De'Aaron Fox vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Love and De'Aaron Fox, 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.

De'Aaron Fox played 8 years in the NBA, 9 less than Kevin Love, who played 17. De'Aaron Fox had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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
	De'Aaron Fox	Kevin Love
Season	2017-18	2008-09
Team	Sacramento Kings	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		%
De'Aaron Fox	73	27.8	11.6	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.4	1.0	0.3	2.4	2.2	4.5	10.9	.412	0.6	2.1	.307	1.9	2.7	.723
difference:	+8	+2.5	+0.5	+2.9	+3.4	+6.3	+3.4	+0.6	+0.3	-0.9	-0.3	+0.6	+2.4	+.047	+0.6	+1.9	+.202	+1.4	+1.4	+.066
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 De'Aaron Fox nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	De'Aaron Fox	Kevin Love
Season	2019-20	2010-11
Team	Sacramento Kings	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
De'Aaron Fox	51	32.0	21.1	0.7	3.2	3.8	6.8	1.5	0.5	3.1	2.8	7.7	16.0	.480	1.1	3.6	.292	4.7	6.7	.705
difference:	+22	+3.8	+0.9	+3.8	+7.5	+11.4	+4.3	+0.9	+0.1	-1.0	-0.8	+1.1	+1.9	+.010	+0.1	+0.7	+.125	+1.1	+0.1	+.145
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
* Neiher De'Aaron Fox nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	De'Aaron Fox	Kevin Love
Season	2020-21	2011-12
Team	Sacramento Kings	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
De'Aaron Fox	58	35.1	25.2	0.6	2.9	3.5	7.2	1.5	0.5	3.0	2.9	9.1	19.1	.477	1.8	5.5	.322	5.2	7.2	.719
difference:	+3	+3.9	+0.8	+3.5	+6.3	+9.8	+5.2	+0.6		-0.7	-0.1	+0.5	+0.2	+.029	+0.1	+0.4	+.050	+1.7	+1.2	+.105
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
* Neiher De'Aaron Fox nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 6
	De'Aaron Fox	Kevin Love
Season	2022-23	2013-14
Team	Sacramento Kings	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
De'Aaron Fox	73	33.4	25.0	0.5	3.6	4.2	6.1	1.1	0.3	2.5	2.4	9.3	18.2	.512	1.6	5.0	.324	4.7	6.0	.780
difference:	+4	+2.9	+1.1	+2.4	+6.0	+8.3	+1.7	+0.3	+0.2		-0.6	+0.9	+0.3	+.055	+0.9	+1.6	+.052	+2.1	+2.2	+.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		%
De'Aaron Fox	7	38.6	27.4	1.7	3.7	5.4	7.7	2.1	0.6	4.0	3.3	10.0	23.6	.424	3.0	9.0	.333	4.4	5.9	.756
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	De'Aaron Fox	Kevin Love
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
De'Aaron Fox	62	36.1	23.5	0.9	3.9	4.8	6.3	1.5	0.4	2.8	2.6	8.7	18.8	.463	1.9	6.1	.310	4.2	5.1	.827
difference:	+15	+4.6	+7.5	+1.0	+4.1	+5.1	+3.9	+0.7	+0.1	-1.0	-0.5	+3.4	+6.1	+.044	+0.2	+0.4	+.050	+0.8	+1.0	+.005
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		%
De'Aaron Fox	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Kevin Love played 9 seasons more than De'Aaron Fox in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 17, from 2017 to 2025—Kevin Love played in 4 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over De'Aaron Fox, Kevin Love got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game