Allan Houston vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Love and Allan Houston, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Scoring / Stats / Stats Rankings

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Allan Houston played 12 years in the NBA, 5 less than Kevin Love, who played 17. Allan Houston had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Kevin Love had his rookie season in 2008-09. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Allan Houston	12	6	1993-94 to 2004-05
Kevin Love	17	6	2008-09 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Allan Houston	Kevin Love
Season	1993-94	2008-09
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	79	19.2	8.5	0.2	1.3	1.5	1.3	0.4	0.2	1.3	2.1	3.4	8.5	.405	0.4	1.5	.299	1.1	1.4	.824
difference:	+2	+6.1	+2.6	+3.2	+4.4	+7.6	+0.3		+0.4	-0.2	-0.4	+0.5		+.054	+0.4	+1.3	+.194	+2.2	+2.7	+.035
Kevin Love	81	25.3	11.1	3.4	5.7	9.1	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.5	2.5	3.9	8.5	.459	0.0	0.2	.105	3.3	4.1	.789

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Allan Houston nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Allan Houston	Kevin Love
Season	1994-95	2009-10
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	76	26.3	14.5	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.2	0.8	0.2	1.5	2.4	5.2	11.3	.463	2.1	4.9	.424	1.9	2.3	.860
difference:	+16	+2.3	+0.5	+3.4	+5.4	+8.8	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	-0.5	-0.1	+0.3	+0.5	+.013	+1.5	+3.1	+.094	+1.9	+2.3	+.045
Kevin Love	60	28.6	14.0	3.8	7.2	11.0	2.3	0.7	0.4	2.0	2.3	4.9	10.8	.450	0.6	1.8	.330	3.8	4.6	.815

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Allan Houston nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Allan Houston	Kevin Love
Season	1995-96	2010-11
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	82	37.5	19.7	0.7	3.0	3.7	3.0	0.7	0.2	2.8	2.8	6.9	15.2	.453	2.3	5.5	.427	3.6	4.4	.823
difference:	+9	+1.7	+0.5	+3.8	+7.7	+11.5	+0.5	+0.1	+0.2	-0.7	-0.8	+0.3	+1.1	+.017	+1.1	+2.6	+.010	+2.2	+2.4	+.027
Kevin Love	73	35.8	20.2	4.5	10.7	15.2	2.5	0.6	0.4	2.1	2.0	6.6	14.1	.470	1.2	2.9	.417	5.8	6.8	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	3	45.3	25.0	0.3	2.3	2.7	2.0	0.0	0.3	3.7	3.7	8.3	19.3	.431	2.3	7.0	.333	6.0	6.7	.900
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Allan Houston	Kevin Love
Season	1996-97	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	81	33.1	14.8	0.5	2.4	3.0	2.2	0.5	0.2	2.1	2.9	5.4	12.7	.423	1.8	4.7	.385	2.2	2.7	.803
difference:	+26	+5.9	+11.2	+3.6	+6.8	+10.3	+0.2	+0.4	+0.3	-0.2	-0.1	+3.2	+6.6	+.025	+0.1	+0.4	+.013	+4.7	+5.7	+.021
Kevin Love	55	39.0	26.0	4.1	9.2	13.3	2.0	0.9	0.5	2.3	2.8	8.6	19.3	.448	1.9	5.1	.372	6.9	8.4	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	9	40.0	19.2	0.3	2.2	2.6	2.3	0.7	0.3	2.7	1.6	6.4	14.8	.436	2.9	5.8	.500	3.4	3.9	.886
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Allan Houston	Kevin Love
Season	1997-98	2012-13
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	82	34.7	18.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.6	0.8	0.3	2.4	2.5	7.0	15.6	.447	1.0	2.6	.385	3.5	4.1	.851
difference:	+64	+0.4	+0.1	+3.1	+7.6	+10.7	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	-0.2	-0.6	+1.2	+1.0	+.095	+0.1	+2.5	+.168	+2.1	+3.8	+.147
Kevin Love	18	34.3	18.3	3.6	10.4	14.0	2.3	0.7	0.5	2.2	1.9	5.8	16.6	.352	1.1	5.1	.217	5.6	7.9	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	10	40.4	21.1	0.6	3.2	3.8	2.8	0.5	0.1	3.2	2.7	7.6	17.5	.434	0.9	2.3	.391	5.0	5.8	.862
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Allan Houston	Kevin Love
Season	1998-99	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	50	36.3	16.3	0.4	2.6	3.0	2.7	0.7	0.2	2.6	2.3	5.9	14.1	.418	1.1	2.8	.407	3.4	3.9	.862
difference:	+27		+9.8	+2.5	+7.0	+9.5	+1.7	+0.1	+0.3	-0.1	-0.5	+2.5	+4.4	+.039	+1.4	+3.8	+.031	+3.4	+4.3	+.041
Kevin Love	77	36.3	26.1	2.9	9.6	12.5	4.4	0.8	0.5	2.5	1.8	8.4	18.5	.457	2.5	6.6	.376	6.8	8.2	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	20	39.3	18.5	0.3	2.4	2.7	2.6	0.4	0.1	2.5	2.0	6.8	15.3	.443	0.5	1.8	.250	4.6	5.2	.883
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Allan Houston	Kevin Love
Season	1999-00	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	82	38.6	19.7	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.7	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.7	7.5	15.5	.483	1.3	3.0	.436	3.4	4.1	.838
difference:	+7	+4.8	+3.3	+1.4	+5.1	+6.4	+0.5	+0.1	+0.3	-0.7	-0.8	+2.0	+2.8	+.049	+0.6	+2.2	+.069		+0.2	+.034
Kevin Love	75	33.8	16.4	1.9	7.9	9.7	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.6	1.9	5.5	12.7	.434	1.9	5.2	.367	3.4	4.3	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	16	40.8	17.6	0.2	3.1	3.3	1.6	1.2	0.2	2.3	2.6	6.4	14.7	.438	1.2	2.4	.500	3.5	4.1	.862
difference:	+12	+14.0	+3.3	+1.3	+2.4	+3.7	+0.9	+0.9	+0.3	-0.8	-0.4	+2.1	+4.4	+.023	+1.1	+2.9	+.071		+0.7	+.125
Kevin Love	4	26.8	14.3	1.5	5.5	7.0	2.5	0.3	0.5	1.5	3.0	4.3	10.3	.415	2.3	5.3	.429	3.5	4.8	.737


