Kevin Love vs. Alperen Sengun Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alperen Sengun and Kevin Love, 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.

Kevin Love played 18 years in the NBA, 13 more than Alperen Sengun, who played 5. Kevin Love had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Alperen Sengun had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	Kevin Love	Alperen Sengun
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
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		%
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
difference:	+9	+4.6	+1.5	+1.5	+2.2	+3.6	+1.6	+0.4	+0.3	-0.5	-0.5	+0.4	+1.2	+.015	+0.4	+1.4	+.143	+1.0	+0.9	+.078
Alperen Sengun	72	20.7	9.6	1.9	3.5	5.5	2.6	0.8	0.9	2.0	3.0	3.5	7.3	.474	0.4	1.6	.248	2.3	3.2	.711
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Alperen Sengun played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Kevin Love	Alperen Sengun
Season	2010-11	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
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		%
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
difference:	+10	+3.3	+0.9	+1.6	+4.3	+5.9	+2.5	+0.6	+0.3	-0.5	-1.3	+1.8	+1.5	+.067	+0.7	+1.1	+.120	+1.9	+1.2	+.157
Alperen Sengun	63	32.5	21.1	2.9	6.4	9.3	5.0	1.2	0.7	2.6	3.3	8.4	15.6	.537	0.5	1.8	.297	3.9	5.6	.693
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Alperen Sengun played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Kevin Love	Alperen Sengun
Season	2011-12	2024-25
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+21	+7.5	+6.9	+0.7	+2.3	+3.0	+2.9	+0.2	+0.3	-0.3		+1.1	+4.3	+.048	+1.6	+3.9	+.139	+3.0	+2.8	+.132
Alperen Sengun	76	31.5	19.1	3.4	6.9	10.3	4.9	1.1	0.8	2.6	2.8	7.5	15.0	.496	0.3	1.2	.233	3.9	5.6	.692
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alperen Sengun	7	36.6	20.9	3.0	8.9	11.9	5.3	1.9	0.4	2.1	3.7	8.4	18.7	.450	0.4	1.1	.375	3.6	5.7	.625

Additional Years
* Kevin Love played 13 seasons more than Alperen Sengun in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 18, from 2014 to 2026—Kevin Love played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 13 extra years over Alperen Sengun, Kevin Love got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game