Josh Giddey vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Love and Josh Giddey, 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.

Josh Giddey played 5 years in the NBA, 12 less than Kevin Love, who played 17. Josh Giddey had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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
	Josh Giddey	Kevin Love
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	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		%
Josh Giddey	54	31.5	12.5	1.8	6.0	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	3.2	1.6	5.2	12.4	.419	1.0	3.9	.263	1.0	1.5	.709
difference:	+27	+6.2	+1.4	+1.6	+0.3	+1.3	+5.4	+0.5	+0.2	-1.7	-0.9	+1.3	+3.9	+.040	+1.0	+3.7	+.158	+2.3	+2.6	+.080
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 Josh Giddey nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Josh Giddey	Kevin Love
Season	2023-24	2010-11
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Josh Giddey	80	25.1	12.3	1.4	5.0	6.4	4.8	0.7	0.6	2.1	1.4	5.0	10.6	.475	1.0	3.0	.337	1.3	1.6	.806
difference:	+7	+10.7	+7.9	+3.1	+5.7	+8.8	+2.3	+0.1	+0.2		-0.6	+1.6	+3.5	+.005	+0.2	+0.1	+.080	+4.5	+5.2	+.044
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		%
Josh Giddey	10	18.1	8.7	0.7	2.9	3.6	2.1	0.2	0.4	1.2	0.9	3.4	7.5	.453	1.2	3.4	.353	0.7	0.8	.875
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Josh Giddey	Kevin Love
Season	2024-25	2011-12
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Josh Giddey	70	30.2	14.6	1.8	6.3	8.1	7.2	1.2	0.6	2.9	1.7	5.3	11.4	.465	1.5	4.0	.378	2.5	3.2	.781
difference:	+15	+8.8	+11.4	+2.3	+2.9	+5.2	+5.2	+0.3	+0.1	-0.6	-1.1	+3.3	+7.9	+.017	+0.4	+1.1	+.006	+4.4	+5.2	+.043
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 Josh Giddey nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years
* Kevin Love played 12 seasons more than Josh Giddey in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 17, from 2014 to 2025—Kevin Love played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Josh Giddey, Kevin Love got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game