Season 8
	Allan Houston	Kevin Love
Season	2000-01	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	78	36.6	18.7	0.3	3.4	3.6	2.2	0.7	0.1	2.1	2.4	6.9	15.5	.449	1.2	3.2	.381	3.6	3.9	.909
difference:	+1	+5.1	+2.7	+1.6	+4.6	+6.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4	-0.3	-0.3	+1.6	+2.8	+.030	+0.9	+2.5	+.021	+0.2	+0.2	+.087
Kevin Love	77	31.5	16.0	1.9	8.0	9.9	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.8	2.1	5.3	12.7	.419	2.1	5.7	.360	3.4	4.1	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	5	38.0	20.8	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.4	1.0	0.2	2.0	3.4	7.6	12.8	.594	1.2	2.2	.545	4.4	4.4	1.000
difference:	+15	+7.3	+6.1	+1.7	+5.3	+7.0	+0.7	+0.5	+0.2	-0.6	-1.7	+3.0	+0.8	+.209	+1.1	+3.4	+.131	+1.2	+0.6	+.160
Kevin Love	20	30.7	14.7	1.7	7.1	8.8	2.1	0.5	0.4	1.4	1.7	4.6	12.0	.385	2.3	5.6	.414	3.2	3.8	.840


Season 9
	Allan Houston	Kevin Love
Season	2001-02	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	77	37.8	20.4	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.4	7.4	16.9	.437	1.8	4.5	.393	3.8	4.4	.870
difference:	+17	+6.4	+1.4	+2.0	+5.8	+7.8	+0.6	+0.2	+0.3	-0.2	-0.3	+1.2	+2.4	+.010	+0.6	+2.0	+.020	+0.5	+0.5	+.001
Kevin Love	60	31.4	19.0	2.5	8.6	11.1	1.9	0.9	0.4	2.0	2.1	6.2	14.5	.427	2.4	6.5	.373	4.3	4.9	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Love	18	32.1	16.8	2.0	8.6	10.6	1.7	1.2	0.9	1.7	2.6	5.3	12.1	.436	2.8	6.2	.450	3.5	4.2	.840


Season 10
	Allan Houston	Kevin Love
Season	2002-03	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	82	37.9	22.5	0.3	2.5	2.8	2.7	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.3	8.0	17.9	.445	2.2	5.5	.396	4.4	4.8	.919
difference:	+23	+9.9	+4.9	+1.4	+5.0	+6.5	+1.0		+0.3	-0.7	-0.3	+2.3	+5.5	+.013	+0.1	+0.1	+.019	+0.4	+0.3	+.039
Kevin Love	59	28.0	17.6	1.7	7.5	9.3	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.5	2.0	5.7	12.4	.458	2.3	5.6	.415	4.0	4.5	.880

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Love	21	31.4	14.9	2.3	7.9	10.2	1.6	0.7	0.4	2.0	2.8	5.2	13.2	.392	1.7	5.0	.340	2.8	3.0	.922


Season 11
	Allan Houston	Kevin Love
Season	2003-04	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	50	36.0	18.5	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.0	0.8	0.0	2.0	2.1	6.8	15.6	.435	1.7	4.0	.431	3.1	3.4	.913
difference:	+28	+8.8	+1.5	+1.1	+7.4	+8.5	+0.2	+0.5	+0.2	-0.1	-0.4	+1.8	+2.7	+.050	+0.7	+2.7	+.070	+1.6	+1.8	+.009
Kevin Love	22	27.2	17.0	1.5	9.4	10.9	2.2	0.3	0.2	1.9	2.5	5.0	12.9	.385	2.4	6.7	.361	4.7	5.2	.904

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Allan Houston nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Allan Houston	Kevin Love
Season	2004-05	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allan Houston	20	26.6	11.9	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.1	0.4	0.1	1.1	2.0	4.3	10.3	.415	1.6	4.0	.388	1.8	2.2	.837
difference:	+36	+5.2	+5.7	+0.8	+7.8	+8.6	+1.1	+0.2	+0.2	-1.4	-0.4	+1.5	+2.7	+.035	+1.0	+3.0	+.014	+1.5	+1.7	+.017
Kevin Love	56	31.8	17.6	1.0	8.8	9.8	3.2	0.6	0.3	2.5	1.6	5.8	13.0	.450	2.6	7.0	.374	3.3	3.9	.854

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Allan Houston nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 12

Additional Years

* Kevin Love played 5 seasons more than Allan Houston in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 17, from 2021 to 2025—Kevin Love played in two Playoffs.

Allan Houston vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Love and Allan Houston, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years