Kevin Love vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki 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, 4 less than Dirk Nowitzki, who played 21. Kevin Love had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Dirk Nowitzki had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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
Dirk Nowitzki	21	15	1998-99 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Kevin Love	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2008-09	1998-99
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
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:	+34	+4.9	+2.9	+2.5	+3.1	+5.7		+0.2		-0.1	-0.3	+1.0	+1.4	+.054	+0.3	+1.2	+.101	+1.2	+1.4	+.016
Dirk Nowitzki	47	20.4	8.2	0.9	2.6	3.4	1.0	0.6	0.6	1.6	2.2	2.9	7.1	.405	0.3	1.4	.206	2.1	2.7	.773

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Kevin Love	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2009-10	1999-00
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
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:	+22	+7.2	+3.5	+2.6	+2.0	+4.5	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4	-0.3	-0.8	+1.4	+2.8	+.011	+0.8	+1.9	+.049	+0.3	+0.4	+.015
Dirk Nowitzki	82	35.8	17.5	1.2	5.2	6.5	2.5	0.8	0.8	1.7	3.1	6.3	13.6	.461	1.4	3.7	.379	3.5	4.2	.830

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Dirk Nowitzki played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Kevin Love	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2010-11	2000-01
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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:	+9	+2.3	+1.6	+3.0	+3.0	+6.0	+0.4	+0.4	+0.8	-0.2	-1.0	+0.6	+1.1	+.004	+0.6	+1.9	+.030	+0.3	+0.2	+.012
Dirk Nowitzki	82	38.1	21.8	1.5	7.7	9.2	2.1	1.0	1.2	1.9	3.0	7.2	15.2	.474	1.8	4.8	.387	5.5	6.6	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dirk Nowitzki	10	39.9	23.4	1.4	6.7	8.1	1.4	1.1	0.8	1.4	3.7	6.9	16.3	.423	1.3	4.6	.283	8.3	9.4	.883


Season 4
	Kevin Love	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2011-12	2001-02
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+21	+1.0	+2.6	+2.5	+0.8	+3.4	+0.4	+0.2	+0.5	-0.4	-0.1	+0.7	+2.7	+.029	+0.1	+0.5	+.025	+1.1	+1.6	+.029
Dirk Nowitzki	76	38.0	23.4	1.6	8.4	9.9	2.4	1.1	1.0	1.9	2.9	7.9	16.6	.477	1.8	4.6	.397	5.8	6.8	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dirk Nowitzki	8	44.6	28.4	2.1	11.0	13.1	2.3	2.0	0.8	2.8	3.4	9.1	20.5	.445	2.0	3.5	.571	8.1	9.3	.878


Season 5
	Kevin Love	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2012-13	2002-03
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+62	+4.7	+6.8	+2.6	+1.5	+4.1	+0.7	+0.7	+0.5	-0.3	-0.7	+2.8	+2.0	+.111	+0.8	+0.2	+.162	+0.4	+1.0	+.177
Dirk Nowitzki	80	39.0	25.1	1.0	8.9	9.9	3.0	1.4	1.0	1.9	2.6	8.6	18.6	.463	1.9	4.9	.379	6.0	6.9	.881

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dirk Nowitzki	17	42.5	25.3	0.9	10.6	11.5	2.2	1.2	0.9	2.4	3.1	8.8	18.4	.479	1.6	3.6	.443	6.1	6.6	.912


Season 6
	Kevin Love	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2013-14	2003-04
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:		+1.6	+4.3	+1.7	+2.1	+3.8	+1.7	+0.4	+0.9	-0.7	-1.0	+0.5	+1.5	+.005	+1.2	+2.8	+.035	+2.0	+2.7	+.056
Dirk Nowitzki	77	37.9	21.8	1.2	7.5	8.7	2.7	1.2	1.4	1.8	2.8	7.9	17.0	.462	1.3	3.8	.341	4.8	5.5	.877

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dirk Nowitzki	5	42.2	26.6	2.6	9.2	11.8	1.4	1.4	2.6	1.2	3.2	9.0	20.0	.450	1.4	3.0	.467	7.2	8.4	.857


Season 7
	Kevin Love	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2014-15	2004-05
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+3	+4.9	+9.7	+0.7	+0.6		+0.9	+0.5	+1.0	-0.7	-0.9	+3.0	+5.8	+.025	+0.7	+2.3	+.032	+4.5	+4.8	+.065
Dirk Nowitzki	78	38.7	26.1	1.2	8.5	9.7	3.1	1.2	1.5	2.3	2.8	8.5	18.5	.459	1.2	2.9	.399	7.9	9.1	.869

