 24.4 points and 8 rebounds over five games, ranking fifth in points for the tournament. |
| December 16 2023 | Towns achieved a season-high of 40 points and 12 rebounds in a 127–109 win over the Indiana Pacers. |
| November 18 2023 | Towns scored 29 points on 10-of-11 shooting, along with six rebounds and nine assists, hitting a game-winning lay-up in a 121–120 win against the New Orleans Pelicans. |
| July 2023 | Towns confirmed his presence for the Dominican Republic national team at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. |
| April 9 2023 | In the final game of the 2022–23 season, Towns scored 30 points and grabbed 8 rebounds, helping the Timberwolves secure an 113–108 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. |
| November 28 2022 | During a game against the Washington Wizards, Karl-Anthony Towns exited in the third quarter due to a non-contact calf injury, leading to his indefinite sidelining. |
| April 23 2022 | Towns recorded a career playoff-best 33 points and 14 rebounds in a 119–118 Game 4 win against the Memphis Grizzlies. |
| April 16 2022 | In Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs, Towns logged 29 points and 13 rebounds in a 130–117 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. |
| March 14 2022 | Towns recorded a career-high and Timberwolves franchise-record 60 points, along with 17 rebounds, in a 149–139 win over the San Antonio Spurs. |
| March 7 2022 | Towns was named Western Conference Player of the Week after leading Minnesota to a perfect 4–0 record. |
| March 5 2022 | In a 138–101 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, Towns recorded 36 points, 15 rebounds, five assists, three blocks, and zero turnovers, making history as the first player to achieve such a stat line while shooting at least 75 percent from the field. |
| February 19 2022 | Towns won the Mountain Dew NBA Three-Point contest in Cleveland, defeating Luke Kennard and Trae Young in the final round, becoming the first center to win the contest. |
| February 3 2022 | Towns was named a reserve for the 2022 NBA All-Star Game. |
| January 9 2022 | Karl-Anthony Towns scored a season-high 40 points, along with nine rebounds and seven assists, in a 141–123 victory over the Houston Rockets. |
| March 17 2021 | Karl-Anthony Towns scored a season-high 41 points, along with 10 rebounds and 8 assists in a 123–119 victory over the Phoenix Suns, marking only the second instance in Timberwolves franchise history where two players scored 40 points in the same game, as his teammate Anthony Edwards scored a career-high 42 points. |
| February 23 2021 | In a game against the Milwaukee Bucks, Karl-Anthony Towns had a career-high 11 assists along with 26 points and 8 rebounds in a 139–112 loss. |
| February 10 2021 | After missing 13 games due to contracting COVID-19, Karl-Anthony Towns returned to the court and recorded 18 points and ten rebounds in a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. |
| December 27 2020 | Karl-Anthony Towns joined Hall-of-Famers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tim Duncan, Elgin Baylor, and David Robinson as one of the only players in NBA history to accumulate over 8,000 points, 4,000 rebounds, and 1,000 assists in 360 games or less. |
| April 2020 | Karl-Anthony Towns' mother died from complications of COVID-19, marking a significant personal loss for him amid the pandemic. |
| October 2019 | Karl-Anthony Towns was suspended for two games without pay due to an altercation with Joel Embiid during a game against the Philadelphia 76ers. |
| October 23 2019 | In the first game of the Minnesota Timberwolves' season, Karl-Anthony Towns scored 36 points, grabbed 14 rebounds, blocked 3 shots, and recorded 3 steals in a 127–126 win over the Brooklyn Nets. |
| March 5 2019 | Towns scored 41 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in a 131–120 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder, moving into fifth place on Minnesota's career scoring list. |
| February 25 2019 | Upon returning from the concussion protocol, Towns recorded 34 points and 21 rebounds in a 112–105 win against the Sacramento Kings. |
| February 22 2019 | Towns missed his first career game against the New York Knicks due to being placed in the concussion protocol following a car accident in Minnesota. |
| January 30 2019 | Towns scored all 16 of his points after halftime, including a buzzer-beating shot in overtime, leading the Timberwolves to a 99–97 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. |
| January 12 2019 | He recorded 27 points and a career-high 27 rebounds in a 110–106 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. |
| December 5 2018 | Towns recorded 35 points, 12 rebounds, and tied a career high with six blocks in a 121–104 win against the Charlotte Hornets. |
| November 12 2018 | He scored 25 points and set a then season-high with 21 rebounds in a 120–113 victory over the Brooklyn Nets. |
| November 9 2018 | Towns achieved a season-high of 39 points and 19 rebounds in a 121–110 loss to the Sacramento Kings. |
| September 23 2018 | Karl-Anthony Towns signed a five-year, $190 million super-maximum extension with the Minnesota Timberwolves. |
| April 2018 | In Game 3 of the Timberwolves' first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets, Towns recorded 18 points and 16 rebounds in a 121–105 victory. |
| April 2018 | In Game 5 of the first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets, Towns scored 23 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in a 122–104 loss, leading to the Timberwolves losing the series in five games. |
| April 11 2018 | In the Timberwolves' regular season finale, Towns had 26 points and 14 rebounds in a 112–106 overtime win against the Denver Nuggets, clinching the Timberwolves' first playoff spot since 2004. |
| March 28 2018 | Towns scored a franchise-record 56 points and added 15 rebounds in a 126–114 win over the Atlanta Hawks, surpassing Mo Williams' previous franchise record of 52 points. |
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