Deni Avdija vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Love and Deni Avdija, 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.

Deni Avdija played 6 years in the NBA, 12 less than Kevin Love, who played 18. Deni Avdija 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
	Deni Avdija	Kevin Love
Season	2020-21	2008-09
Team	Washington Wizards	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		%
Deni Avdija	54	23.3	6.3	0.4	4.4	4.9	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.6	2.6	2.4	5.8	.417	1.0	3.1	.315	0.5	0.8	.644
difference:	+27	+2.0	+4.8	+3.0	+1.3	+4.2	+0.2	+0.2	+0.3	-0.9	-0.1	+1.5	+2.7	+.042	+1.0	+2.9	+.210	+2.8	+3.3	+.145
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 Deni Avdija nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Deni Avdija	Kevin Love
Season	2022-23	2010-11
Team	Washington Wizards	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		%
Deni Avdija	76	26.6	9.2	1.0	5.4	6.4	2.8	0.9	0.4	1.6	2.8	3.3	7.6	.437	0.9	3.1	.297	1.6	2.2	.739
difference:	+3	+9.2	+11.0	+3.5	+5.3	+8.8	+0.3	+0.3		-0.5	-0.8	+3.3	+6.5	+.033	+0.3	+0.2	+.120	+4.2	+4.6	+.111
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 Deni Avdija nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Deni Avdija	Kevin Love
Season	2023-24	2011-12
Team	Washington Wizards	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		%
Deni Avdija	75	30.1	14.7	1.1	6.1	7.2	3.8	0.8	0.5	2.1	2.5	5.4	10.7	.506	1.2	3.1	.374	2.7	3.6	.740
difference:	+20	+8.9	+11.3	+3.0	+3.1	+6.1	+1.8	+0.1		-0.2	-0.3	+3.2	+8.6	+.058	+0.7	+2.0	+.002	+4.2	+4.8	+.084
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 Deni Avdija nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 6
	Deni Avdija	Kevin Love
Season	2025-26	2013-14
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	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		%
Deni Avdija	7	33.0	24.1	1.1	4.9	6.0	3.9	0.6	0.9	4.0	2.9	7.9	16.0	.491	2.4	6.4	.378	6.0	7.3	.824
difference:	+70	+3.3	+2.0	+1.8	+4.7	+6.5	+0.5	+0.2	+0.4	-1.5	-1.1	+0.5	+2.5	+.034	+0.1	+0.2	+.002	+0.8	+0.9	+.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 Deni Avdija nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 6

Additional Years
* Kevin Love played 12 seasons more than Deni Avdija 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 Deni Avdija, Kevin Love got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game