Kevin Love vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Stats Rankings / 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.

Kevin Love played 17 years in the NBA, 10 more than Ben Simmons, who played 7. Kevin Love had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Ben Simmons had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
Kevin Love	17	6	2008-09 to 2024-25
Ben Simmons	7	4	2017-18 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7


Rookie Season
	Kevin Love	Ben Simmons
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:		+8.4	+4.7	+1.6	+0.6	+1.0	+7.2	+1.3	+0.3	-1.9	-0.1	+2.8	+3.8	+.086		+0.1	+.105	+0.9	+0.1	+.229
Ben Simmons	81	33.7	15.8	1.8	6.3	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	3.4	2.6	6.7	12.3	.545	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	4.2	.560

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	10	36.9	16.3	1.6	7.8	9.4	7.7	1.7	0.8	4.4	3.4	6.1	12.5	.488	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.8	.707


Season 2
	Kevin Love	Ben Simmons
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+19	+5.6	+2.9	+1.6	+0.6	+2.2	+5.4	+0.7	+0.4	-1.5	-0.3	+1.9	+1.4	+.113	+0.6	+1.7	+.330	+0.5	+0.8	+.215
Ben Simmons	79	34.2	16.9	2.2	6.6	8.8	7.7	1.4	0.8	3.5	2.6	6.8	12.2	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	5.4	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	12	35.1	13.9	1.9	5.1	7.0	6.0	1.3	1.0	2.7	3.8	6.0	9.7	.621	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	3.3	.575


Season 3
	Kevin Love	Ben Simmons
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	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:	+16	+0.4	+3.8	+2.5	+4.9	+7.4	+5.5	+1.5	+0.2	-1.4	-1.3		+2.7	+.110	+1.2	+2.8	+.131	+2.6	+1.6	+.229
Ben Simmons	57	35.4	16.4	2.0	5.8	7.8	8.0	2.1	0.6	3.5	3.3	6.6	11.4	.580	0.0	0.1	.286	3.2	5.2	.621

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Ben Simmons played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Kevin Love	Ben Simmons
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+3	+6.6	+11.7	+2.5	+3.6	+6.1	+4.9	+0.7	+0.1	-0.7	-0.1	+3.0	+9.2	+.109	+1.8	+4.9	+.072	+3.9	+3.5	+.211
Ben Simmons	58	32.4	14.3	1.6	5.6	7.2	6.9	1.6	0.6	3.0	2.9	5.6	10.1	.557	0.1	0.2	.300	3.0	4.9	.613

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ben Simmons	12	33.5	11.9	2.1	5.8	7.9	8.8	1.3	0.8	2.3	3.3	4.9	7.9	.621	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	6.1	.342

Note: Ben Simmons didn't play in 2021-22.


Season 5
	Kevin Love	Ben Simmons
Season	2012-13	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Brooklyn Nets
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		%
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
difference:	+24	+8.0	+11.4	+2.6	+5.1	+7.7	+3.8	+0.6	+0.1	-0.1	-1.4	+2.6	+11.0	+.214	+1.1	+5.1		+5.0	+6.5	+.265
Ben Simmons	42	26.3	6.9	1.0	5.3	6.3	6.1	1.3	0.6	2.3	3.3	3.2	5.6	.566	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.4	.439

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Ben Simmons played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Kevin Love	Ben Simmons
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Brooklyn Nets
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		%
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
difference:	+62	+12.4	+20.0	+0.8	+3.7	+4.6	+1.3		+0.1	-0.7	-0.6	+5.5	+13.6	+.124	+2.5	+6.6		+6.4	+7.2	+.421
Ben Simmons	15	23.9	6.1	2.1	5.9	7.9	5.7	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.9	4.9	.581	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.400

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Ben Simmons played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Kevin Love	Ben Simmons
Season	2014-15	2024-25
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+24	+11.8	+11.4	+1.0	+4.1	+5.0	+3.4			-0.4	-0.2	+3.2	+8.3	+.086	+1.9	+5.2		+2.9	+3.7	+.077
Ben Simmons	51	22.0	5.0	0.9	3.8	4.7	5.6	0.7	0.5	2.0	2.1	2.3	4.4	.520	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+1	+18.4	+13.5	+0.9	+4.7	+5.6	+1.7	+0.1	+0.3	-1.1	-0.8	+3.9	+9.1	+.082	+2.3	+5.3		+3.5	+4.8
Ben Simmons	5	8.4	0.8	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.8	0.2	0.8	0.4	2.2	0.4	1.2	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Additional Years
* Kevin Love played 10 seasons more than Ben Simmons in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 17, from 2016 to 2025—Kevin Love played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Ben Simmons, Kevin Love got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game

Kevin Love vs. Ben Simmons Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Simmons 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.

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

Additional Years