Eric Bledsoe vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Love and Eric Bledsoe, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Eric Bledsoe played 12 years in the NBA, 6 less than Kevin Love, who played 18. Eric Bledsoe had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, 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
Eric Bledsoe	12	5	2010-11 to 2021-22
Kevin Love	18	6	2008-09 to 2025-26

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


Rookie Season
	Eric Bledsoe	Kevin Love
Season	2010-11	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Eric Bledsoe	81	22.7	6.7	0.8	1.9	2.8	3.6	1.1	0.3	2.4	1.6	2.5	6.0	.424	0.4	1.4	.276	1.2	1.6	.744
difference:		+2.6	+4.4	+2.6	+3.8	+6.3	+2.6	+0.7	+0.3	-0.9	-0.9	+1.4	+2.5	+.035	+0.4	+1.2	+.171	+2.1	+2.5	+.045
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 Eric Bledsoe nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Eric Bledsoe	Kevin Love
Season	2011-12	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Eric Bledsoe	40	11.6	3.3	0.6	1.1	1.6	1.7	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.5	1.2	3.2	.389	0.2	0.8	.200	0.7	1.1	.636
difference:	+20	+17.0	+10.7	+3.2	+6.1	+9.4	+0.6	+0.1		-0.8	-0.8	+3.7	+7.6	+.061	+0.4	+1.0	+.130	+3.1	+3.5	+.179
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Bledsoe	11	17.2	7.9	1.1	1.3	2.4	2.1	1.2	0.4	1.4	2.1	3.4	5.7	.587	0.3	0.6	.429	0.9	1.5	.625
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Eric Bledsoe	Kevin Love
Season	2012-13	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Eric Bledsoe	76	20.4	8.5	1.0	1.9	3.0	3.1	1.4	0.7	1.8	1.5	3.3	7.5	.445	0.4	1.0	.397	1.4	1.8	.791
difference:	+3	+15.4	+11.7	+3.5	+8.8	+12.2	+0.6	+0.8	+0.3	-0.3	-0.5	+3.3	+6.6	+.025	+0.8	+1.9	+.020	+4.4	+5.0	+.059
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		%
Eric Bledsoe	6	16.2	6.5	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.7	2.5	5.0	.500	0.2	1.5	.111	1.3	2.0	.667
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Eric Bledsoe	Kevin Love
Season	2013-14	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Eric Bledsoe	43	32.9	17.7	0.6	4.1	4.7	5.5	1.6	0.3	3.3	2.3	6.2	12.9	.477	1.2	3.3	.357	4.3	5.5	.772
difference:	+12	+6.1	+8.3	+3.5	+5.1	+8.6	+3.5	+0.7	+0.2	-1.0	-0.5	+2.4	+6.4	+.029	+0.7	+1.8	+.015	+2.6	+2.9	+.052
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 Eric Bledsoe nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Eric Bledsoe	Kevin Love
Season	2014-15	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Eric Bledsoe	81	34.6	17.0	0.9	4.3	5.2	6.1	1.6	0.6	3.4	2.3	5.8	12.9	.447	1.1	3.4	.324	4.4	5.4	.800
difference:	+63	+0.3	+1.3	+2.7	+6.1	+8.8	+3.8	+0.9	+0.1	-1.2	-0.4		+3.7	+.095		+1.7	+.107	+1.2	+2.5	+.096
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
* Neiher Eric Bledsoe nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Eric Bledsoe	Kevin Love
Season	2015-16	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Eric Bledsoe	31	34.2	20.4	0.6	3.5	4.0	6.1	2.0	0.6	3.5	2.4	7.2	15.9	.453	1.5	4.2	.372	4.5	5.5	.802
difference:	+46	+2.1	+5.7	+2.3	+6.1	+8.5	+1.7	+1.2	+0.1	-1.0	-0.6	+1.2	+2.6	+.004	+1.0	+2.4	+.004	+2.3	+2.7	+.019
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 Eric Bledsoe nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Eric Bledsoe	Kevin Love
Season	2016-17	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Eric Bledsoe	66	33.0	21.1	0.8	4.1	4.8	6.3	1.4	0.5	3.4	2.5	6.8	15.7	.434	1.6	4.7	.335	5.9	6.9	.847
