Kevin Love vs. C.J. McCollum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of C.J. McCollum 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 / Scoring / Stats / 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, 5 more than C.J. McCollum, who played 12. Kevin Love had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while C.J. McCollum had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
C.J. McCollum	12	10	2013-14 to 2024-25

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


Rookie Season
	Kevin Love	C.J. McCollum
Season	2008-09	2013-14
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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:	+43	+12.8	+5.8	+3.2	+4.6	+7.8	+0.3		+0.5	-0.6	-1.1	+2.0	+3.8	+.043	+0.8	+1.9	+.270	+2.7	+3.2	+.113
C.J. McCollum	38	12.5	5.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.4	1.9	4.7	.416	0.8	2.1	.375	0.6	0.9	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	6	4.0	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.8	.091	0.0	0.8	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 2
	Kevin Love	C.J. McCollum
Season	2009-10	2014-15
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+12.9	+7.2	+3.6	+6.0	+9.5	+1.3		+0.3	-1.2	-1.0	+2.3	+4.9	+.014	+0.3	+0.4	+.066	+3.0	+3.4	+.116
C.J. McCollum	62	15.7	6.8	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.0	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.3	2.6	5.9	.436	0.9	2.2	.396	0.8	1.2	.699

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	5	33.2	17.0	0.2	3.8	4.0	0.4	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.6	6.4	13.4	.478	2.2	4.6	.478	2.0	2.6	.769


Season 3
	Kevin Love	C.J. McCollum
Season	2010-11	2015-16
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	Most Improved Player
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+7	+1.0	+0.6	+3.9	+8.0	+12.0	+1.8	+0.6	+0.1	-0.4	-0.3	+1.4	+3.8	+.022	+1.3	+3.0		+3.5	+4.0	+.023
C.J. McCollum	80	34.8	20.8	0.6	2.7	3.2	4.3	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.3	8.0	17.9	.448	2.5	5.9	.417	2.3	2.8	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	11	40.2	20.5	0.6	3.0	3.6	3.3	0.9	0.5	1.8	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	1.8	5.3	.345	3.4	4.2	.804


Season 4
	Kevin Love	C.J. McCollum
Season	2011-12	2016-17
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+25	+4.0	+3.0	+3.3	+6.3	+9.7	+1.6			-0.1	-0.3	+0.1	+1.3	+.032	+0.4	+0.4	+.049	+3.5	+4.7	+.088
C.J. McCollum	80	35.0	23.0	0.8	2.9	3.6	3.6	0.9	0.5	2.2	2.5	8.7	18.0	.480	2.3	5.5	.421	3.4	3.7	.912

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	4	35.0	22.5	2.0	4.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	3.8	2.5	8.0	20.0	.400	2.8	5.5	.500	3.8	4.0	.938


Season 5
	Kevin Love	C.J. McCollum
Season	2012-13	2017-18
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+63	+1.8	+3.1	+2.9	+7.1	+10.0	+1.1	+0.3	+0.1	-0.3	-0.2	+2.4	+2.0	+.091	+1.2	+0.8	+.180	+3.0	+4.8	+.132
C.J. McCollum	81	36.1	21.4	0.7	3.3	4.0	3.4	1.0	0.4	1.9	2.1	8.2	18.6	.443	2.3	5.9	.397	2.6	3.1	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	4	38.8	25.3	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.5	1.3	0.3	2.3	2.8	10.0	19.3	.519	2.8	6.5	.423	2.5	3.3	.769


Season 6
	Kevin Love	C.J. McCollum
Season	2013-14	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+7	+2.4	+5.1	+2.0	+6.5	+8.5	+1.4		+0.1	-1.0	-0.7	+0.2	+0.7	+.002	+0.1	+0.2	+.001	+4.5	+5.5	+.007
C.J. McCollum	70	33.9	21.0	0.9	3.1	4.0	3.0	0.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	8.2	17.8	.459	2.4	6.4	.375	2.3	2.7	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	16	39.7	24.7	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.7	0.8	0.6	1.9	2.1	9.6	21.9	.440	2.9	7.3	.393	2.6	3.5	.732


Season 7
	Kevin Love	C.J. McCollum
Season	2014-15	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers 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:	+5	+2.7	+5.8	+1.2	+4.3	+5.5	+2.2	+0.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.7	+3.2	+6.7	+.017	+0.9	+2.1	+.012	+1.4	+1.7	+.047
C.J. McCollum	70	36.5	22.2	0.7	3.6	4.2	4.4	0.8	0.6	1.8	2.6	8.7	19.4	.451	2.8	7.3	.379	2.0	2.6	.757

