Kyrie Irving vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving, 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.

Kyrie Irving played 14 years in the NBA, 3 less than Kevin Love, who played 17. Kyrie Irving had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Kyrie Irving	14	7	2011-12 to 2024-25
Kevin Love	17	6	2008-09 to 2024-25

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


Rookie Season
	Kyrie Irving	Kevin Love
Season	2011-12	2008-09
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	51	30.5	18.5	0.9	2.9	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.2	6.9	14.6	.469	1.4	3.6	.399	3.4	3.8	.872
difference:	+30	+5.2	+7.4	+2.5	+2.8	+5.4	+4.4	+0.7	+0.2	-1.6	-0.3	+3.0	+6.1	+.010	+1.4	+3.4	+.294	+0.1	+0.3	+.083
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 Kyrie Irving nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Kyrie Irving	Kevin Love
Season	2012-13	2009-10
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Kyrie Irving	59	34.7	22.5	0.6	3.1	3.7	5.9	1.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	8.2	18.1	.452	1.8	4.7	.391	4.2	4.9	.855
difference:	+1	+6.1	+8.5	+3.2	+4.1	+7.3	+3.6	+0.8		-1.2	-0.2	+3.3	+7.3	+.002	+1.2	+2.9	+.061	+0.4	+0.3	+.040
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Kyrie Irving	Kevin Love
Season	2013-14	2010-11
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	All-Star Game MVP	-
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		%
Kyrie Irving	71	35.2	20.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	6.1	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.3	7.5	17.4	.430	1.7	4.8	.358	4.1	4.8	.861
difference:	+2	+0.6	+0.6	+3.8	+7.8	+11.6	+3.6	+0.9	+0.1	-0.6	-0.3	+0.9	+3.3	+.040	+0.5	+1.9	+.059	+1.7	+2.0	+.011
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Kyrie Irving	Kevin Love
Season	2014-15	2011-12
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kyrie Irving	75	36.4	21.7	0.7	2.4	3.2	5.2	1.5	0.3	2.5	1.9	7.7	16.5	.468	2.1	5.0	.415	4.2	4.9	.863
difference:	+20	+2.6	+4.3	+3.4	+6.8	+10.1	+3.2	+0.6	+0.2	-0.2	-0.9	+0.9	+2.8	+.020	+0.2	+0.1	+.043	+2.7	+3.5	+.039
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	13	35.7	19.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	2.2	6.2	14.2	.438	2.1	4.6	.450	4.5	5.3	.841
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kyrie Irving	Kevin Love
Season	2015-16	2012-13
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kyrie Irving	53	31.5	19.6	0.8	2.1	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.4	16.6	.448	1.6	4.9	.321	3.2	3.6	.885
difference:	+35	+2.8	+1.3	+2.8	+8.3	+11.0	+2.4	+0.4	+0.2	-0.1	-0.1	+1.6		+.096	+0.5	+0.2	+.104	+2.4	+4.3	+.181
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	21	36.9	25.2	0.7	2.2	3.0	4.7	1.7	0.6	2.3	2.2	9.6	20.1	.475	2.4	5.5	.440	3.7	4.2	.875
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Kyrie Irving	Kevin Love
Season	2016-17	2013-14
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kyrie Irving	72	35.1	25.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	5.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.3	19.7	.473	2.5	6.1	.401	4.1	4.6	.905
difference:	+5	+1.2	+0.9	+2.2	+7.1	+9.3	+1.4	+0.4	+0.2		-0.4	+0.9	+1.2	+.016		+0.5	+.025	+2.7	+3.6	+.084
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	18	36.3	25.9	0.7	2.1	2.8	5.3	1.3	0.4	2.7	2.1	9.6	20.6	.468	2.4	6.6	.373	4.2	4.7	.905
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Kyrie Irving	Kevin Love
Season	2017-18	2014-15
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Kyrie Irving	60	32.2	24.4	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.1	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	8.9	18.1	.491	2.8	6.8	.408	3.9	4.4	.889
difference:	+15	+1.6	+8.0	+1.3	+4.7	+5.9	+2.9	+0.4	+0.2	-0.7	-0.1	+3.4	+5.4	+.057	+0.9	+1.6	+.041	+0.5	+0.1	+.085
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 8
	Kyrie Irving	Kevin Love
Season	2018-19	2015-16
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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		%
Kyrie Irving	67	33.0	23.8	1.1	3.9	5.0	6.9	1.5	0.5	2.6	2.5	9.0	18.5	.487	2.6	6.5	.401	3.2	3.7	.873
difference:	+10	+1.5	+7.8	+0.8	+4.1	+4.9	+4.5	+0.7		-0.8	-0.4	+3.7	+5.8	+.068	+0.5	+0.8	+.041	+0.2	+0.4	+.051
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	9	36.7	21.3	0.6	3.8	4.3	7.0	1.4	0.4	3.1	2.9	7.7	19.9	.385	2.0	6.4	.310	4.0	4.4	.900
difference:	+11	+6.0	+6.6	+1.1	+3.3	+4.5	+4.9	+0.9		-1.7	-1.2	+3.1	+7.9		+0.3	+0.8	+.104	+0.8	+0.6	+.060
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


