Rui Hachimura vs. Bob Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob Love and Rui Hachimura, 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.

Rui Hachimura played 5 years in the NBA, 6 less than Bob Love, who played 11. Rui Hachimura had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Bob Love had his rookie season in 1966-67. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rui Hachimura	Bob Love
Season	2019-20	1966-67
Team	Washington Wizards	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	48	30.1	13.5	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.2	5.3	11.4	.466	0.5	1.8	.287	2.4	2.9	.829
Bob Love	66	16.3	6.7	-	-	3.9	0.7	-	-	-	2.3	2.6	6.1	.429	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	.633
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Rui Hachimura	Bob Love
Season	2023-24	1970-71
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis
Others	In-Season Tournament Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	68	26.9	13.6	0.9	3.5	4.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.5	5.3	9.9	.537	1.4	3.4	.422	1.5	2.0	.739
Bob Love	81	43.0	25.2	-	-	8.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.2	9.4	21.1	.447	-	-	-	6.3	7.6	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	5	30.4	7.8	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.6	3.0	7.6	.395	1.0	2.8	.357	0.8	1.6	.500
Bob Love	7	47.1	26.7	-	-	7.3	1.4	-	-	-	3.7	11.3	23.0	.491	-	-	-	4.1	5.1	.806

Season 6
	Rui Hachimura	Bob Love
Season	-	1971-72
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Love	79	39.3	25.8	-	-	6.6	1.6	-	-	-	3.0	10.4	23.5	.442	-	-	-	5.1	6.4	.784
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Love	4	43.3	18.8	-	-	6.8	1.8	-	-	-	4.3	8.0	22.3	.360	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.846

Season 7
	Rui Hachimura	Bob Love
Season	-	1972-73
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Love	82	37.0	23.1	-	-	6.5	1.5	-	-	-	2.9	9.4	21.9	.431	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Love	7	44.9	23.7	-	-	9.6	3.3	-	-	-	2.9	9.7	21.1	.459	-	-	-	4.3	5.9	.732

Season 8
	Rui Hachimura	Bob Love
Season	-	1973-74
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Love	82	40.1	21.8	2.2	3.8	6.0	1.6	1.0	0.3	-	2.7	8.9	21.4	.417	-	-	-	3.9	4.8	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Love	11	44.5	23.0	2.5	3.3	5.7	2.2	1.3	0.5	-	2.5	9.5	23.4	.405	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.763

Season 9
	Rui Hachimura	Bob Love
Season	-	1974-75
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Love	61	39.4	22.0	1.6	4.7	6.3	1.7	1.0	0.2	-	3.4	8.8	20.6	.429	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rui Hachimura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Love	13	44.8	25.8	2.4	5.2	7.5	1.5	0.8	0.4	-	3.2	10.6	24.3	.437	-	-	-	4.6	5.9	.779