Kon Knueppel vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Love and Kon Knueppel, 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.

Kon Knueppel played 1 year in the NBA, 17 less than Kevin Love, who played 18. Kon Knueppel had his first NBA Season in 2025-26, while Kevin Love had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
	Kon Knueppel	Kevin Love
Season	2025-26	2008-09
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
Kon Knueppel	28	34.0	19.4	0.9	4.5	5.4	3.6	0.8	0.3	2.5	2.3	6.8	14.3	.473	3.5	8.6	.409	2.3	2.5	.915
difference:	+53	+8.7	+8.3	+2.5	+1.2	+3.7	+2.6	+0.4	+0.3	-1.0	-0.2	+2.9	+5.8	+.014	+3.5	+8.4	+.304	+1.0	+1.6	+.126
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
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kon Knueppel nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Kevin Love played 17 seasons more than Kon Knueppel 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 Kon Knueppel, Kevin Love got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA Second Team 1 Most Improved Player 1 Rebounds Leader 5 All-Star Game