Season 9
	Kyrie Irving	Kevin Love
Season	2019-20	2016-17
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Kyrie Irving	20	32.9	27.4	1.1	4.1	5.2	6.4	1.4	0.5	2.6	2.7	10.0	20.8	.478	2.8	7.1	.394	4.7	5.1	.922
difference:	+40	+1.5	+8.4	+1.4	+4.5	+5.9	+4.5	+0.5	+0.1	-0.6	-0.6	+3.8	+6.3	+.051	+0.4	+0.6	+.021	+0.4	+0.2	+.051
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 10
	Kyrie Irving	Kevin Love
Season	2020-21	2017-18
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Kyrie Irving	54	34.9	26.9	1.0	3.8	4.8	6.0	1.4	0.7	2.4	2.6	10.2	20.1	.506	2.8	7.0	.402	3.7	4.0	.922
difference:	+5	+6.9	+9.3	+0.7	+3.7	+4.5	+4.3	+0.7	+0.3	-0.9	-0.6	+4.5	+7.7	+.048	+0.5	+1.4	+.013	+0.3	+0.5	+.042
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	9	36.1	22.7	1.3	4.4	5.8	3.4	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.1	8.6	18.1	.472	2.7	7.2	.369	2.9	3.1	.929
difference:	+12	+4.7	+7.8	+1.0	+3.5	+4.4	+1.8	+0.3	+0.2	-0.8	-0.7	+3.4	+4.9	+.080	+1.0	+2.2	+.029	+0.1	+0.1	+.007
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


Season 11
	Kyrie Irving	Kevin Love
Season	2021-22	2018-19
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kyrie Irving	29	37.6	27.4	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.8	1.4	0.6	2.5	2.8	10.0	21.2	.469	3.4	8.2	.418	4.1	4.4	.915
difference:	+7	+10.4	+10.4	+0.9	+5.6	+6.5	+3.6	+1.1	+0.4	-0.6	-0.3	+5.0	+8.3	+.084	+1.0	+1.5	+.057	+0.6	+0.8	+.011
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	4	42.5	21.3	1.5	3.8	5.3	5.3	1.8	1.3	2.3	3.3	7.0	15.8	.444	2.0	5.3	.381	5.3	5.3	1.000
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Kyrie Irving	Kevin Love
Season	2022-23	2019-20
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kyrie Irving	60	37.3	27.1	1.0	4.1	5.1	5.5	1.1	0.8	2.1	2.8	9.9	20.1	.494	3.1	8.3	.379	4.1	4.6	.905
difference:	+4	+5.5	+9.5		+4.7	+4.7	+2.3	+0.5	+0.5	-0.4	-1.2	+4.1	+7.1	+.044	+0.5	+1.3	+.005	+0.8	+0.7	+.051
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 12


Season 13
	Kyrie Irving	Kevin Love
Season	2023-24	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kyrie Irving	58	35.0	25.6	0.8	4.2	5.0	5.2	1.3	0.5	1.8	1.9	9.7	19.5	.497	3.0	7.3	.411	3.3	3.6	.905
difference:	+33	+10.1	+13.4	+0.1	+2.6	+2.4	+2.7	+0.7	+0.4	-0.3	-0.9	+5.6	+9.4	+.088	+0.7	+1.1	+.046	+1.6	+1.6	+.081
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	22	40.0	22.1	1.0	2.7	3.7	5.1	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.8	8.5	18.1	.467	2.4	6.2	.390	2.8	3.3	.849
Kevin Love	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Kyrie Irving	Kevin Love
Season	2024-25	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kyrie Irving	50	36.1	24.7	1.2	3.6	4.8	4.6	1.3	0.5	2.2	2.0	8.9	18.9	.473	2.9	7.2	.401	3.9	4.3	.916
difference:	+24	+13.6	+11.1		+2.5	+2.4	+2.4	+0.9	+0.3	-0.9	-0.6	+4.5	+8.6	+.043	+0.4	+0.8	+.009	+1.7	+1.6	+.078
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Kevin Love played in the postseason in their season 14

Additional Years

* Kevin Love played 3 seasons more than Kyrie Irving in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 15 to 17, from 2023 to 2025—Kevin Love played in two Playoffs.

Kyrie Irving vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving, 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

Season 14

14th Season Stats Comparison

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