difference:	+9	+0.8	+4.7	+1.1	+3.8	+4.9	+4.1	+0.7		-1.8	-0.6	+1.3	+3.0		+0.3	+0.5	+.032	+2.5	+2.6	+.043
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		%
Eric Bledsoe	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Eric Bledsoe	Kevin Love
Season	2017-18	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Eric Bledsoe	74	31.4	17.7	0.7	3.1	3.8	5.0	2.0	0.6	2.9	2.5	6.3	13.4	.473	1.7	4.9	.347	3.4	4.3	.795
difference:	+3	+0.1	+1.7	+1.2	+4.9	+6.1	+2.6	+1.2	+0.1	-1.1	-0.4	+1.0	+0.7	+.054	+0.4	+0.8	+.013		+0.2	+.027
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		%
Eric Bledsoe	7	32.1	13.6	0.4	3.1	3.6	3.7	1.0	0.9	2.1	2.7	5.3	12.0	.440	1.0	3.1	.318	2.0	2.9	.700
difference:	+13	+1.4	+1.1	+1.3	+4.0	+5.2	+1.6	+0.5	+0.5	-0.7	-1.0	+0.7		+.055	+1.3	+2.5	+.096	+1.2	+0.9	+.140
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
	Eric Bledsoe	Kevin Love
Season	2018-19	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Eric Bledsoe	78	29.1	15.9	1.1	3.6	4.6	5.5	1.5	0.4	2.1	2.0	6.0	12.4	.484	1.6	4.8	.329	2.3	3.0	.750
difference:	+18	+2.3	+3.1	+1.4	+5.0	+6.5	+3.6	+0.6		-0.1	-0.1	+0.2	+2.1	+.057	+0.8	+1.7	+.044	+2.0	+1.9	+.121
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		%
Eric Bledsoe	15	28.2	13.7	1.3	2.4	3.7	4.3	1.1	0.4	2.1	1.9	5.1	12.3	.411	1.1	4.8	.236	2.4	3.4	.706
difference:	+3	+3.9	+3.1	+0.7	+6.2	+6.9	+2.6	+0.1	+0.5	-0.4	-0.7	+0.2	+0.2	+.025	+1.7	+1.4	+.214	+1.1	+0.8	+.134
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
	Eric Bledsoe	Kevin Love
Season	2019-20	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Eric Bledsoe	61	27.0	14.9	0.7	3.9	4.6	5.4	0.9	0.4	2.4	2.1	5.5	11.5	.475	1.2	3.5	.344	2.8	3.5	.790
difference:	+2	+1.0	+2.7	+1.0	+3.6	+4.7	+3.7	+0.2		-0.9	-0.1	+0.2	+0.9	+.017	+1.1	+2.1	+.071	+1.2	+1.0	+.090
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		%
Eric Bledsoe	9	29.7	11.7	0.6	4.0	4.6	5.9	1.2	0.7	2.6	2.2	4.2	10.9	.388	0.9	3.6	.250	2.3	2.9	.808
difference:	+12	+1.7	+3.2	+1.7	+3.9	+5.6	+4.3	+0.5	+0.3	-0.6	-0.6	+1.0	+2.3	+.004	+0.8	+1.4	+.090	+0.5	+0.1	+.114
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
	Eric Bledsoe	Kevin Love
Season	2020-21	2018-19
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Eric Bledsoe	71	29.7	12.2	0.4	3.0	3.4	3.8	0.8	0.3	1.6	1.6	4.3	10.3	.421	1.7	5.0	.341	1.9	2.7	.687
difference:	+49	+2.5	+4.8	+1.1	+6.4	+7.5	+1.6	+0.5	+0.1	-0.3	-0.9	+0.7	+2.6	+.036	+0.7	+1.7	+.020	+2.8	+2.5	+.217
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 Eric Bledsoe nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Eric Bledsoe	Kevin Love
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	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		%
Eric Bledsoe	54	25.2	9.9	0.5	2.9	3.4	4.2	1.3	0.4	2.1	1.6	3.6	8.7	.421	0.9	3.0	.313	1.6	2.2	.761
difference:	+2	+6.6	+7.7	+0.5	+5.9	+6.4	+1.0	+0.7	+0.1	-0.4		+2.2	+4.3	+.029	+1.7	+4.0	+.061	+1.7	+1.7	+.093
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 Eric Bledsoe nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 12

Additional Years

* Kevin Love played 6 seasons more than Eric Bledsoe in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 18, from 2021 to 2026—Kevin Love played in two Playoffs.

Eric Bledsoe vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Love and Eric Bledsoe, 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