Kentavious Caldwell-Pope vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Love and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, 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.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope played 13 years in the NBA, 5 less than Kevin Love, who played 18. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, 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
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	13	6	2013-14 to 2025-26
Kevin Love	18	6	2008-09 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Kevin Love
Season	2013-14	2008-09
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	80	19.8	5.9	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.4	1.8	2.3	5.8	.396	0.7	2.3	.319	0.6	0.8	.770
difference:	+1	+5.5	+5.2	+2.9	+4.2	+7.1	+0.3	+0.5	+0.4	-1.1	-0.7	+1.6	+2.7	+.063	+0.7	+2.1	+.214	+2.7	+3.3	+.019
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 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Kevin Love
Season	2014-15	2009-10
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	82	31.5	12.7	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.3	1.1	0.2	1.1	2.0	4.8	11.9	.401	1.9	5.4	.345	1.3	1.9	.696
difference:	+22	+2.9	+1.3	+3.2	+4.7	+7.9	+1.0	+0.4	+0.2	-0.9	-0.3	+0.1	+1.1	+.049	+1.3	+3.6	+.015	+2.5	+2.7	+.119
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
* Neiher Kentavious Caldwell-Pope nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Kevin Love
Season	2015-16	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	36.7	14.5	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.8	1.4	0.2	1.4	2.2	5.3	12.6	.420	1.5	4.9	.309	2.4	3.0	.811
difference:	+3	+0.9	+5.7	+3.6	+7.9	+11.5	+0.7	+0.8	+0.2	-0.7	-0.2	+1.3	+1.5	+.050	+0.3	+2.0	+.108	+3.4	+3.8	+.039
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	4	40.3	15.3	0.5	3.8	4.3	2.8	1.8	0.3	0.5	1.8	5.5	12.5	.440	3.0	6.8	.444	1.3	1.8	.714
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Kevin Love
Season	2016-17	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	33.3	13.8	0.7	2.5	3.3	2.5	1.2	0.2	1.1	1.6	4.9	12.2	.399	2.0	5.8	.350	2.0	2.4	.832
difference:	+21	+5.7	+12.2	+3.4	+6.7	+10.0	+0.5	+0.3	+0.3	-1.2	-1.2	+3.7	+7.1	+.049	+0.1	+0.7	+.022	+4.9	+6.0	+.008
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 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Kevin Love
Season	2017-18	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	74	33.2	13.4	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.2	1.4	0.2	1.3	2.0	4.6	10.8	.426	2.1	5.6	.383	2.1	2.6	.789
difference:	+56	+1.1	+4.9	+2.8	+6.0	+8.8	+0.1	+0.7	+0.3	-0.9	-0.1	+1.2	+5.8	+.074	+1.0	+0.5	+.166	+3.5	+5.3	+.085
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 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Kevin Love
Season	2018-19	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	82	24.8	11.4	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.8	1.7	4.0	9.2	.430	1.8	5.3	.347	1.7	1.9	.867
difference:	+5	+11.5	+14.7	+2.3	+7.3	+9.6	+3.1	+0.1	+0.3	-1.7	-0.1	+4.4	+9.3	+.027	+0.7	+1.3	+.029	+5.1	+6.3	+.046
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 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Kevin Love
Season	2019-20	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	69	25.5	9.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.9	1.9	3.4	7.3	.467	1.3	3.5	.385	1.1	1.5	.775
difference:	+6	+8.3	+7.1	+1.3	+6.4	+7.6	+0.6	+0.1	+0.3	-0.7		+2.1	+5.4	+.033	+0.6	+1.7	+.018	+2.3	+2.8	+.029
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	21	29.0	10.7	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.7	1.9	3.8	9.0	.418	2.1	5.7	.378	1.0	1.3	.815
difference:	+17	+2.2	+3.6	+1.1	+3.8	+4.9	+1.2	+0.7	+0.3	-0.8	-1.1	+0.5	+1.3	+.003	+0.2	+0.4	+.051	+2.5	+3.5	+.078