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	+12.4	+8.9	+0.5	+0.7	+1.2	+0.7	+0.9	+0.1	-1.5	-1.0	+4.5	+9.5	+.029	+0.3	+1.7	+.058	+0.5	+0.4	+.055
C.J. McCollum	5	39.2	23.2	1.0	4.8	5.8	3.2	1.2	0.4	3.0	2.0	8.8	19.8	.444	2.6	7.0	.371	3.0	4.4	.682


Season 8
	Kevin Love	C.J. McCollum
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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8th 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	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
difference:	+30	+2.5	+7.1	+1.3	+4.7	+6.0	+2.3	+0.1	+0.1	-0.4	-0.2	+3.3	+6.1	+.039	+1.5	+3.2	+.042	+1.1	+1.3	+.010
C.J. McCollum	47	34.0	23.1	0.6	3.3	3.9	4.7	0.9	0.4	1.4	1.9	8.6	18.8	.458	3.6	8.9	.402	2.3	2.8	.812

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
difference:	+14	+9.3	+6.0	+0.7	+2.1	+2.8	+2.2	+0.2	+0.3	-0.6	-2.5	+3.7	+7.0	+.054		+1.4	+.081	+1.5	+1.6	+.071
C.J. McCollum	6	40.0	20.7	1.0	5.0	6.0	4.3	0.3	0.7	2.0	4.2	8.3	19.0	.439	2.3	7.0	.333	1.7	2.2	.769


Season 9
	Kevin Love	C.J. McCollum
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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9th 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	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
difference:	+2	+3.2	+3.1	+1.6	+5.1	+6.8	+3.2	+0.2			-0.1	+2.4	+4.3	+.033	+0.5	+1.1	+.015	+2.4	+2.2	+.189
C.J. McCollum	62	34.6	22.1	0.9	3.5	4.3	5.1	1.1	0.4	2.0	2.0	8.6	18.8	.460	2.9	7.6	.388	1.9	2.7	.682

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
difference:	+12	+6.9	+5.4	+0.2	+3.8	+3.9	+3.1	+0.5	+0.1	-0.8	-0.1	+2.9	+8.7	+.044		+2.3	+.117	+0.5	+0.1	+.148
C.J. McCollum	6	39.0	22.2	1.8	4.8	6.7	4.8	0.7	0.8	2.5	2.5	8.2	20.8	.392	2.8	8.5	.333	3.0	4.3	.692


Season 10
	Kevin Love	C.J. McCollum
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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10th 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	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
difference:	+16	+7.3	+3.3	+1.0	+3.9	+4.9	+4.0	+0.2	+0.1	-0.9		+2.1	+5.5	+.021	+0.5	+1.6	+.026	+1.6	+1.3	+.111
C.J. McCollum	75	35.3	20.9	0.7	3.6	4.4	5.7	0.9	0.5	2.4	2.0	7.8	17.9	.437	2.8	7.2	.389	2.4	3.2	.769

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
C.J. McCollum	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Kevin Love	C.J. McCollum
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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11th 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	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
difference:	+44	+5.5	+3.0	+0.9	+5.7	+6.6	+2.4	+0.6	+0.4	-0.2	-0.6	+2.3	+3.1	+.074	+1.2	+1.7	+.068	+3.0	+3.1	+.077
C.J. McCollum	66	32.7	20.0	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.6	0.9	0.6	1.7	1.9	7.3	16.0	.459	3.6	8.4	.429	1.7	2.1	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
C.J. McCollum	4	37.0	17.8	0.5	4.3	4.8	4.8	1.8	0.8	4.0	3.5	7.8	18.5	.419	1.8	7.3	.241	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 12
	Kevin Love	C.J. McCollum
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th 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	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
difference:		+0.9	+3.5	+0.2	+5.8	+6.0	+0.9	+0.2	+0.1	-0.6	-0.6	+2.1	+4.9	+.006	+0.5	+1.2	+.001	+1.1	+0.8	+.137
C.J. McCollum	56	32.7	21.1	0.8	3.0	3.8	4.1	0.8	0.4	1.9	2.2	7.9	17.9	.444	3.1	8.2	.373	2.2	3.1	.717

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor C.J. McCollum played in the postseason in their season 12

Additional Years

* Kevin Love played 5 seasons more than C.J. McCollum in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 17, from 2021 to 2025—Kevin Love played in two Playoffs.

Kevin Love vs. C.J. McCollum Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of C.J. McCollum 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

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years