Kevin Love vs. Brandon Roy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Roy 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 / 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 16 years in the NBA, 10 more than Brandon Roy, who played 6. Kevin Love had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Brandon Roy had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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 achivements, 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	16	6	2008-09 to 2023-24
Brandon Roy	6	3	2006-07 to 2012-13

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Kevin Love	Brandon Roy
Season	2008-09	2006-07
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Brandon Roy	57	35.4	16.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	4.0	1.2	0.2	2.0	2.4	6.1	13.4	.456	1.0	2.6	.377	3.5	4.2	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kevin Love	Brandon Roy
Season	2009-10	2007-08
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Brandon Roy	74	37.7	19.1	1.1	3.6	4.7	5.8	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.0	7.2	15.8	.454	1.0	2.9	.340	3.8	5.0	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kevin Love	Brandon Roy
Season	2010-11	2008-09
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Brandon Roy	78	37.2	22.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	5.1	1.1	0.3	1.9	1.6	8.1	16.9	.480	1.1	2.8	.377	5.3	6.5	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Roy	6	39.7	26.7	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.8	1.3	1.2	2.2	2.5	9.3	20.3	.459	1.3	2.8	.471	6.7	7.7	.870


Season 4
	Kevin Love	Brandon Roy
Season	2011-12	2009-10
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Brandon Roy	65	37.2	21.5	1.1	3.3	4.4	4.7	0.9	0.2	2.0	2.1	7.6	16.0	.473	1.1	3.4	.330	5.3	6.8	.780

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Roy	3	27.7	9.7	0.7	1.7	2.3	1.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.3	3.3	11.0	.303	0.7	4.0	.167	2.3	3.0	.778


Season 5
	Kevin Love	Brandon Roy
Season	2012-13	2010-11
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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
Brandon Roy	47	27.9	12.2	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.7	0.8	0.3	1.2	1.6	4.4	11.1	.400	0.8	2.4	.333	2.5	2.9	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Roy	6	23.0	9.3	0.3	1.8	2.2	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.7	2.2	3.7	7.3	.500	0.7	2.3	.286	1.3	2.2	.615

Note: Brandon Roy didn't play in 2011-12.


Season 6
	Kevin Love	Brandon Roy
Season	2013-14	2012-13
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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
Brandon Roy	5	24.4	5.8	0.6	2.2	2.8	4.6	0.6	0.0	1.4	1.0	2.2	7.0	.314	0.0	1.8	.000	1.4	2.0	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Kevin Love	Brandon Roy
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	-

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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
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Kevin Love	Brandon Roy
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Kevin Love	Brandon Roy
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Kevin Love	Brandon Roy
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Kevin Love	Brandon Roy
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Kevin Love	Brandon Roy
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Kevin Love	Brandon Roy
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Kevin Love	Brandon Roy
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	74	22.5	13.6	1.2	6.1	7.2	2.2	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.4	4.4	10.3	.430	2.5	6.4	.392	2.2	2.7	.838
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Kevin Love	Brandon Roy
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	62	20.0	8.2	1.0	5.5	6.4	1.9	0.3	0.2	1.1	1.6	2.7	6.8	.389	1.6	4.8	.334	1.3	1.5	.879
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	20	18.0	6.9	0.7	4.9	5.6	1.2	0.5	0.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	6.0	.378	1.7	4.4	.375	0.7	0.8	.875
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Kevin Love	Brandon Roy
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	55	16.8	8.8	1.1	5.1	6.1	2.1	0.3	0.2	0.9	1.8	2.9	6.5	.440	1.5	4.4	.344	1.5	2.0	.787
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	5	6.4	1.8	0.2	2.6	2.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.8	.444	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Brandon Roy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kevin Love vs. Brandon Roy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Roy 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16