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:	+9	+15.7	+9.4	+0.4	+2.7	+3.1	+0.8	+1.1	+1.1	-1.0	-0.2	+3.6	+9.4	+.013	+1.5	+3.0	+.096	+3.6	+3.7	+.092
Dirk Nowitzki	13	42.5	23.7	1.9	8.2	10.1	3.3	1.4	1.6	2.5	3.2	7.9	19.7	.402	0.8	2.3	.333	7.1	8.5	.829


Season 8
	Kevin Love	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2015-16	2005-06
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+4	+6.6	+10.6	+0.5	+0.4	+0.9	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	-0.1	-0.1	+4.0	+6.6	+.061	+0.7	+2.4	+.046	+3.3	+3.3	+.079
Dirk Nowitzki	81	38.1	26.6	1.4	7.6	9.0	2.8	0.7	1.0	1.9	2.0	9.3	19.3	.480	1.4	3.3	.406	6.7	7.4	.901

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:	+3	+12.0	+12.3	+0.3	+2.5	+2.9	+0.8	+0.6	+0.2	-0.7	-1.1	+3.9	+6.2	+.083	+1.3	+2.7	+.071	+5.7	+6.2	+.055
Dirk Nowitzki	23	42.7	27.0	2.0	9.6	11.7	2.9	1.1	0.6	2.1	2.8	8.5	18.2	.468	1.0	2.9	.343	8.9	10.0	.895


Season 9
	Kevin Love	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2016-17	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Mavericks 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:	+18	+4.8	+5.6	+0.9	+1.3	+2.2	+1.5	+0.2	+0.4	-0.1	-0.1	+2.4	+2.7	+.075	+1.5	+4.3	+.043	+2.1	+2.2	+.033
Dirk Nowitzki	78	36.2	24.6	1.6	7.3	8.9	3.4	0.7	0.8	2.1	2.2	8.6	17.2	.502	0.9	2.2	.416	6.4	7.1	.904

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	+7.7	+2.9	+2.2	+1.4	+0.7	+0.6	+0.6	+0.4	-0.6	-0.7	+0.7	+3.6	+.053	+2.1	+3.0	+.239	+3.5	+4.1
Dirk Nowitzki	6	39.8	19.7	4.2	7.2	11.3	2.3	1.8	1.3	2.3	3.3	6.0	15.7	.383	0.7	3.2	.211	7.0	8.3	.840


Season 10
	Kevin Love	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2017-18	2007-08
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+18	+8.0	+6.0	+0.5	+0.2	+0.7	+1.8		+0.5	-0.6	-0.6	+2.5	+4.7	+.021	+1.3	+2.7	+.056	+2.2	+2.6	+.001
Dirk Nowitzki	77	36.0	23.6	1.2	7.3	8.6	3.5	0.7	0.9	2.1	2.6	8.2	17.1	.479	1.0	2.9	.359	6.2	7.1	.879

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
difference:	+16	+10.8	+11.9	+0.3	+2.1	+1.8	+2.4	+0.5	+1.0		-0.2	+3.4	+5.0	+.081	+0.5	+1.4	+.007	+5.6	+7.4	+.114
Dirk Nowitzki	5	42.2	26.8	2.0	10.0	12.0	4.0	0.2	1.4	2.0	2.6	8.6	18.2	.473	1.2	3.6	.333	8.4	10.4	.808


Season 11
	Kevin Love	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2018-19	2008-09
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+59	+10.5	+8.9	+0.4	+2.1	+2.5	+0.2	+0.5	+0.6		-0.3	+4.6	+7.1	+.094	+1.6	+4.6	+.002	+1.3	+1.5	+.014
Dirk Nowitzki	81	37.7	25.9	1.1	7.3	8.4	2.4	0.8	0.8	1.9	2.2	9.6	20.0	.479	0.8	2.1	.359	6.0	6.7	.890

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dirk Nowitzki	10	39.4	26.8	1.2	8.9	10.1	3.1	0.9	0.8	2.3	2.1	8.8	17.0	.518	0.6	2.1	.286	8.6	9.3	.925


Season 12
	Kevin Love	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2019-20	2009-10
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+25	+5.7	+7.4		+2.1	+2.1	+0.5	+0.3	+0.7	-0.7	-1.0	+3.1	+5.5	+.031	+2.0	+5.5	+.047	+3.3	+3.3	+.061
Dirk Nowitzki	81	37.5	25.0	1.0	6.7	7.7	2.7	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.6	8.9	18.5	.481	0.6	1.5	.421	6.6	7.2	.915

