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Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

PF/C · VAL group C

Bob Pettit

1955–1965 · 11 seasons

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Karl-Anthony Towns

2016–2026 · 11 seasons

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At a glance

Bob Pettit and Karl-Anthony Towns: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Bob Pettit	Stat	Karl-Anthony Towns
11	Seasons	11
114.9	Career VAL	101.5
13.6 (1964)	Peak-season VAL	13.4 (2022)
Inducted 1971	Hall of Fame	—
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	1
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	13

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NBA VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 2002 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Bob Pettit and Karl-Anthony Towns have
Bob Pettit	Stat	Karl-Anthony Towns
Career
792	Games	721
Per game
26.4	Points / game	22.7
16.2	Rebounds / game	11.1
3.0	Assists / game	3.1
Shooting
43.6%	FG %	52.2%
76.1%	FT %

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Bob Pettit	Karl-Anthony Towns
20	—	6.9
21	—	13.2
22	8.8	12.1
23	11.8	12.7
24	9.3	6.4
25	8.7	6.7
26	12.6	13.4
27	9.9	3.2
28	11.3	8.1
29	13.3	9.8
30	10.2	9
31	13.6	—
32	5.4	—