Kevin Love vs. Jaylen Wells Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaylen Wells 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, 16 more than Jaylen Wells, who played 2. Kevin Love had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Jaylen Wells had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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 |
18 |
6 |
2008-09 to 2025-26 |
| Jaylen Wells |
2 |
0 |
2024-25 to 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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Kevin Love |
Jaylen Wells |
| Season |
2008-09 | 2024-25 |
| Team |
Minnesota Timberwolves | Memphis Grizzlies |
| Honors & Awards |
- |  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 |
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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: | +2 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +2.3 | +3.4 | +5.7 | +0.7 | +0.2 | +0.5 | -0.6 | -0.7 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +.034 | +1.7 | +4.8 | +.247 | +1.9 | +2.4 | +.033 |
| Jaylen Wells |
79 |
25.9 |
10.4 |
1.1 |
2.3 |
3.4 |
1.7 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
0.9 |
1.8 |
3.6 |
8.6 |
.425 |
1.7 |
5.0 |
.352 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
.822 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Kevin Love nor Jaylen Wells played in the postseason in their season 1 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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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: | +32 | +1.4 | +1.6 | +2.8 | +4.5 | +7.4 | +0.6 | +0.2 | +0.4 | -1.2 | -0.3 | +0.7 | +1.1 | +.016 | +1.2 | +3.2 | +.020 | +1.5 | +1.7 | +.027 |
| Jaylen Wells |
28 |
27.2 |
12.4 |
1.0 |
2.7 |
3.6 |
1.7 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
2.0 |
4.2 |
9.7 |
.434 |
1.8 |
5.0 |
.350 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
.788 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Kevin Love nor Jaylen Wells played in the postseason in their season 2 |
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Additional Years |
* Kevin Love played 16 seasons more than Jaylen Wells in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 18, from 2011 to 2026—Kevin Love played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 16 extra years over Jaylen Wells, Kevin Love got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards | 2 All-NBA Second Team
1 Most Improved Player
1 Rebounds Leader
5 All-Star Game
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