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.

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, 11 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 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	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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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:	+24	+10.1	+5.7	+2.4	+2.3	+4.7	+3.0	+0.8	+0.4	-0.5	-0.1	+2.2	+4.9	+.003	+1.0	+2.4	+.272	+0.2	+0.1	+.049
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
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Brandon Roy played in the postseason in their season 1

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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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:	+14	+9.1	+5.1	+2.7	+3.6	+6.3	+3.5	+0.4	+0.2	-0.2	-0.3	+2.3	+5.0	+.004	+0.4	+1.1	+.010		+0.4	+.062
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
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Brandon Roy played in the postseason in their season 2

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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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:	+5	+1.4	+2.4	+3.2	+7.3	+10.5	+2.6	+0.5	+0.1	-0.2	-0.4	+1.5	+2.8	+.010	+0.1	+0.1	+.040	+0.5	+0.3	+.026
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	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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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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:	+10	+1.8	+4.5	+3.0	+5.9	+8.9	+2.7		+0.3	-0.3	-0.7	+1.0	+3.3	+.025	+0.8	+1.7	+.042	+1.6	+1.6	+.044
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	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

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	-
	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:	+72	+11.9	+20.3	+2.3	+7.4	+9.7	+0.2	+0.2	+0.5	-1.1	-0.8	+6.2	+11.5	+.143	+2.5	+4.8	+.376	+5.4	+6.2	+.121
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
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Brandon Roy played in the postseason in their season 6

Additional Years
* Kevin Love played 11 seasons more than Brandon Roy in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 17, from 2015 to 2025—Kevin Love played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Brandon Roy, Kevin Love got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game