Kevin Love vs. Bennedict Mathurin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bennedict Mathurin 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 17 years in the NBA, 13 more than Bennedict Mathurin, who played 4. Kevin Love had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Bennedict Mathurin had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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	Bennedict Mathurin
Season	2008-09	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
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:	+3	+3.2	+5.6	+2.3	+2.7	+5.0	+0.5	+0.2	+0.4	-0.4	-0.4	+1.4	+3.7	+.025	+1.3	+3.8	+.218	+1.5	+1.7	+.039
Bennedict Mathurin	78	28.5	16.7	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.9	2.1	5.3	12.2	.434	1.3	4.0	.323	4.8	5.8	.828
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Bennedict Mathurin played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Kevin Love	Bennedict Mathurin
Season	2010-11	2024-25
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+1	+6.0	+4.1	+3.3	+6.6	+9.9	+0.6	+0.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.3	+1.2	+2.3	+.012	+0.2	+1.1	+.077	+2.0	+2.2	+.019
Bennedict Mathurin	72	29.8	16.1	1.2	4.1	5.3	1.9	0.7	0.3	1.9	2.3	5.4	11.8	.458	1.4	4.0	.340	3.8	4.6	.831
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bennedict Mathurin	22	17.5	11.0	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.2	1.9	3.1	6.7	.459	0.8	2.7	.300	4.0	4.7	.864

Season 4
	Kevin Love	Bennedict Mathurin
Season	2011-12	2025-26
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana Pacers
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		%
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:	+54	+6.0	+10.0	+1.1	+1.2	+2.3	+1.0	+0.9	+0.5	-1.7	-3.2	+0.4	+0.3	+.026	+1.1	+2.9	+.003	+8.1	+8.6	+.058
Bennedict Mathurin	1	45.0	36.0	3.0	8.0	11.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	6.0	9.0	19.0	.474	3.0	8.0	.375	15.0	17.0	.882
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Bennedict Mathurin played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years
* Kevin Love played 13 seasons more than Bennedict Mathurin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 17, from 2013 to 2025—Kevin Love played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 13 extra years over Bennedict Mathurin, Kevin Love got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game