Kevin Love vs. Marcus Morris Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Morris 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 / 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 18 years in the NBA, 5 more than Marcus Morris, who played 13. Kevin Love had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Marcus Morris had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Marcus Morris	13	7	2011-12 to 2023-24

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


Rookie Season
	Kevin Love	Marcus Morris
Season	2008-09	2011-12
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
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:	+64	+17.9	+8.7	+3.1	+5.1	+8.2	+0.8	+0.3	+0.5	-1.3	-1.8	+3.0	+5.3	+.163	+0.1	+0.8	+.013	+2.9	+3.6	+.039
Marcus Morris	17	7.4	2.4	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.7	0.9	3.2	.296	0.1	1.0	.118	0.4	0.5	.750

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Marcus Morris played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Kevin Love	Marcus Morris
Season	2009-10	2012-13
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns
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:	+17	+8.8	+6.3	+2.8	+4.6	+7.4	+1.5	+0.1	+0.1	-1.0	-0.2	+2.0	+4.0	+.028	+0.5	+1.2	+.039	+2.9	+3.1	+.251
Marcus Morris	77	19.8	7.7	1.0	2.6	3.6	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.0	2.1	2.9	6.8	.422	1.1	3.0	.369	0.9	1.5	.564

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Marcus Morris played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Kevin Love	Marcus Morris
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Phoenix Suns
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:	+9	+13.8	+10.5	+3.5	+7.8	+11.3	+1.4	+0.3	+0.2	-0.9	-0.1	+3.1	+6.2	+.028		+0.3	+.036	+4.3	+4.9	+.089
Marcus Morris	82	22.0	9.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.1	0.9	0.2	1.2	1.9	3.5	7.9	.442	1.2	3.2	.381	1.5	1.9	.761

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Marcus Morris played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Kevin Love	Marcus Morris
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+26	+13.8	+15.6	+3.2	+5.3	+8.5	+0.4	+0.1	+0.3	-1.4	-0.5	+4.5	+9.9	+.014	+0.5	+1.2	+.014	+6.0	+7.0	+.196
Marcus Morris	81	25.2	10.4	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.9	2.3	4.1	9.4	.434	1.4	3.9	.358	0.9	1.4	.628

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Marcus Morris played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Kevin Love	Marcus Morris
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East 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:	+62	+1.4	+4.2	+2.5	+6.5	+8.9	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	-0.4	-0.2	+0.7	+4.8	+.082	+0.3	+1.4	+.145	+3.1	+4.5	+.045
Marcus Morris	80	35.7	14.1	1.1	3.9	5.1	2.5	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.1	5.1	11.8	.434	1.4	3.7	.362	2.5	3.4	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Morris	4	36.0	17.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.5	0.5	0.0	1.3	4.3	5.5	11.8	.468	1.8	4.5	.389	5.0	5.8	.870


Season 6
	Kevin Love	Marcus Morris
Season	2013-14	2016-17
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+2	+3.8	+12.1	+1.9	+5.9	+7.9	+2.4	+0.1	+0.2	-1.4	-0.3	+3.1	+5.8	+.039	+1.0	+2.1	+.045	+5.0	+5.9	+.037
Marcus Morris	79	32.5	14.0	1.0	3.7	4.6	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.1	2.1	5.3	12.7	.418	1.5	4.5	.331	1.8	2.3	.784

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Marcus Morris played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Kevin Love	Marcus Morris
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+21	+7.0	+2.8	+1.1	+3.3	+4.3	+0.9	+0.1	+0.3	-0.4		+0.6	+1.4	+.005	+0.3	+0.9	+.001	+1.1	+1.4	+.001
Marcus Morris	54	26.8	13.6	0.8	4.6	5.4	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	4.9	11.3	.429	1.6	4.3	.368	2.3	2.9	.805

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:	+15	+2.8	+1.9	+0.4	+1.1	+1.6	+1.4	+0.1	+0.2	-0.5	-0.2		+1.4	+.047	+0.7	+1.5	+.012	+1.3	+1.7	+.025
Marcus Morris	19	29.6	12.4	1.1	4.4	5.4	1.1	0.4	0.3	1.0	3.2	4.3	11.7	.368	1.6	3.8	.417	2.2	3.1	.712


Season 8
	Kevin Love	Marcus Morris
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+2	+3.6	+2.1	+0.9	+2.9	+3.8	+0.9	+0.2	+0.2	-0.6	-0.3	+0.3	+1.4	+.028	+0.2	+0.5	+.015	+1.5	+1.8	+.022
Marcus Morris	75	27.9	13.9	1.0	5.1	6.1	1.5	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.4	5.0	11.3	.447	1.9	5.2	.375	1.9	2.3	.844