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Kevin Love
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	67	28.4	9.7	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.9	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.7	3.3	7.6	.431	1.8	4.4	.410	1.4	1.7	.866
difference:	+10	+3.1	+6.3	+1.5	+5.7	+7.2	+0.5	+0.1	+0.1	-0.8	-0.4	+2.0	+5.1	+.012	+0.3	+1.3	+.050	+2.0	+2.4	+.044
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	5	29.2	6.2	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.4	3.0	2.2	5.8	.379	0.8	3.8	.211	1.0	1.0	1.000
difference:	+15	+1.5	+8.5	+1.3	+4.7	+6.0	+1.1	+0.5	+0.4	-1.0	-1.3	+2.4	+6.2	+.006	+1.5	+1.8	+.203	+2.2	+2.8	+.160
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Kevin Love
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	Washington Wizards	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	77	30.2	13.2	0.5	2.9	3.4	1.9	1.1	0.3	1.3	1.8	4.7	10.8	.435	2.1	5.3	.390	1.8	2.0	.890
difference:	+17	+1.2	+5.8	+2.0	+5.7	+7.7		+0.2	+0.1	-0.7	-0.3	+1.5	+3.7	+.008	+0.3	+1.2	+.017	+2.5	+2.9	+.019
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Kevin Love
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	31.3	10.8	0.5	2.3	2.7	2.4	1.5	0.5	1.1	1.9	3.8	8.3	.462	1.8	4.2	.423	1.4	1.6	.824
difference:	+17	+3.3	+6.8	+1.2	+5.2	+6.6	+0.7	+0.8	+0.1	-0.4	-0.1	+1.9	+4.1	+.004	+0.5	+1.4	+.008	+2.6	+2.9	+.056
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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	20	33.6	10.6	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.6	1.3	0.7	0.8	2.4	3.7	8.1	.457	1.8	4.6	.380	1.5	1.8	.829
difference:	+1	+2.2	+4.3	+1.6	+5.3	+6.9		+0.6	+0.3	-1.2	-0.4	+1.5	+5.1	+.065	+0.1	+0.4	+.040	+1.3	+1.2	+.093
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
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Kevin Love
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	76	31.6	10.1	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.4	1.3	0.6	1.0	2.0	3.6	7.7	.460	1.6	4.1	.406	1.3	1.5	.894
difference:	+54	+4.4	+6.9	+1.1	+7.4	+8.5	+0.2	+1.0	+0.4	-0.9	-0.5	+1.4	+5.2	+.075	+0.8	+2.6	+.045	+3.4	+3.7	+.010
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	12	35.0	8.1	0.4	2.5	2.9	2.6	1.4	0.4	0.8	3.1	2.8	7.2	.395	1.5	4.6	.327	0.9	0.9	1.000
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Kevin Love
Season	2024-25	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	77	29.6	8.7	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.8	1.3	0.4	0.8	1.8	3.1	7.1	.439	1.5	4.3	.342	1.1	1.2	.863
difference:	+21	+2.2	+8.9	+0.6	+7.0	+7.6	+1.4	+0.7	+0.1	-1.7	-0.2	+2.7	+5.9	+.011	+1.1	+2.7	+.032	+2.2	+2.7	+.009
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	5	32.6	5.0	0.2	2.8	3.0	1.8	1.4	0.6	0.4	2.2	1.6	6.0	.267	1.2	4.6	.261	0.6	0.8	.750
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Kevin Love
Season	2025-26	2020-21
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	8	24.9	9.5	0.1	2.5	2.6	3.9	0.6	0.3	1.3	0.9	2.8	8.5	.324	1.4	4.4	.314	2.6	2.8	.955
difference:	+17		+2.7	+0.6	+4.3	+4.8	+1.4		+0.2	-0.2	-0.1	+1.3	+1.6	+.085	+0.9	+1.8	+.051	+0.9	+0.8	+.131
Kevin Love	25	24.9	12.2	0.7	6.8	7.4	2.5	0.6	0.1	1.5	1.0	4.1	10.1	.409	2.3	6.2	.365	1.7	2.0	.824

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kentavious Caldwell-Pope nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 13

Additional Years

* Kevin Love played 5 seasons more than Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 14 to 18, from 2022 to 2026—Kevin Love played in two Playoffs.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Love and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, 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

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years