Anthony Edwards vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

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

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.

Anthony Edwards played 6 years in the NBA, 12 less than Kevin Love, who played 18. Anthony Edwards had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, 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.

Rookie Season
	Anthony Edwards	Kevin Love
Season	2020-21	2008-09
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	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		%
Anthony Edwards	72	32.1	19.3	0.8	3.8	4.7	2.9	1.1	0.5	2.2	1.8	7.0	16.8	.417	2.4	7.2	.329	2.9	3.8	.776
difference:	+9	+6.8	+8.2	+2.6	+1.9	+4.4	+1.9	+0.7	+0.1	-0.7	-0.7	+3.1	+8.3	+.042	+2.4	+7.0	+.224	+0.4	+0.3	+.013
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 Anthony Edwards nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Anthony Edwards	Kevin Love
Season	2022-23	2010-11
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
Anthony Edwards	79	36.0	24.6	0.6	5.2	5.8	4.4	1.6	0.7	3.3	2.4	8.9	19.5	.459	2.7	7.3	.369	4.0	5.3	.756
difference:	+6	+0.2	+4.4	+3.9	+5.5	+9.4	+1.9	+1.0	+0.3	-1.2	-0.4	+2.3	+5.4	+.011	+1.5	+4.4	+.048	+1.8	+1.5	+.094
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		%
Anthony Edwards	5	39.8	31.6	0.6	4.4	5.0	5.2	1.8	2.0	1.6	2.6	11.0	22.8	.482	3.0	8.6	.349	6.6	7.8	.846
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Anthony Edwards	Kevin Love
Season	2023-24	2011-12
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Anthony Edwards	79	35.1	25.9	0.7	4.8	5.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	3.1	1.8	9.1	19.7	.461	2.4	6.7	.357	5.4	6.4	.836
difference:	+24	+3.9	+0.1	+3.4	+4.4	+7.9	+3.1	+0.4		-0.8	-1.0	+0.5	+0.4	+.013	+0.5	+1.6	+.015	+1.5	+2.0	+.012
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		%
Anthony Edwards	16	40.6	27.6	1.1	5.9	7.0	6.5	1.5	0.6	3.3	2.3	9.8	20.3	.481	2.9	7.2	.400	5.2	6.4	.814
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Anthony Edwards	Kevin Love
Season	2024-25	2012-13
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Anthony Edwards	79	36.3	27.6	0.8	4.9	5.7	4.5	1.2	0.6	3.2	1.9	9.1	20.4	.447	4.1	10.3	.395	5.3	6.3	.837
difference:	+61	+2.0	+9.3	+2.8	+5.5	+8.3	+2.2	+0.5	+0.1	-1.0		+3.3	+3.8	+.095	+3.0	+5.2	+.178	+0.3	+1.6	+.133
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		%
Anthony Edwards	15	39.0	25.3	1.2	6.6	7.8	5.5	1.1	0.7	2.6	2.1	9.0	19.9	.453	3.1	8.7	.354	4.3	5.9	.719
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Anthony Edwards	Kevin Love
Season	2025-26	2013-14
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Edwards	3	25.7	25.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.7	2.0	1.3	9.0	17.3	.519	3.0	6.3	.474	4.7	5.7	.824
difference:	+74	+10.6	+0.4	+2.6	+5.9	+8.5	+2.4	+0.8	+0.2	-0.5	-0.5	+0.6	+1.2	+.062	+0.5	+0.3	+.098	+2.1	+2.5	+.003
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
* Neiher Anthony Edwards nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 6

Additional Years
* Kevin Love played 12 seasons more than Anthony Edwards in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 18, from 2015 to 2026—Kevin Love played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Anthony Edwards, Kevin Love got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game