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:	+11	+2.5	+1.0	+0.4	+0.3	+0.7	+0.9	+0.4	+0.2	-0.6	-0.7		+3.2	+.134	+0.3	+1.2	+.036	+0.6	+0.4	+.098
Marcus Morris	9	28.2	13.7	1.3	6.8	8.1	1.2	0.1	0.6	0.8	2.4	4.6	8.8	.519	2.0	4.4	.450	2.6	3.4	.742


Season 9
	Kevin Love	Marcus Morris
Season	2016-17	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+0.2	+2.3	+1.5	+4.5	+6.1	+0.5	+0.1	+0.1	-0.4	-0.8	+0.5	+1.4	+.011	+0.1	+0.9	+.035	+1.4	+1.4	+.048
Marcus Morris	62	31.2	16.7	1.0	4.1	5.0	1.4	0.8	0.5	1.6	2.9	5.7	13.1	.438	2.3	5.6	.408	2.9	3.5	.823

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:	+5	+2.3	+5.0	+1.2	+4.6	+5.8	+0.1	+0.4	+0.8	-1.0	-0.4	+1.0	+3.6	+.069	+0.6	+1.7	+.025	+2.5	+3.1	+.089
Marcus Morris	13	29.8	11.8	0.8	4.0	4.8	1.6	0.8	0.1	0.7	3.0	4.3	8.5	.505	2.2	4.5	.475	1.0	1.1	.929


Season 10
	Kevin Love	Marcus Morris
Season	2017-18	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+2	+1.6	+4.2	+1.1	+4.0	+5.2	+0.7	+0.1	+0.1	-0.5	-0.1	+0.9	+2.2	+.015	+0.2	+0.4	+.058	+2.7	+2.9	+.060
Marcus Morris	57	26.4	13.4	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.0	0.6	0.3	1.0	2.1	4.8	10.2	.473	2.5	5.2	.473	1.3	1.6	.820

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:	+2	+0.4	+2.7	+1.6	+4.3	+5.9	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	-1.6	-0.2	+0.7	+2.7	+.038	+0.2	+0.1	+.035	+1.5	+1.3	+.172
Marcus Morris	19	31.8	12.2	0.7	3.6	4.3	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	2.6	4.5	10.5	.430	1.9	5.1	.375	1.3	1.7	.750


Season 11
	Kevin Love	Marcus Morris
Season	2018-19	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+32	+1.8	+1.6	+1.0	+5.5	+6.5	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	-0.6	-0.4	+0.6	+0.1	+.049	+0.5	+1.6	+.006	+2.3	+2.5	+.032
Marcus Morris	54	29.0	15.4	0.5	3.9	4.4	2.1	0.5	0.3	1.3	2.1	5.6	12.8	.434	1.9	5.1	.367	2.4	2.7	.872

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kevin Love nor Marcus Morris played in the postseason in their season 11


Season 12
	Kevin Love	Marcus Morris
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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:	+9	+3.7	+6.4	+0.6	+5.3	+5.8	+1.4			-1.6	-0.5	+1.6	+3.1	+.024	+0.9	+2.3	+.010	+2.3	+2.6	+.072
Marcus Morris	65	28.1	11.2	0.4	3.5	4.0	1.8	0.6	0.3	0.9	2.1	4.2	9.9	.426	1.7	4.7	.364	1.0	1.3	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Morris	3	22.7	8.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.0	3.3	9.7	.345	0.7	4.0	.167	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 13
	Kevin Love	Marcus Morris
Season	2020-21	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+24	+8.2	+5.8	+0.2	+4.5	+4.7	+1.8	+0.3	+0.2	-0.9	-0.5	+1.7	+4.7	+.030	+1.3	+3.8	+.038	+1.0	+1.1	+.006
Marcus Morris	49	16.7	6.4	0.5	2.3	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.5	2.4	5.4	.439	1.0	2.4	.403	0.7	0.9	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Morris	9	15.3	6.1	0.2	2.6	2.8	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.9	2.4	5.3	.458	1.0	2.6	.391	0.2	0.3	.667

Additional Years

* Kevin Love played 5 seasons more than Marcus Morris in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 14 to 18, from 2022 to 2026—Kevin Love played in two Playoffs.

Kevin Love vs. Marcus Morris Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Morris 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

Season 13

13th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years