Jalen Duren vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Love and Jalen Duren, 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.

Jalen Duren played 4 years in the NBA, 14 less than Kevin Love, who played 18. Jalen Duren had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, 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
	Jalen Duren	Kevin Love
Season	2022-23	2008-09
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Jalen Duren	67	24.9	9.1	3.4	5.5	8.9	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.4	2.7	3.9	5.9	.648	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.3	.611
difference:	+14	+0.4	+2.0		+0.2	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+0.3	-0.1	-0.2		+2.6	+.189		+0.2		+1.9	+1.8	+.178
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 Jalen Duren nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Jalen Duren	Kevin Love
Season	2024-25	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		%
Jalen Duren	78	26.1	11.8	3.6	6.8	10.3	2.7	0.7	1.1	1.7	3.2	4.8	7.0	.692	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.1	.669
difference:	+5	+9.7	+8.4	+0.9	+3.9	+4.9	+0.2	+0.1	+0.7	-0.4	-1.2	+1.8	+7.1	+.222	+1.2	+2.9		+3.7	+3.7	+.181
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		%
Jalen Duren	6	33.8	11.8	4.3	6.3	10.7	3.5	0.3	1.7	1.7	4.3	4.3	6.7	.650	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.8	.826
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Jalen Duren	Kevin Love
Season	2025-26	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Jalen Duren	25	29.0	18.0	4.2	6.8	11.0	1.7	0.9	0.9	2.3	3.2	6.8	10.9	.625	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.0	.740
difference:	+30	+10.0	+8.0	+0.1	+2.4	+2.3	+0.3		+0.4		-0.4	+1.8	+8.4	+.177	+1.9	+5.1		+2.5	+2.4	+.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 Jalen Duren nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years
* Kevin Love played 14 seasons more than Jalen Duren in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 18, from 2013 to 2026—Kevin Love played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 14 extra years over Jalen Duren, Kevin Love got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game