Kevin Love vs. Derik Queen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derik Queen 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 18 years in the NBA, 17 more than Derik Queen, who played 1. Kevin Love had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Derik Queen had his rookie season in 2025-26. 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	Derik Queen
Season	2008-09	2025-26
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	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:	+54	+0.1	+1.6	+1.8	+0.9	+2.7	+3.1	+0.6	+0.2	-0.8	-0.8	+0.9	+1.0	+.045	+0.1	+0.5	+.006	+0.2	+0.2	+.009
Derik Queen	27	25.2	12.7	1.6	4.8	6.4	4.1	1.0	0.8	2.3	3.3	4.8	9.5	.504	0.1	0.7	.111	3.1	3.9	.798
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Derik Queen played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Kevin Love played 17 seasons more than Derik Queen in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 18, from 2010 to 2026—Kevin Love played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 17 extra years over Derik Queen, Kevin Love got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 1 Most Improved Player 1 Rebounds Leader 5 All-Star Game