Kevin Love vs. Brandin Podziemski Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandin Podziemski 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, 14 more than Brandin Podziemski, who played 3. Kevin Love had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Brandin Podziemski had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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.
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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Kevin Love |
Brandin Podziemski |
| Season |
2008-09 | 2023-24 |
| Team |
Minnesota Timberwolves | Golden State Warriors |
| 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 |
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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: | +7 | +1.3 | +1.9 | +1.8 | +1.5 | +3.3 | +2.7 | +0.4 | +0.4 | -0.3 | -0.9 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +.005 | +1.2 | +3.0 | +.280 | +2.6 | +3.0 | +.156 |
| Brandin Podziemski |
74 |
26.6 |
9.2 |
1.6 |
4.2 |
5.8 |
3.7 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
3.7 |
8.1 |
.454 |
1.2 |
3.2 |
.385 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
.633 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Kevin Love nor Brandin Podziemski played in the postseason in their season 1 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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: | +4 | +1.8 | +2.3 | +2.8 | +3.1 | +5.9 | +1.1 | +0.4 | +0.2 | -0.8 | -0.8 | +0.5 | +1.0 | +.005 | +1.2 | +3.0 | +.042 | +2.7 | +3.1 | +.057 |
| Brandin Podziemski |
64 |
26.8 |
11.7 |
1.0 |
4.1 |
5.1 |
3.4 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
4.4 |
9.8 |
.445 |
1.8 |
4.8 |
.372 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
.758 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Kevin Love |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brandin Podziemski |
12 |
32.1 |
11.3 |
1.3 |
3.7 |
5.0 |
3.1 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
4.0 |
11.0 |
.364 |
1.8 |
5.6 |
.328 |
1.4 |
2.0 |
.708 |
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Additional Years |
* Kevin Love played 14 seasons more than Brandin Podziemski in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 4 to 17, from 2012 to 2025—Kevin Love played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 14 extra years over Brandin Podziemski, Kevin Love got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards | 2 All-NBA Second Team
4 All-Star Game
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