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dirk Nowitzki	6	38.8	26.7	1.2	7.0	8.2	3.0	0.8	0.7	1.7	2.5	9.7	17.7	.547	0.7	1.2	.571	6.7	7.0	.952


Season 13
	Kevin Love	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2020-21	2010-11
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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13th 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	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
difference:	+48	+9.4	+10.8		+0.5	+0.4	+0.1	+0.1	+0.5	-0.4	-1.4	+4.3	+6.1	+.108	+1.4	+3.9	+.028	+3.7	+4.1	+.068
Dirk Nowitzki	73	34.3	23.0	0.7	6.3	7.0	2.6	0.5	0.6	1.9	2.4	8.4	16.2	.517	0.9	2.3	.393	5.4	6.1	.892

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dirk Nowitzki	21	39.3	27.7	0.6	7.6	8.1	2.5	0.6	0.6	3.1	2.2	9.1	18.9	.485	1.1	2.4	.460	8.3	8.9	.941


Season 14
	Kevin Love	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2021-22	2011-12
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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14th 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	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
difference:	+12	+11.0	+8.0	+0.5	+0.1	+0.5		+0.3	+0.3	-0.6	-0.7	+3.2	+6.4	+.027	+1.2	+3.0	+.024	+2.9	+3.0	+.058
Dirk Nowitzki	62	33.5	21.6	0.7	6.0	6.7	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.1	7.6	16.7	.457	1.3	3.4	.368	5.1	5.7	.896

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dirk Nowitzki	4	38.5	26.8	0.8	5.5	6.3	1.8	0.8	0.0	2.5	2.3	8.5	19.3	.442	0.3	1.5	.167	9.5	10.5	.905


Season 15
	Kevin Love	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2022-23	2012-13
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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15th 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	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
difference:	+9	+11.3	+9.1	+0.3	+0.7	+0.4	+0.6	+0.4	+0.5	-0.2	-0.2	+3.8	+6.9	+.082	+0.4	+1.8	+.080	+1.8	+2.1	+.019
Dirk Nowitzki	53	31.3	17.3	0.7	6.2	6.8	2.5	0.7	0.7	1.3	1.8	6.5	13.7	.471	1.2	3.0	.414	3.1	3.6	.860

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
Dirk Nowitzki	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Kevin Love	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2023-24	2013-14
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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16th 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	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
difference:	+25	+16.1	+12.9	+0.6	+0.6	+0.1	+0.6	+0.6	+0.4	-0.6	-0.3	+5.0	+9.4	+.057	+0.1	+0.3	+.054	+2.7	+2.7	+.112
Dirk Nowitzki	80	32.9	21.7	0.5	5.7	6.2	2.7	0.9	0.6	1.5	2.1	7.9	15.9	.497	1.6	4.1	.398	4.2	4.7	.899

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	-
difference:	+2	+31.2	+17.3	+0.5	+4.7	+5.2	+0.8	+0.9	+0.9	-1.7	-2.5	+6.9	+16.2	+.015	+0.1	+0.9	+.167	+3.6	+4.4
Dirk Nowitzki	7	37.6	19.1	0.7	7.3	8.0	1.6	0.9	0.9	2.1	2.9	7.7	18.0	.429	0.1	1.7	.083	3.6	4.4	.806


Season 17
	Kevin Love	Dirk Nowitzki
Season	2024-25	2014-15
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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17th 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	23	10.9	5.3	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.0	0.7	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.8	5.0	.357	1.0	2.9	.358	0.7	1.0	.696
difference:	+54	+18.7	+12.0	+0.4	+2.3	+1.8	+0.9	+0.2	+0.2	-0.5	-1.2	+4.5	+8.8	+.102	+0.4	+0.7	+.022	+2.6	+2.8	+.186
Dirk Nowitzki	77	29.6	17.3	0.6	5.4	5.9	1.9	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.1	6.3	13.8	.459	1.4	3.6	.380	3.3	3.8	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dirk Nowitzki	5	36.2	21.2	0.8	9.6	10.4	2.4	0.4	0.4	2.0	3.2	7.6	16.8	.452	0.8	3.4	.235	5.2	5.6	.929


Additional Years
* Dirk Nowitzki played 4 seasons more than Kevin Love in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 18 to 21, from 2016 to 2019—Dirk Nowitzki played in one postseason. In those 4 extra years over Kevin Love, Dirk Nowitzki got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game

Kevin Love vs. Dirk Nowitzki Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dirk Nowitzki 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.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

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Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

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Season 4

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Season 5

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Season 6

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Season 7

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Season 8

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Season 9

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Season 10

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Season 11

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Season 12

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Season 13

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Season 14

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Season 15

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Season 16

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Season 17

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Additional Years