StaTuesday: Garnett ranks among Timberwolves best in nearly every category
The website basketball-reference.com has 51 statistical categories in which it ranks career leaders for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Kevin Garnett ranks first in 25 of them.
The 15-time All Star, nine-time All-NBA team member and 2003-04 MVP retired last week after 21 seasons, including 14 with the Timberwolves. He leads the franchise in categories such as games, points, rebounds, assists, free throws and player efficiency rating.
Minnesota had never been to the playoffs before Garnett joined the team in 1995 but made the postseason in eight straight seasons with KG leading the way, a run that culminated with an appearance in the 2004 Western Conference Finals.
Garnett went on to join the Boston Celtics and help them to the 2008 NBA title. He played six seasons there before Boston traded him to the Brooklyn Nets, who traded him to the Timberwolves in February 2015.
Garnett played in 38 games last season with the Timberwolves, averaging a career-low 3.2 points in 14.6 minutes per game. He finished his career averaging 17.8 points, 10.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 34.5 minutes.
Those numbers are even better with the Timberwolves, however. Here's a look at where Garnett ranks in Minnesota franchise history:
| Category | Rank | Leader |
| PPG | Third (19.8) | Tony Campbell (20.6) |
| RPG | Second (11) | Kevin Love (12.2) |
| Win Shares | First (139.8) | |
| Player Efficiency Rating | First (23.7) | |
| Value Over Replacement Player | First (75.5) | |
| Rebounds | First (10,718) | |
| Points | First (19,201) | |
| Assists | First (4,216) | |
| Games | First (970) |
Garnett not only leads in the volume categories, such as total points, rebounds and games, but he also has the highest player efficiency rating in the history of the franchise. He ranks only behind Tony Campbell and Al Jefferson in franchise history in points per game, though both of them only played in Minnesota for three seasons.
Garnett also ranks among the all-time NBA leaders in win shares, games and minutes played and total rebounds.
| Category | Rank | Leader |
| Games | Fifth (1,462) | Robert Parish (1,611) |
| Minutes Played | Third (50,418) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (57,446) |
| Defensive rebounds | First (11,453) | |
| Total rebounds | Ninth (14,662) | Wilt Chamberlain (23,924) |
| Win Shares | Ninth (191.4) | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (273.41) |
| VORP | Fourth (94.0) | LeBron James (108.61) |
It's no wonder The Big Ticket will be a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
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