Kevin Love vs. Norman Powell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Norman Powell 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, 7 more than Norman Powell, who played 10. Kevin Love had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Norman Powell had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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	Norman Powell
Season	2008-09	2015-16
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+32	+10.5	+5.5	+3.1	+3.8	+6.8		+0.2	+0.4	-0.8	-1.3	+1.9	+3.8	+.035	+0.7	+1.6	+.299	+2.4	+3.0	+.022
Norman Powell	49	14.8	5.6	0.3	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.2	2.0	4.7	.424	0.7	1.8	.404	0.9	1.1	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norman Powell	18	11.4	3.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.9	.386	0.4	1.4	.269	0.4	0.4	.875

Season 3
	Kevin Love	Norman Powell
Season	2010-11	2017-18
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East 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:	+3	+20.6	+14.7	+4.3	+9.2	+13.5	+1.2	+0.1	+0.2	-1.2	-0.4	+4.5	+8.8	+.069	+0.4	+0.2	+.132	+5.3	+6.2	+.029
Norman Powell	70	15.2	5.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.6	2.1	5.3	.401	0.8	2.7	.285	0.5	0.6	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norman Powell	6	6.7	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.2	1.2	.143	0.5	0.7	.750

Season 4
	Kevin Love	Norman Powell
Season	2011-12	2018-19
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+5	+20.2	+17.4	+3.8	+7.1	+11.0	+0.5	+0.2	+0.3	-1.2	-1.2	+5.4	+12.6	+.035	+0.8	+2.3	+.028	+5.9	+7.1	+.003
Norman Powell	60	18.8	8.6	0.3	2.1	2.3	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.1	1.6	3.2	6.7	.483	1.1	2.8	.400	1.0	1.3	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norman Powell	23	15.9	6.5	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.3	2.4	5.5	.444	1.0	2.7	.387	0.6	0.8	.737

Season 6
	Kevin Love	Norman Powell
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Toronto Raptors, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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:	+8	+4.3	+7.5	+2.3	+7.1	+9.4	+2.5	+0.4	+0.2	-0.8	-0.5	+2.1	+5.2	+.020		+0.6	+.035	+3.4	+4.3	+.050
Norman Powell	69	32.0	18.6	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.9	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.3	6.3	13.3	.477	2.5	6.0	.411	3.4	3.9	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norman Powell	6	36.0	17.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.0	0.8	1.0	1.2	2.8	6.3	12.7	.500	1.7	4.3	.385	2.7	3.0	.889

Season 8
	Kevin Love	Norman Powell
Season	2015-16	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+17	+5.4	+1.0	+1.5	+5.5	+7.0	+0.6		+0.2	-0.1		+0.4	+0.9	+.060	+0.2	+0.9	+.037	+0.4	+0.5	+.010
Norman Powell	60	26.1	17.0	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.1	5.7	11.8	.479	1.9	4.8	.397	3.8	4.6	.812
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:	+15	+2.7	+7.1	+0.9	+4.9	+5.8	+0.1	+0.3		-0.2	-1.5	+2.6	+3.2	+.089	+0.3	+0.8	+.008	+1.6	+2.4	+.066
Norman Powell	5	33.4	21.8	0.8	2.2	3.0	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.6	3.2	7.2	15.2	.474	2.6	6.4	.406	4.8	6.2	.774

Season 9
	Kevin Love	Norman Powell
Season	2016-17	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Clippers 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:	+16	+5.2	+5.1	+2.3	+6.2	+8.5	+0.8	+0.3	+0.1	-1.1	-0.3	+1.3	+4.4	+.059	+0.2	+1.4	+.062	+2.4	+2.6	+.040
Norman Powell	76	26.2	13.9	0.2	2.4	2.6	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.9	1.8	4.9	10.1	.486	2.2	5.1	.435	1.9	2.3	.831
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	+2.3	+4.0	+1.5	+6.3	+7.8	+1.4	+0.7	+0.9	-0.5	-0.7	+1.0	+1.9	+.010	+0.6	+1.4	+.002	+1.5	+1.7	+.040
Norman Powell	6	29.8	12.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	0.3	0.5	0.0	1.2	3.3	4.3	10.2	.426	2.2	4.8	.448	2.0	2.5	.800

Season 10
	Kevin Love	Norman Powell
Season	2017-18	2024-25
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Clippers 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:	+1	+4.6	+4.2	+1.3	+4.7	+6.1	+0.4	+0.5	+0.2	-0.3	-0.1	+1.9	+3.4	+.026	+0.7	+1.5	+.003	+0.4	+0.1	+.076
Norman Powell	60	32.6	21.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.1	1.2	0.2	1.8	1.9	7.6	15.8	.484	3.0	7.1	.418	3.6	4.4	.804
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:	+14	+2.6	+1.1	+2.2	+5.6	+7.8	+0.8	+0.4	+0.1	-0.3	-0.7	+0.8	+0.5	+.080	+0.3	+0.7	+.010	+0.8	+0.4	+.144
Norman Powell	7	34.0	16.0	0.1	2.3	2.4	2.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	2.1	6.0	12.7	.472	2.0	5.7	.350	2.0	2.6	.778