Kevin Love vs. Collin Sexton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Collin Sexton 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, 10 more than Collin Sexton, who played 7. Kevin Love had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Collin Sexton had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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	Collin Sexton
Season	2008-09	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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:	+1	+6.5	+5.6	+2.7	+3.5	+6.2	+2.0	+0.1	+0.5	-0.8	-0.2	+2.4	+6.2	+.029	+1.5	+3.4	+.297	+0.7	+1.0	+.050
Collin Sexton	82	31.8	16.7	0.7	2.2	2.9	3.0	0.5	0.1	2.3	2.3	6.3	14.7	.430	1.5	3.6	.402	2.6	3.1	.839
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Collin Sexton played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Kevin Love	Collin Sexton
Season	2010-11	2020-21
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+13	+0.5	+4.1	+3.5	+8.5	+12.1	+1.9	+0.4	+0.2	-0.7	-0.6	+2.2	+4.3	+.005	+0.4	+1.5	+.046	+0.6	+0.4	+.035
Collin Sexton	60	35.3	24.3	1.0	2.2	3.1	4.4	1.0	0.2	2.8	2.6	8.8	18.4	.475	1.6	4.4	.371	5.2	6.4	.815
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Collin Sexton played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Kevin Love	Collin Sexton
Season	2011-12	2021-22
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
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:	+44	+10.3	+10.0	+2.9	+7.1	+10.0	+0.1		+0.5	-0.5	-0.5	+2.4	+5.6	+.002	+0.9	+1.0	+.128	+4.3	+4.9	+.080
Collin Sexton	11	28.7	16.0	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.1	0.9	0.0	2.8	2.3	6.2	13.7	.450	1.0	4.1	.244	2.6	3.5	.744
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Collin Sexton played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 6
	Kevin Love	Collin Sexton
Season	2013-14	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Utah Jazz
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:	+1	+9.7	+7.4	+2.0	+7.9	+9.9	+0.5		+0.3	-0.4	-0.2	+1.9	+5.2	+.030	+0.9	+2.4	+.018	+2.7	+3.5	+.038
Collin Sexton	78	26.6	18.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	4.9	0.8	0.2	2.1	2.0	6.5	13.3	.487	1.6	4.2	.394	4.1	4.7	.859
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Collin Sexton played in the postseason in their season 6

Additional Years
* Kevin Love played 10 seasons more than Collin Sexton in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 17, from 2016 to 2025—Kevin Love played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 10 extra years over Collin Sexton, Kevin Love got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game